Hanks Last Show
Lyrics & Music by Thorsten Jakobsson Copyright © thorstenj@hotmail.com, July, 2012
A pale thin man is singing his songs
at the Skyline Club in Austin
the place is filled with dancing fans
and he is strumming chords on his Martin
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the songs are sad, but no one cares
this is the time for laughter
the voice is sharp, the suit is white
soon he will end his last show
He is so lonesome he could cry
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He got his name from King Hiram of Tyre
who built the Jerusalem temple
and now Hiram is Hank and wrote all the songs
that made him the king of country
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He was married with two beautiful women
while courting a third in the meantime
arrested for drinking in Alexander City
and spending the night in jail
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In just three weeks he will have a daughter
but she will be born an orphan
in a blue Cadillac with a leaking roof
his troubles came to an end
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