Hank Williams III - Ballad Of Hank Williams lyrics

Don tell us how it really was when you was workin with daddy Well in 1950 I took a little nip Along with Mr. Williams on the way to Mississipp' We was stacked 8 deep in a Packard limousine And we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans Now the man told Daddy that he had what it took And he liked the way he sang and he liked the way he shook He said pretty soon he'd make us all rich And we started believin' that fat sumb**h Daddy told the man if you wanna make some dough Take a little money and book me on a show And we played them dates and we filled the places well But Hank, he'd done blowed the profits all to hell Cause he'd run through a 10 and he'd run through a 20 And he'd run through a 100 just as fast as it could go Like a big dose of sauce to a little bitty fella He'd spend a $1000 dollars on a $100 dollar show Hank looked at me with a funny lookin' grin Said "I've been to the Opry and I'm goin' back again" We met the owner in a little office there And a big fat fella with some artificial hair He told Hank he wanted half of everything he made Or he'd have to tell Audrey 'bout some women Hank had laid And you told Daddy he'd better get smart Get rid of them fellas and make a new start And he fired my a** and he fired Jerry Rivers And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt And he fired some people that he didn't even know Well, every song he made it went to number one Y'all was workin' like hell and you was havin' fun We was ridin' every day and playin' every night And every 20 minutes some of us had a fight Now, Daddy he was makin' money hand over fist And y'all was getting' screwed but you wasn't getting kissed Yeah, I told him to pa** a little bit around But he said he'd rather send it to his folks in Alabam' So he fired your a** and he fired Jerry Rivers And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt And he fired some people that he didn't even know Now the owner of the Opry, he's a-doin' pretty good He's got a music company that they call Cedarwood And Hank played nothing but sold out halls And I was pumpin' gas in greasy overalls Cause he fired my a** and he fired Jerry Rivers And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt And he fired some people that he didn't even know Hank run through a 50 and he'd run through a 100 And he'd run through a 1000 just as hard as he could go Buying cadillac coots paying double allimony And he fired some people that he didn't even know Don you know you, know you used to work for me one time I sure know that come but come to think of it you fired my a** back in 1972 Oh...well it's a family tradition ya know? Yap yap yap yap... But I kept Jerry Rivers Right right..