Fancy Boys

Album: Co-Starring Too

In this false and soulless age, we all tied to a great white whale
Blind faith and promises are hanging on a rusty nail
We all end up in Nashville scrounging for our next meal
When the devils lawyer shows up, says sign here it’s a hell of a deal

 

Hank Williams died on New Year’s Day in a Cadillac Fleetwood
And now fancy boys prance around on stages where Waylon once stood

 

An old preacher will appear just before our last breath
Saying whoever believes the word shall not taste death
Still, we stutter and stammer and fall down on our knees
We’re as desperate as a real estate agent at the Salton Sea

 

Hank Williams died on New Year’s Day in a Cadillac Fleetwood
And now fancy boys prance around on stages where Waylon once stood

 

They say our life flashes before us just before our soul leaves
And no one but God can see our sins, so that’s some relief
Now before the last waltz is over, a new song begins
And the vandals brought back the handles, so the pump is working again

 

Hank Williams died on New Year’s Day in a Cadillac Fleetwood
And now fancy boys prance around on stages where Waylon once stood

 

Where I’m going for my bad past ain’t gonna need a toothbrush
It’s gonna be more than soap in my mouth like when mama heard me cuss
Willie said roll him up and smoke him, it’d be easier with a bong
Just throw my ashes in the face of who’s got this week’s number one country song

 

Hank Williams died on New Year’s Day in a Cadillac Fleetwood
And now fancy boys prance around on stages where Waylon once stood

Written by Ray Wylie Hubbard

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