WAYLON JENNINGS - OLD TIMER lyrics

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Verse 1:

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I grew up in Wyoming

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In and around Jackson's hole

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In the shadows of the Tetons

Where summers are hot

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And winters unbearably cold

G

But the Spring and the Fall

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Are always as good as it gets

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For over 70 years now

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I'd watch the sun rise and set

Verse 2:

A

I've been a cowboy

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Working the round-ups in spring

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I've lived in the mountains

Hunted the grizzly

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Trapping the rivers and streams

G

Always the loner

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I've treasured my freedom the most

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And though i never married

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As a young man i might have come close

Verse 3:

G

From somewhere back east

She came to the valley

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With a man who did her no good

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He was fast with the ladies

A tin horn gambler

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And a cheat whenever he could

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She had no friends or family

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Most of the time he was gone

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He died in a card game

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And she found herself all alone

Verse 4:

G

Alone and afraid and left unprotected

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'Cause he was all that she had

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Maybe i should have

But i never told her

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So she never knew he was bad

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But i'll always remember

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Standing and watching her cry

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There was no one to help her

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But i was determined to try

Verse 5:

A

I mended her fences and

Fixed up her cabin

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I had everything looking good

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I laid by her food

And wood for the winter

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Helping wherever i could

G

The more i was around her

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The more i wanted to be

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There was something about her

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That brought out a good side of me

Verse 6:

G

I went into town,i brought a new outfit

D

I got me a haircut and shave

G

I'd trek through the snow

For no good reason

D

Just to go by her cabin each day

G

I don't know about love

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But i was quite taken in by it all

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Till her brother came in the Spring

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And he took her back to St. Paul

Verse 7:

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I don't go down to Jackson

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Ain't nothing there but motels and bars

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Too damn many tourists

No place to hide

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They'll find you wherever you are

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They like to call me old timer

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I am getting older i guess

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But i don't like the changes

D

'Cause i've seen it all at its best

Verse 8:

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When my life is over

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I don't want to be left in town

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But up in the mountains

There is a place

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I've marked off my own piece of ground

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High in the Tetons

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Above and away from it all

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From the top of old Grand

I bet on a clear day - you can see

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All the way to St. Paul