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Waylon Alvin Jennings, né Waylon Arnold Jennings le 15 juin 1937 et mort le 13 février 2002, est un chanteur de musique country américain.

Ancien bassiste de Buddy Holly, il devient, durant les années 1970, l'un des fondateurs de la Country Outlaw, dont il sera l'un des plus célèbres représentants, avec Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, ou Johnny Cash.

En 1985, il rejoint le supergroupe The Highwaymen, et fut, entre autres, le créateur et l'interprète du générique de la série télévisée Shérif, fais-moi peur .

Waylon Jennings a enregistré plus de quarante-cinq albums studio. Intronisé au Country Music Hall of Fame en 2001, il décède l'année suivante à la suite de complications dues au diabète. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. juin 1937 – 13. février 2002
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Waylon Jennings: Citations en anglais

“Waylon said it best when he sang to Willy; 'If you see me gettin' smaller, I'm leavin' don't be grievin', just gotta get away from here. If you see me gettin' smaller, don't worry, I'm in no hurry I've got the right to disappear.”

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“Just some good ol' boys,
Never meaning no harm.
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day they were born.”

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Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys), from Music Man (1979).
Song lyrics

“There's always one more way to do things and that's your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.”

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“It's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar.
Where do we take it from here?
Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars;
We've been the same way for years.
We need to change.”

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Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way, from Dreaming My Dreams (1975).
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“Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand?
What started out to be a joke, the law don't understand.
Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man?
Maybe this here outlaw bit has done got out of hand.”

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Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand, from I've Always Been Crazy (1978).
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“They oughtta give me the Wurlitzer Prize
For all the silver I let slide down the slot.
Playin' those songs sung blue
That help me remember you.
I don't wanna get over you.”

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The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You) (1977).
Song lyrics

“Oh rainy day woman,
I've never seem to see you for the good times or the sunshine.
You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman.”

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Rainy Day Woman, from The Ramblin' Man (1974).
Song lyrics

“She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man.
She loves him in spite of his ways she don't understand.
With teardrops & laughter they pass through this world hand in hand,
A good hearted woman, lovin' a good timin' man.”

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Good Hearted Woman, title track from Good Hearted Woman, written with Willie Nelson (1972).
Song lyrics

“Let the world call me a fool,
But if things are right with me and you,
That's all that matters.
And I'll do anything you asked me to.”

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You Asked Me To, from Honky Tonk Heroes, written with Billy Joe Shaver (1973).
Song lyrics

“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.”

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I've Always Been Crazy, title track from I've Always Been Crazy (1978).
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“Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through.
Someone's gonna pay for the things you do.
How many hearts must break, how many will it take?
To satisfy you, just to satisfy you?”

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Just to Satisfy You, title track from Just to Satisfy You, written with Don Bowman (1969).
Song lyrics

“This time if you want me to come back, it's up to you.
But remember I won't allow the things you used to do.
You're gonna have to toe the mark and walk the line;
This time will be the last time.”

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This Time, title track from This Time (1974).
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