What are the lyrics of Tim Hardin song Tribute to Hank Williams?

Answer 1

Great song to wonder about! ~LL.

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Goodbye Hank Williams, my friend

I didn't know you...

But I've been to places you've been

In Richmond, where they'd just been

For some, seats could not be found

But they planned to see him again

Next time.. Hank Williams.. came to town

Hardly nobody knew that night

How soon they'd be crying

Hardly nobody knew that night

Hank Williams... was dying

He sang from his heart,

Took the pain for his fans

Who watched the pain in his heart

And they sat, and then...

they clapped their hands.

Goodbye Hank Williams, my friend

I didn't know you...

But I've been t'places you've been

Chauffeur steared the car that night

To the town next in line for a show

With his name, and the date, in lights

And the people, with tickets, to go

Hardly nobody knew that night

How soon they'd be crying

Hardly nobody knew that night

Hank Williams was dying

Goodbye Hank Williams, my friend

I didn't know you...

But I've been - places you've been

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The 'live' version flips the first and second

verses, and replaces the third with:

"Whiskey took the heartbreak

From too many broken dreams

What pain wasn't taken by the whiskey

Was given by too much morphine"