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Backstage Pass

Johnny Cash

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Backstage Pass

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Hello I'm Johnny CashOne night I had a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson ShowThere were wackoes and weirdoes and dingbats and dodoesAnd athletes and movie stars and David Allan CoeThere was leather and lace and every minority raceWith a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson ShowKristofferson got an offer for a movie promoters closed another deal or twoWaylon got a call from his son Shooter and he went home the minute he was throughI moved with the mob at intermissionTo the green room where you see who you can seeThere were has-been's and would-be's and never-were'sPaupers punks and millionaires and meAnd there were wackoes...[ guitar ]Hells Angels blocked the traffic to the buildingIn order for the beer truck to come throughAnd waitin' in the wings to sing with Willie were hopeful stars of flickering magnitudeThere was a singer Willie knew back in the fiftiesWho once paid him fifty dollars for a songThere were women who once did and some who still wouldI heard one ask did Connie come alongAnd there were wackoes...I wish you could've been there well maybe you were
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