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(whomever ya were) is called "I've Always Been Crazy". It's by Waylon Jennings and it's one the coolest songs on his Greatest Hits CD and it's also the story of my life, unbeknownst to him...

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I've Always Been Crazy

I've always been crazy and the trouble that it's put me through
I've been busted for things that I did, and I didn't do
I can't say I’m proud of all of the things that I’ve done
But I can say I’ve never intentionally hurt anyone

I've always been different with one foot over the line
Winding up somewhere one step ahead or behind
It ain't been so easy but I guess I shouldn't complain
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane

Beautiful lady are you sure that you understand
The chances your taking loving a free living man
Are you really sure you really want what you see
Be careful of something that's just what you want it to be

I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane
Nobody knows if it's something to bless or to blame
So far I ain't found a rhyme or a reason to change
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane

Man, I'll tell ya what... the day Waylon died, I knew my own mortality in a way I hadn't before. I don't know why, but... I did. Losing him outta this life shook me in a way not many celebrity's dying has, does or ever will.

Waylon was something more, somehow, and it still kinda hurts when I re-realize he's gone.

Maybe it's cause Dad sounds so much like him when he sings.
Maybe it's because his music has been around my whole life.
Maybe it's just because he was Waylon and nobody else is or ever will be.

I dunno.

All I do know is that I miss this guy, still.
But...
I just keep tellin' myself he waited long enough to tell Buddy he was only kidding and they're together again now, making music and having a blast.
(But, it does still sting, even when it's just the "Dukes" theme song I hear...)

Thanks, Waylon... thanks for everything and I hope I get to be in the same place you are again someday. You, after all, made life on Earth a little more bearable. Bet you make Heaven rock....

Posted by: Stevie at 04:58 PM

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Posted by: Arjay at January 28, 2005 12:21 PM (6krEN)

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