“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.”

—  Waylon Jennings

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

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American country music singer, songwriter, and musician 1937–2002

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