I was thumbin' back from Montgomery
With a guitar on my back
When a stranger pulled up beside me in an antique Cadillac
Well
He was dressed like 1950
Half drunk and hallow eyed
Its a long walk to Nashville
Would you like a ride
Son
He sat down in the front seat
And turned on the radio
And them sad old songs comin' outta them speakers was solid country gold
Then I noticed the stranger was ghost white pale when he asked me for a light
And knew there was somethin' strange about this ride
He said:Mister can you make folks cry when you play and sang
Can you pay your dues
Can you moan the blues
Can you bend them guitar strangs
He said:Boy
Can you make folks feel what you feel inside
Cause if your big star bound let me warn you its a long hard ride
Well
He cried just south of Nashville
And he turned that car around
He said:
Spoken
This is where you get off
Boy
Cause I'm going back to Alabam'
I stepped out of that ole Cadillac and I said Mister
Many thanks
He said you don't have to call me mister
Mister
The whole world calls me Hank
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