text: They say he came out singing the moment he was born
  And he could pick that old flat top guitar like a farmer pickin corn
  And hed sneak in those old honky tonks until theyd kick him out
  And his daddy wonder how he learned all the stuff he sang about
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  He sang songs about dogs, songs about drinking
  Songs about mamas and trains
  Songs about heart broke country boys
  Standin out in the rain
  Songs about dancehall beauty queens worth getting into a fight
  Songs about nothing better to do, songs about Saturday night
  When he turned eighteen he went off to the war
  His sweetheart wrote him letters she said shed wait for sure
  By the time he came back home she was nowhere to be found
  So he packed his bags hit them honky tonks from town to town
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  Well everywhere he went, everybody knew his name
  But he never got the big hit, he stayed just the same
  And he moved back to the country when it was time to call it quits
  Now if you want to hear his music, you have to buy his greatest hits