I'm Gonna Still Play Some Dates, But

I Didn't Say I Wasn't Gonna Do Rockabilly. I Just Said I Ain't Gonna Sing No Song That Ain't A Country Song. I Won't Be Known As Anything But A Country Singer.

My Mother Told Me On Several Different Occasions That She Was Livin' Her Dream Vicariously Through Me. She Once Said That I Was Getting To Do All The Things That She Would Have Wanted To Have Done.

I Remember As A Kid Being Cold A Lot, And Hungry Sometimes. Wed Go To Bed With Just Cornbread And Milk, And I Remember Wearing Shoes With Holes In The Bottom. I Remember Having Twine For Shoestrings.

I Was Always Very Grateful To 'em And Am Grateful To 'em Now. I Went Back A Couple Of Years Ago And Did Their 20th Anniversary Show. But The Longer I Stayed On Hee Haw, The Worse Things Got For Me Musically.

I've Got The Hungries For Your Love And I'm Waiting In Your Welfare Line.