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This one I'm going to dedicate
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to one of the best friends I've ever had,
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She was my manager in these days,
And there was a few things
you could do
and that was this. You could,
the first thing I did
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and get their songs that
they haven't put out yet.
to sing them.
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So, got Billy Joe Shaver,
Chris Christopherson,
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John Prine,
I had access to them.
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And then also, if I wanted to,
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so, Willie Nelson,
I don't know if you know,
he bought a golf course,
you know this deal?
And he made the pro shop into his own studio,
and he golfs.
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you know, and I wanted to see this
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and Mike Utley flew in to Austin.
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I think we took a break on the road. I Think
and I know Kent Finley and his
son came with me
a really nice.
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that one and
And then, you know, this one
I still, you know, I like it,
You know?
I don't know what made
Probably nothing, you know?
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I probably like the chords, but yeah,
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so there's crime, you know. No.
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that it's cold outside, they said.
Man gets his car jacked,
graveyard gets ransacked
Everybody knows that there
ain't no place to hide
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Let night drive by,
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this ain't no cakewalk, man
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You can't just wear your
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bandana that way
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ain't that freedom for you,
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freedom, American style
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keys were in it, man,
it hurts the owner right
They say this young girl's attacked
in the woods off the parkway
She should've known not
to jog alone at night
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they both collide
I keep my doors locked
My kids inside
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Ain't that freedom for you?
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Ah, ain't that freedom? What?
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Freedom, American
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Oh, tough news on late night
TV
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News lady tells me that it's cold outside
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She says, man gets carjacked,
graveyard gets ransacked
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I keep my arms around
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It's an alright world, but I watch my self
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so is everybody else
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Ain't that freedom for you,
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ain't that freedom for you,
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American style
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Well, you know,
I like that pretty good,
just sitting there singing it now.
And I'll tell you something else.
In my day, when I was young,
there was a show called Free, remember,
Love American Style.
That's why I think I said that.
And that's why I think I called it TV Guide,
maybe, but I don't know.
And I should also say, God,
I hope I'm not putting
down some song you love.
I'm just telling the truth
about these songs.
They go in and out of fashion with me.
I like some better than others.
The people say they're like your kids,
it's just not that.
I don't have kids. I'll tell you something else,
though. So that song, when I lived in Memphis,
I have a song later that I would sing
called Highland Street
Incident, it was inspired,
both of those songs were,
that was my first attempt
at that song about Highland,
you know? I got hit with a gun right in the face
and it really shook me up and I never,
I could honestly say that's like I never
felt like the same person after that.
This, uh...
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