Ballad Of Hank Williams Lyrics - Hank Williams Jr.

Don, tell us how it really was 

When you was working with daddy 

Well, in 1950, I took a little nip 

Along with Mr. Williams on the way to Mississippi 

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 believing that fat sum bitch 

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 

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'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 salts to a little bitty fella 

He'd spend a 1000 dollars on a 100 dollar show 

Hank looked at me with a funny looking grin 

Said, "I've been to the Opry and I'm going 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 ass 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 

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Well, every song he made it went to number one 

Y'all was working like hell and you was having fun 

We was riding every day and playing every night 

And every 20 minutes some of us had a fight 

Now, daddy he was making money hand over fist 

And y'all was getting screwed but you wasn't getting kissed 

Yeah, I told him to pass a little bit around 

But he said, he'd rather send it to his folks in Alabama 

So he fired your ass 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 doing pretty good 

He's got a music company that they call Cedarwood 

And Hank played nothing but sold out halls 

And I was pumping gas in greasy overalls 

'Cause he fired my ass 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 alimony 

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 ass back in 1972 

Oh, well it's a family tradition ya know? 

Yap, yap, yap, yap 

But I kept Jerry Rivers 

Right, right