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^CThen there was the time I saw the great Hank Williams singing on the stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ^Eand he was all dressed up in drag ^CFrom his rose red lips to his rhinestone hips he belted out song after song ^Eas he drank from a brown paper bag ^CAnd the songs he sang of love and pain so pure perfect reflections of human imperfections, ^Eit damn near choked me up ^DBut the rest of the show,^A was kind of slow^E And then someone woke me up

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^CLater on the Astros were silently beating the living crap out of Cincinnati on the ^ETV above and a little to the left of the great Hank Williams' head ^CAs a busty suicide blonde waitress poured him a double shot of 'whatever you got' and laughingly said ^E"I thought you were dead" ^CThe pool balls cracked as he tilted his head back and told her how he had been a big star ^Ebut now country music was full of freaks ^DHe sat there,^A in the TV glare^E Mascara streaked his cheeks

^CWhen I was only sixteen years old I went from Houston to Abilene with a spunky stunningly handsome woman ^Ein a Volkswagen Bug ^CShe was grown with some kids all her own, a committment-free divorcee, ^Eand I was a man in love ^CWe had only one 8-track tape but it was of the late great Hank Williams and ^Ewe sang in two-part harmony ^D"Hey good lookin',^A how's about cookin'^E Something up with me"

^CBack at the bar they were calling last call so I gave the barmaid a credit card ^Eto pay up my tab ^CThe TV was turned off and the stage was dark and the great Hank Williams was gone ^Eso I asked her to call me a cab ^CShe said if you like I can give you a ride, so there we were out the door ^Eand into the city of brotherly love ^DInto the night,^A out of sight^E, In a VW Bug

Robert Earl Keen - The great hank