Oh, the last time I saw Hank
He was walking through a cornfield all alone
He was looking kinda hungry
Like a dog that buried but could not find the bone
And I asked him, did he need a drink?
He said, "Son, you can take that to the bank"
Then I woke up in a cold sweat
In this dream I call "The Last Time I Saw Hank"
Verse: 2
Oh, the last time I saw George Jones
Was a honky tonk on the road to Galveston
I believe he was still drinking
Must have been 1980, 1981
And you can feel the pain and sorrow
As his words flew out and rose high then they sank
Then a bottle broke though my windshield
In this dream I call "The Last Time I Saw Hank"
Bridge 1
Oh, the last time I saw Jesus
He was walking up the hill of Calvary
And he stumbled but he got some help
From a man they call "Simon of Cyrene"
I called out, "Jesus, I am drowning"
He says, "It's no one drowns, 'cause I will walk the plank"
And I woke up treading water
In this dream I call "The Last Time I Saw Hank"
Verse: 3
Oh, the last time I saw my father
He looked as if he'd just got out of jail
And he said, "I'm gonna win it back"
Like a man convinced somehow he had failed
From the corn fields of Iowa
To Hollywood and three months in the tank
Oh, the great American dreamer
In a dream I call "The Last Time I Saw Hank"
Bridge 2
Oh, the last time I saw my mother
Someone put a rose on her forehead
Was this miracle or mockery?
I'd scream, "She's asleep, she ain't really dead"
And I sang my old song "Alkali"
She opened up her eyes and then she winked
And it all moved in a circle
In this dream I call "The Last Time I Saw Hank"
Verse: 4
Oh, the last time I saw Hank
He was walking through a cornfield all alone