The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "HIGHWAYMAN"] I WAS A HIGHWAYMAN ALONG THE COACH ROADS I DID RIDE WITH SWORD AND PISTOL BY MY SIDE MANY A YOUNG MAID LOST HER BAUBLES TO MY TRADE AND MANY A SOLDIER SHED HIS LIFEBLOOD ON MY BLADE THE BASTARDS HUNG ME IN THE SPRING OF '25 BUT I AM STILL ALIVE I WAS A SAILOR I WAS BORN UPON THE TIDE AND WITH THE SEA I DID ABIDE I SAILED A SCHOONER ROUND THE HORN TO MEXICO I WENT ALOFT AND FURLED THE MAINSAIL IN A BLOW AND WHEN THE YARDS BROKE OFF THEY SAID THAT I GOT KILLED BUT I AM LIVING STILL I WAS A DAM BUILDER ACROSS THE RIVER DEEP AND WIDE WHERE STEEL AND WATER DID COLLIDE A PLACE CALLED BOULDER ON THE WILD COLORADO I SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE WET CONCRETE BELOW THEY BURIED ME IN THAT GREAT TOMB THAT KNOWS NO SOUND BUT I AM STILL AROUND I'LL ALWAYS BE AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND I'LL FLY A STARSHIP ACROSS THE UNIVERSE DIVIDE AND WHEN I REACH THE OTHER SIDE I'LL FIND A PLACE TO REST MY SPIRIT IF I CAN PERHAPS I MAY BECOME A HIGHWAYMAN AGAIN OR I MAY SIMPLY BE A SINGLE DROP OF RAIN BUT I WILL REMAIN AND I'LL BE BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "MAMMAS, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS"] COWBOYS AIN'T EASY TO LOVE, AND THEY'RE HARDER TO HOLD THEY'D RATHER GIVE YOU A SONG THAN DIAMONDS OR GOLD LONE STAR BELT BUCKLES AND OLD, FADED LEVIS AND EACH NIGHT BEGINS A NEW DAY AND IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HIM AND HE DON'T DIE YOUNG HE'LL PROBABLY JUST RIDE AWAY MAMMAS, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS DON'T LET 'EM PICK GUITARS AND DRIVE THEM OLD TRUCKS LET 'EM BE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND SUCH MAMMAS, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS THEY'LL NEVER STAY HOME, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ALONE EVEN WITH SOMEONE THEY LOVE COWBOYS LIKE SMOKY, OLD POOL ROOMS AND CLEAR MOUNTAIN MORNINGS LITTLE, WARM PUPPIES AND CHILDREN AND GIRLS OF THE NIGHT WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP AND THEM THAT DON'T KNOW HIM WON'T LIKE HIM AND THEM THAT DO SOMETIMES WON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE HIM HE AIN'T WRONG, HE'S JUST DIFFERENT BUT HIS PRIDE WON'T LET HIM DO THE THINGS TO MAKE YOU THINK HE'S RIGHT MAMMAS, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS DON'T LET 'EM PICK GUITARS OR DRIVE THEM OLD TRUCKS LET 'EM BE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND SUCH MAMMAS, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS THEY'LL NEVER STAY HOME, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ALONE EVEN WITH SOMEONE THEY LOVE [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

[PLAYING "RING OF FIRE"] I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF FIRE I WENT DOWN, DOWN, DOWN AND THE FLAMES WENT HIGHER AND IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS THE RING OF FIRE, THE RING OF FIRE LOVE IS A BURNING THING AND IT MAKES A FIERY RING BOUND BY WILD DESIRE I FELL INTO A RING OF FIRE I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF FIRE I WENT DOWN, DOWN, DOWN AND THE FLAMES WENT HIGHER AND IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS THE RING OF FIRE, THE RING OF FIRE HEY!

I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF FIRE I WENT DOWN, DOWN, DOWN AND THE FLAMES WENT HIGHER AND IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS THE RING OF FIRE, THE RING OF FIRE THE TASTE OF LOVE IS SWEET WHEN HEARTS LIKE OURS MEET I FELL FOR YOU LIKE A CHILD OH, BUT THE FIRE WENT WILD I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF FIRE I WENT DOWN, DOWN, DOWN AND THE FLAMES WENT HIGHER AND IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS THE RING OF FIRE, THE RING OF FIRE AND IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS THE RING OF FIRE, THE RING OF FIRE THE RING OF FIRE [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "ME AND BOBBY McGEE"] BUSTED FLAT IN BATON ROUGE HEADIN' FOR THE TRAIN FEELIN' NEARLY FADED AS MY JEANS BOBBY THUMBED A DIESEL DOWN JUST BEFORE IT RAINED TOOK US ALL THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS I PULLED MY HARPOON OUT OF MY DIRTY, RED BANDANA I WAS BLOWIN' SAD WHILE BOBBY SANG THE BLUES WITH THEM WINDSHIELD WIPERS SLAPPIN' TIME AND BOBBY CLAPPIN' HANDS WE FINALLY SANG UP EVERY SONG THAT DRIVER KNEW FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN' LEFT TO LOSE NOTHIN' AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN', BUT IT'S FREE FEELIN' GOOD WAS EASY, LORD, WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES FEELIN' GOOD WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY McGEE JENNINGS: FROM THE COALMINES OF KENTUCKY TO THE CALIFORNIA SUN BOBBY SHARED THE SECRETS OF MY SOUL STANDIN' RIGHT BESIDE ME, LORD THROUGH EVERYTHING I DONE EVERY NIGHT, SHE'D KEEP ME FROM THE COLD AND THEN ONE DAY NEAR SALINAS, LORD I LET HER SLIP AWAY SEARCHIN' FOR THE HOME I HOPE SHE'LL FIND AND I'D TRADE ALL MY TOMORROWS FOR ONE SINGLE YESTERDAY HOLDIN' BOBBY'S BODY CLOSE TO MINE FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN' LEFT TO LOSE NOTHIN' AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN', BUT IT'S FREE WHOO!

FEELIN' GOOD WAS EASY, LORD WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES JENNINGS: FEELIN' GOOD-- BUDDY, THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND WAYLON AND JOHNNY AND WILLIE.

OH, GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY McGEE YEAH, WILLIE!

YEAH.

CASH: GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY McGEE JENNINGS: ME AND BOBBY MOTHER-LOVIN' McGEE FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN' LEFT TO LOSE NOTHIN' AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN', BUT IT'S FREE AND IT DON'T COST NOTHIN' FEELIN' GOOD WAS EASY, LORD, WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES BUDDY, THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME WHOOP WHOOP YEAH.

GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY McGEE YEAH [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] RIGHT BACK AT YOU.

I USUALLY INTRODUCE THIS SONG BY SAYING "HELLO.

I'M JOHNNY CASH."

BUT YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT.

[PLAYING "FOLSOM PRISON BLUES"] I HEAR THE TRAIN A-COMIN' IT'S ROLLIN' ROUND THE BEND I AIN'T SEEN THE SUNSHINE SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M STUCK IN FOLSOM PRISON AND TIME KEEP DRAGGIN' ON BUT THAT TRAIN KEEPS A-ROLLIN' ON DOWN TO SAN ANTONE WHEN I WAS JUST A BABY MY MAMA TOLD ME, "SON... ALWAYS BE A GOOD BOY, DON'T EVER PLAY WITH GUNS" BUT I SHOT A MAN IN RENO JUST TO WATCH HIM DIE WHEN I HEAR THAT WHISTLE BLOWIN' I HANG MY HEAD AND CRY OH, YEAH!

OH, YEAH!

I BET THERE'S RICH FOLKS EATIN' IN A FANCY DININ' CAR THEY'RE PROBABLY DRINKIN' COFFEE AND SMOKIN' BIG CIGARS WELL, I KNOW I HAD IT COMIN' I KNOW I CAN'T BE FREE BUT THOSE PEOPLE KEEP A-MOVIN' AND THAT'S WHAT TORTURES ME YEAH!

DO IT!

WELL, IF THEY FREED ME FROM THIS PRISON IF THAT RAILROAD TRAIN WAS MINE BET I'D MOVE IT ON A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN THE LINE FAR FROM FOLSOM PRISON THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO STAY AND I'D LET THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW MY BLUES AWAY [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN"] WELL, I WOKE UP SUNDAY MORNING WITH NO WAY TO HOLD MY HEAD THAT DIDN'T HURT AND THE BEER I HAD FOR BREAKFAST WASN'T BAD SO I HAD ONE MORE FOR DESSERT THEN I FUMBLED THROUGH MY CLOSET FOR MY CLOTHES FOUND MY CLEANEST DIRTY SHIRT THEN I WASHED MY FACE AND COMBED MY HAIR AND STUMBLED DOWN THE STAIRS TO MEET THE DAY CASH: I'D SMOKED MY MIND THE NIGHT BEFORE WITH CIGARETTES AND SONGS THAT I'D BEEN PICKIN' BUT I LIT MY FIRST AND WATCHED A SMALL BOY CUSSIN' AT A CAN THAT HE'D BEEN KICKIN' I CROSSED THE EMPTY STREETS CAUGHT THE SUNDAY SMELL OF SOMEONE'S FRYIN' CHICKEN AND IT TOOK ME BACK TO SOMETHIN' THAT I'D LOST SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW ALONG THE WAY ON A SUNDAY MORNING SIDEWALK I'M WISHING, LORD, THAT I WAS STONED 'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING IN A SUNDAY THAT MAKES A BODY FEEL ALONE THERE AIN'T NOTHIN' SHORT OF DYIN' OH, HALF AS LONESOME AS THE SOUND OF A SLEEPIN' CITY SIDEWALK SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN IN THE PARK, I SAW A DADDY WITH A LAUGHIN', LITTLE GIRL THAT HE WAS SWINGIN' AND I STOPPED BESIDE A SUNDAY SCHOOL LISTENED TO THE SONGS THAT THEY WERE SINGIN' BRINGIN' IN THE SHEAVES THEN I HEADED BACK FOR HOME SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY, A LONESOME BELL WAS RINGIN' AND IT ECHOED THROUGH THE CANYON LIKE THE DISAPPEARING DREAMS OF YESTERDAY ON A SUNDAY MORNING SIDEWALK I'M WISHING, LORD, THAT I WAS STONED 'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING 'BOUT A SUNDAY THAT'LL MAKE YOUR BODY FEEL ALONE THERE AIN'T NOTHIN' SHORT OF DYIN' HALF AS LONESOME AS THE SOUND OF A SLEEPIN' CITY SIDEWALK SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] WHOO!

THANK YOU.

[PLAYING "HELP ME MAKE I THROUGH THE NIGHT"] YEAH!

1, 2, 3 KRISTOFFERSON: TAKE THE RIBBON FROM YOUR HAIR SHAKE IT LOOSE, LET IT FALL LAYIN' SOFT AGAINST MY SKIN LIKE THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL COME AND LAY DOWN BY MY SIDE TILL THE EARLY MORNIN' LIGHT ALL I'M TAKIN' IS YOUR TIME HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT I DON'T CARE WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG I DON'T TRY TO UNDERSTAND YEAH.

LET THE DEVIL TAKE TOMORROW 'CAUSE TONIGHT I NEED A FRIEND WHOA!

YESTERDAY IS DEAD AND GONE AND TOMORROW'S OUT OF SIGHT AND IT'S SAD TO BE ALONE HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT I DON'T CARE WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG YES, I DO.

I DON'T TRY TO UNDERSTAND LET THE DEVIL TAKE TOMORROW 'CAUSE TONIGHT I NEED A FRIEND YESTERDAY IS DEAD AND GONE AND TOMORROW'S OUT OF SIGHT AND IT'S SAD TO BE ALONE HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT HELPS.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "ALWAYS ON MY MIND"] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYBE I DIDN'T LOVE YOU QUITE AS OFTEN AS I COULD HAVE MAYBE I DIDN'T TREAT YOU QUITE AS GOOD AS I SHOULD HAVE IF I MADE YOU FEEL SECOND BEST GIRL, I'M SORRY I WAS BLIND BUT YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND TELL ME TELL ME THAT YOUR SWEET LOVE HASN'T DIED AND GIVE ME GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE TO KEEP YOU SATISFIED I'LL KEEP YOU SATISFIED LITTLE THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID AND DONE I JUST NEVER TOOK THE TIME BUT YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "I STILL MISS SOMEONE"] AT MY DOOR, THE LEAVES ARE FALLIN' A COLD, WILD WIND WILL COME SWEETHEARTS WALK BY TOGETHER AND I STILL MISS SOMEONE AND I GO OUT ON A PARTY AND LOOK FOR A LITTLE FUN BUT I FIND A DARKENED CORNER 'CAUSE I STILL MISS SOMEONE NO, I NEVER GOT OVER THOSE BLUES EYES I SEE THEM EVERYWHERE I MISS THOSE ARMS THAT HELD ME WHEN ALL THE LOVE WAS THERE AND I WONDER IF SHE'S SORRY FOR LEAVING WHAT WE'D BEGUN THERE'S SOMEONE FOR ME SOMEWHERE AND I STILL MISS SOMEONE NO, I NEVER GOT OVER THOSE BLUES EYES I SEE THEM EVERYWHERE I MISS THOSE ARMS THAT HELD ME WHEN ALL THE LOVE WAS THERE AND I WONDER IF SHE'S SORRY FOR LEAVING WHAT WE'D BEGUN THERE'S SOMEONE FOR ME SOMEWHERE AND I STILL MISS SOMEONE [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] YEAH.

HERE'S OUR NEW SINGLE RECORD FROM "HIGHWAYMAN 2" ALBUM-- "SILVER STALLION."

I'M GONNA STEAL ME A SILVER STALLION WITH NOT A MARK UPON HIS SILKY HIDE TEACH HIM HE CAN TRUST ME LIKE A BROTHER OH, ONE DAY, WE'LL SADDLE UP AND RIDE ALL: AND WE'RE GONNA RIDE WE'RE GONNA RIDE RIDE LIKE A ONE-EYED JACK OF DIAMONDS WITH THE DEVIL CLOSE BEHIND WE'RE GONNA RIDE I'M GONNA FIND ME A RECKLESS WOMAN RAZOR BLADES AND DICE IN HER EYES JUST A TOUCH OF SADNESS IN HER FINGERS THUNDER AND LIGHTNING IN HER THIGHS ALL: AND WE'RE GONNA RIDE WE'RE GONNA RIDE RIDE LIKE A ONE-EYED JACK OF DIAMONDS WITH THE DEVIL CLOSE BEHIND WE'RE GONNA RIDE I'M GONNA CHASE THE SKY FOREVER WITH A WOMAN AND THE STALLION AND THE WIND AND THE SUN IS GONNA BURN INTO A CINDER BEFORE WE EVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN ALL: AND WE'RE GONNA RIDE WE'RE GONNA RIDE RIDE LIKE A ONE-EYED JACK OF DIAMONDS WITH THE DEVIL CLOSE BEHIND WE'RE GONNA RIDE [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] IT'S THE SAME OLD TUNE, FIDDLE AND GUITAR WHERE DO WE TAKE IT FROM HERE?

RHINESTONE SUITS AND NEW, SHINY CARS IT'S BEEN THE SAME WAY FOR YEARS SOMEBODY TOLD ME WHEN I FIRST GOT TO NASHVILLE "HOSS, YOU FINALLY GOT IT MADE "OLD HANK MADE IT HERE NOW, WE'RE ALL SURE THAT YOU WILL" BUT I DON'T THINK HANK DONE IT THIS WAY DID OL' HANK REALLY DO IT THIS WAY?

PLAY IT.

10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, MAKING ONE-NIGHT STANDS SPEEDING MY YOUNG LIFE AWAY SO TELL ME ONE MORE TIME JUST SO'S I'LL UNDERSTAND ARE YOU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY?

DID OL' HANK REALLY DO IT THIS WAY?

TAKE IT HOME.

COME ON!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "A BOY NAMED SUE"] WELL, MY DADDY LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS 3 DIDN'T LEAVE VERY MUCH TO MA AND ME 'CEPT AN OLD GUITAR AND AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF BOOZE NOW, I DON'T BLAME HIM 'CAUSE HE RUN AND HID BUT THE MEANEST THING THAT MY DADDY EVER DID WAS, BEFORE HE LEFT, HE WENT AND NAMED ME SUE HE MUST'VE THOUGHT THAT IT IS QUITE A JOKE AND IT GOT A LOT OF LAUGHS FROM A-LOTS OF FOLKS SEEMS I HAD TO FIGHT MY WHOLE LIFE THROUGH SOME GAL WOULD GIGGLE, AND I'D TURN RED AND SOME GUY'D LAUGH, AND I'D BUST HIS HEAD BUT I'LL TELL YOU, LIFE AIN'T EASY FOR A BOY NAMED SUE BUT I GREW UP QUICK, AND I GREW UP MEAN MY FISTS GOT HARD, AND MY WITS GOT KEEN ROAM FROM TOWN TO TOWN TO HIDE MY SHAME BUT I MADE ME A VOW TO THE MOON AND STARS I'D SEARCH THE HONKY-TONKS AND BARS KILL THAT MAN THAT GIVE ME THAT AWFUL NAME WELL, IT WAS GATLINBURG IN MID JULY AND I JUST HIT TOWN, AND MY THROAT WAS DRY I THOUGHT I'D STOP AND HAVE MYSELF A BREW AT AN OLD SALOON ON A STREET OF MUD THERE AT A TABLE DEALING STUD SAT THE DIRTY, MANGY DOG THAT NAMED ME SUE WELL, I KNEW THAT SNAKE WAS MY OWN SWEET DAD FROM A WORN-OUT PICTURE THAT MY MOTHER'D HAD KNEW THAT SCAR ON HIS CHEEK AND HIS EVIL EYE HE WAS BIG AND BENT AND GRAY AND OLD AND I LOOKED AT HIM, AND MY BLOOD RAN COLD AND I SAID, "MY NAME IS SUE!

HOW DO YOU DO?

NOW YOUR GONNA DIE."

WELL, I HIT HIM HARD RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES AND HE WENT DOWN, BUT TO MY SURPRISE COME UP WITH A KNIFE AND CUT OFF A PIECE OF MY EAR THEN I BUSTED A CHAIR RIGHT ACROSS HIS TEETH AND WE CRASHED THROUGH THE WALLS AND INTO THE STREET KICKIN' AND A-GOUGIN' IN THE MUD AND THE BLOOD AND THE BEER WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE FOUGHT TOUGHER MEN BUT I REALLY CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN HE KICKED LIKE A MULE, AND HE BIT LIKE A CROCODILE I HEARD HIM LAUGH, AND THEN I HEARD HIM CUSS HE WENT FOR HIS GUN, AND I PULLED MINE FIRST AND HE STOOD THERE LOOKIN' AT ME, AND I SAW HIM SMILE AND HE SAID, "SON, THIS WORLD IS ROUGH "AND IF A MAN'S GONNA MAKE IT, HE'S GOT TO BE TOUGH AND I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE THERE TO HELP YOU ALONG" "SO I GIVE YOU THAT NAME, AND I SAID GOOD-BYE "I KNEW YOU'D HAVE TO GET TOUGH OR DIE IT'S THE NAME THAT HAD HELPED TO MAKE YOU STRONG" HE SAID, "NOW YOU JUST FOUGHT ONE HELL OF A FIGHT "AND I KNOW YOU HATE ME, AND YOU GOT THE RIGHT "TO KILL ME NOW, AND I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU IF YOU DO "BUT YOU OUGHT TO THANK ME BEFORE I DIE "FOR THE GRAVEL IN YOUR GUT AND THE SPIT IN YOUR EYE 'CAUSE I'M THE--RRR!-- THAT NAMED YOU SUE" WHAT COULD I DO?

I GOT ALL CHOKED UP, AND I THREW DOWN MY GUN I CALLED HIM MY PA, AND HE CALLED ME HIS SON COME AWAY WITH A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW AND I THINK ABOUT IT NOW AND THEN EVERY TIME I TRY AND EVERY TIME I WIN IF I EVER HAVE ANOTHER BOY, I'M GONNA NAME HIM... WAYLON OR WILLIE OR KRIS OR AFTER YOU.

SUE!

I STILL HATE THAT NAME SUE!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] YES.

[WHISTLING] [GUITAR PLAYS "A" MAJOR CHORD] [PLAYING "WHY ME"] GOD BLESS YOU.

THIS ONE GOES OUT ESPECIALLY FOR THE VIETNAM VETS.

WHY ME LORD?

WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO DESERVE EVEN ONE OF THE PLEASURES I'VE KNOWN?

TELL ME, LORD WHAT DID I EVER DO THAT WAS WORTH LOVIN' YOU OR THE KINDNESS YOU'VE SHOWN?

LORD, HELP ME, JESUS I'VE WASTED IT SO HELP ME, JESUS I KNOW WHAT I AM BUT NOW THAT I KNOW THAT I'VE NEEDED YOU SO HELP ME, JESUS MY SOUL'S IN YOUR HAND TRY ME, LORD IF YOU THINK THERE'S A WAY I CAN TRY TO REPAY ALL I'VE TAKEN FROM YOU MAYBE, LORD I CAN SHOW SOMEONE ELSE WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH MYSELF ON MY WAY BACK TO YOU LORD, HELP ME, JESUS I'VE WASTED IT SO HELP ME, JESUS I KNOW WHAT I AM BUT NOW THAT I KNOW THAT I'VE NEEDED YOU SO HELP ME, JESUS MY SOUL'S IN YOUR HAND JESUS MY SOUL'S IN YOUR HAND [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] RIGHT BACK AT YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU.

[GUITAR PLAYS LOW "E" NOTE] WELL, THE ONLY 3 THINGS IN LIFE THAT MAKE IT WORTH LIVIN' GUITARS THAT TUNE GOOD AND FIRM-FEELIN' WOMEN WOMEN I DON'T NEED MY NAME IN THE MARQUEE LIGHTS I GOT MY SONG, AND I GOT YOU WITH ME TONIGHT MAYBE IT'S TIME WE GOT DOWN TO SOME BASICS IN LOVE LET'S GO TO LUCKENBACH, TEXAS WITH WAYLON AND WILLIE AND THE BOYS THIS SUCCESSFUL LIFE WE'RE LIVIN'S GOT US FEUDIN' LIKE THE HATFIELDS AND McCOYS BETWEEN HANK WILLIAMS' PAIN SONGS NEWBURY'S TRAIN SONGS "BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN" OUT IN LUCKENBACH, TEXAS, AIN'T NOBODY FEELIN' NO PAIN BABY, LET'S SELL YOUR DIAMOND RINGS BUY SOME BOOTS AND FADED JEANS AND GO AWAY THIS COAT AND TIE ARE KILLING ME AND IN YOUR HIGH SOCIETY, YOU CRY ALL DAY WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY KEEPIN' UP WITH THE JONES 4-CAR GARAGE, AND WE'RE STILL BUILDIN' ON MAYBE IT'S TIME WE GOT DOWN TO SOME BASICS IN LOVE SHOW 'EM.

LET'S GO TO LUCKENBACH, TEXAS WITH WAYLON AND WILLIE AND THE BOYS THIS SUCCESSFUL LIFE WE'RE LIVIN'S GOT US FEUDIN' LIKE THE HATFIELD AND McCOYS BETWEEN HANK WILLIAMS' PAIN SONGS NEWBURY'S TRAIN SONGS "BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN" OUT IN LUCKENBACH, TEXAS, AIN'T NOBODY FEELIN' NO PAIN [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "BIG RIVER"] COME ON!

UH, WELL, I TAUGHT THE WEEPING WILLOW HOW TO CRY, CRY, CRY AND I SHOWED THE CLOUDS HOW TO COVER UP A CLEAR, BLUE SKY AND THE TEARS I CRIED FOR THAT WOMAN ARE GONNA FLOOD YOU, BIG RIVER THEN I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT HERE UNTIL I DIE NELSON: WELL, I MET HER ACCIDENTALLY IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA AND IT TORE ME UP TO HEAR HER WHEN SHE'D DRAWL THAT SOUTHERN DRAWL WELL, I HEARD MY DREAM WENT BACK DOWNSTREAM CAVORTIN' IN DAVENPORT BUT I FOLLOWED YOU, BIG RIVER, WHEN YOU CALLED YOU TOOK ME TO ST. LOUIS LATER ON DOWN THE RIVER FREIGHTER SAID, "SHE'S BEEN HERE, BUT SHE'S GONE, BOY, SHE'S GONE" THEN I FOUND HER TRAIL IN MEMPHIS BUT SHE JUST WALKED UP THE BLUFF RAISED A FEW EYEBROWS, MOVED ON DOWN ALONE WELL, I PULLED INTO NATCHEZ NEXT DAY DOWN THE RIVER BUT THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH TO MAKE THE ROUNDERS STAY VERY LONG WHEN I LEFT, IT WAS RAININ' SO NOBODY SAW ME CRY BIG RIVER, WHY'S YOU DOING ME THIS WAY?

CASH: NOW, WON'T YOU BATTER DOWN BY BATON ROUGE?

RIVER QUEEN, ROLL IT ON TAKE THAT WOMAN ON DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS, NEW ORLEANS GO ON, I'VE HAD ENOUGH DUMP MY BLUES DOWN IN THE GULF SHE LOVES YOU, BIG RIVER, MORE THAN ME NELSON: UH, WELL, I TAUGHT THE WEEPING WILLOW HOW TO CRY, CRY, CRY AND I SHOWED THE CLOUDS HOW TO COVER UP A CLEAR, BLUE SKY AND THE TEARS THAT I CRIED FOR THAT WOMAN ARE GONNA FLOOD YOU, BIG RIVER AND I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT HERE UNTIL I DIE THANK YOU.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ON THE ROAD AGAIN I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN THE LIFE I LOVE IS MAKING MUSIC WITH MY FRIENDS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN ON THE ROAD AGAIN GOIN' PLACES THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN SEEIN' THINGS THAT I MAY NEVER SEE AGAIN AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN ON THE ROAD AGAIN LIKE A BAND OF GYPSIES, WE GO DOWN THE HIGHWAY WE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS INSISTING THAT THE WORLD KEEP TURNING OUR WAY AND OUR WAY IS ON THE ROAD AGAIN I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN THE LIFE I LOVE IS MAKING MUSIC WITH MY FRIENDS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN ON THE ROAD AGAIN LIKE A BAND OF GYPSIES, WE GO DOWN THE HIGHWAY WE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS INSISTING THAT THE WORLD KEEP TURNING OUR WAY AND OUR WAY IS ON THE ROAD AGAIN I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN THE LIFE I LOVE IS MAKING MUSIC WITH MY FRIENDS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "ON THE ROAD AGAIN"] GOD BLESS YOU.

KEEP THE FAITH.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING VAMP]