Hank
Hank was played on every jukebox in the country
Men wanted to sing like Hank, women just wanted Hank
Did he really see the light or was that wishful thinking
The truth's back in Montgomery with his secrets I think
He was a country troubadour fighting his own demons
With a guitar and a bottle, paper and a pen
We all listened close as Hank sang out his story
We'll never see another Hank Williams again
(Chorus)
The Cadillac was new back in nineteen fifty two
And Hank was old at the age of twenty nine
He took his final curtain call on that honky tonk highway .. and
Between Montgomery and West Virginia Hank ran out of time
(Instrumental)
Hank had a lot to say and he didn't take forever
He spoke of love and pain in a message black and white
He set the standard they all say, this boy from Alabama
Today in every honky tonk we give it our best try
(Repeat Chorus)
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Hank you'll always be remembered, You live forever in my mind
Lonnie C. Ratliff / Thomas Hans Ahlberg
Okie Acres Music (BMI) Thomas Ahlberg Music (STIM)
