I shoplifted an 8-track tape from J.C. Penny's when I was young
One called "The Silver Tongued Devil" by the great Kristofferson
I caught Bob Dylan on that Johnny Cash TV show
Turned me on to Willie Nelson, Lord, with nowheres left to go
'Til that first time I saw Waylon
At Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga Tennessee
Oh that first time I saw Waylon
Elvis and the Beatles didn't mean a damn thing to me
Oh my uncle saw that look in my eye
Said that boy will never work another day in his life
That Telecaster chicken-pickin' rhythm just sent me sailin'
Oh that first time I saw Waylon
Singin' them Billy Joe Shaver songs
Lord that first time I saw Waylon
They turned around and I was gone
Lord that first time I saw Waylon
That stringy hair and barely hangin' on
Lord that first time I saw Waylon
Then I turned around and he was gone
Long gone
Long gone
I think he uses