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HARD TO BE AN OUTLAW
She was cuter than a speckled pup And the only friends that’s left
just turned twenty one is them behind that swinging door
She had a lot of fun playing with my gun And it’s hard to keep your try up
Just before the sun came up when your back is to the floor
she couldn’t take no more And it’s hard to be an outlaw
She came undone a-cryin’, who ain’t wanted anymore
a-crawlin’ for the door And it’s hard to be an outlaw
who ain’t wanted anymore
Well it’s hard to be an outlaw
who ain’t wanted anymore Source: LyricFind
And the only friends that’s left Songwriters: Austin Cunningham / Lance Miller /
is them behind that swinging door Deric Ruttan
And it’s hard to keep your try up Hard to Be an Outlaw lyrics © Sony/ATV Music
when your back is to the floor Publishing LLC
And it’s hard to be an outlaw
who ain’t wanted anymore To listen follow this link....
The record people nowadays or a man who has such a distinct voice and
keep spinning round and round Fguitar tone and has spent 60+ years as an
Songs ‘bout the back roads that entertainer, Willie’s songwriting still remains his
they never have been down signature. From “selling” songs for as little as $20 to
They go and call it country, buy his young family bread, to writing hits for
but that ain’t the way it sounds Faron Young and Patsy Cline, to becoming one
It’s enough to make a renegade of the songwriters on the first platinum record in
want to terrorize the town country music history in Wanted: The Outlaws and
arguably the greatest country record of all time
And it’s hard to be an outlaw in Red Headed Stranger, it is hard to top Willie
who ain’t wanted anymore Nelson.
And the only friends that’s left
is them behind that swinging door In 1973, after signing with Atlantic Records,
And it’s hard to keep your try up Nelson turned to outlaw country, including albums
when your back is to the floor such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. In
And it’s hard to be an outlaw 1975, he switched to Columbia Records, where he
who ain’t wanted anymore recorded the critically acclaimed album Red
Headed Stranger. The same year, he recorded
White lightning is the horse I ride, another outlaw country album, Wanted! The
pedal to the floor Outlaws, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter,
He blows fire from his nostrils and Tompall Glaser. During the mid-1980s, while
and runs like Man-O-War creating hit albums like Honeysuckle Rose and
Someday we both may wind up recording hit songs like “On the Road Again”, “To
in some junkyard on the side All the Girls I’ve Loved Before”, and “Pancho and
But until that day you can bet your ass Lefty”, he joined the country supergroup The
we’re gonna whip and ride Highwaymen, along with fellow singers Johnny
Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson.
But it’s hard to be an outlaw (Source Wikepedia)
who ain’t wanted anymore
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