Cuz I Was Never Pretty Anyway And

This World That I Live In Is Empty And Cold/the Loneliness Cuts Me And Tortures My Soul.

You've Got To Care About The Music...you'd Better Not Be Doing It For The Publicity, The Fame Or The Money. And You'd Sure Better Not Be Doing It Because It's A Way To Make A Living, 'cause That Ain't Always Going To Be Easy. You Got To Believe It, Believe In The Music. You Got To Mean It.

One Thing Is That I Wasn't Getting Booked That Well, And They Had Control Over Who Got The Awards, They Had Control Over Who Sold. And They Really Did Not Want Willie Or Me, Either One, To “have A Hit Record. They Wanted The Money, But They Didn't Want Us To Be The Ones.

We Got A Lot Of Politicians Up There On Capital Hill. Ain't It Funny How They Prosper While The Country Stands Still?

But Buddy Was An Upper. He Was Happy. He Loved Music, And He Was Really Happy. I Don't Know... I Don't Believe In Reincarnation At All, But If All That Stuff Is True, Then He Might Have Been On His Last Time Around.