Lyrics

He was laying ‘cross the seat in that Cadillac
He was feeling pretty good
He had his pills and his Jack
And we kept on moving on our way
Sleep should come soon
He had a long, long day

I pulled into a truck stop in Bristol VA
Said he didn’t want nothing
And that’s the last thing I heard him say
He didn’t look well but what do I know
He was a man and I was just a boy

Mama never missed that Opry show
The first time I heard him I was 3 or 4
Now here he was laying in the back of the car
With some rhinestone suits and an old guitar

And he was as friendly as he could be
But he looked wore out
He looked sad to me
He didn’t look well but what did I know
He was a man and I was just a boy

I was young and I didn’t know
And now I feel like I let down Country radio
Yeah I was young and I didn’t know
But now I feel like I let down Country radio

Was pouring rain and it was freezing cold
And it was all I could do to keep that car on that road
He looked so peaceful I was happy to see
He was getting that rest he so seemed to need

When I stopped for gas he wouldn’t wake
I called out his name and I gave him a shake “Hank!"
The man at the pumps looked at me and said
Son how long have you been driving around with this man dead?

And I was young and I didn’t know
And now I feel like I let down Country radio
And I was young and I didn’t know
And now I feel like I let down Country radio

I can’t help but wonder what he’d have done
How many more great songs he’d have sung
It wasn’t my fault ‘least that’s what they claim but still I can’t help
Feeling to blame

And I was young and I didn’t know
And now I feel like I let down Country radio
And I was young and I didn’t know
And now I feel like I let down Country radio