A Backstage Pass Lyrics - Johnny Cash

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash 

One night I had a backstage pass 

To a Willie Nelson show 

There were wackoes and weirdoes and dingbats and dodoes 

And athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe 

There was leather and lace and every minority race 

With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson show 

Kristofferson got an offer for a movie 

Promoters closed another deal or two 

Waylon got a call from his son Shooter 

And he went home the minute he was through 

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I moved with the mob at intermission 

To the green room where you see who you can see 

There were has-been's and would-be's and never-were's 

Paupers, punks and millionaires and me 

And there were wackoes and weirdoes and dingbats and dodoes 

And athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe 

There was leather and lace and every minority race 

With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson show 

Hell's Angels blocked the traffic to the building 

In order for the beer truck to come through 

And waitin' in the wings to sing with Willie 

Were hopeful stars of flickering magnitude 

There was a singer Willie knew back in the fifties 

Who once paid him fifty dollars for a song 

There were women who once did and some who still would 

I heard one ask, "Did Connie come along?" 

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And there were wackoes and weirdoes and dingbats and dodoes 

And athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe 

Leather and lace and every minority race 

With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson show 

I wish, you could've been there 

But maybe you were