Songtexte Prologue - Waylon Jennings

Well now, that was "Spanish Fandango American Style"
That's the first song my dad taught me how to play on a guitar
The way this album came about was when a lot of
People were trying to get me to write a book
About the story of my life, and I decided to try it
And I had written about two pages when I realized
That there was too many people still alive that might
Get killed or divorced if I told everything I knew
So I decided to write my autobiography
I'd recorded several songs that were written
By Roger Murra and I was a big fan of his
And when I decided it was time to do this
Album, I knew I was gonna need some help
So I called him up and asked him if he'd be
Interested in working on it with me, and he said yes
Now looking back on writing with Roger Murra
I think I know where the songs came from
Now we wrote these songs in a little room about eight by eight
And on Roger's side of the room, all of his pencils
And papers and everything was in the proper place
And on my side of the room, everything was
Scattered and covered with cigarette ashes
So I think it all came together somewhere between ragged and right
What we tried to do with this album is put it
In book form, chapter one through chapter ten
Chapter one is about my childhood, growing up in Littlefield, Texas
In fact, that's the name of the song
Chapter two, well, that's about Texas
And Texans are pretty proud
No matter if you leave there or stay there, you always take
Pride in knowing that they'll never take Texas out of you
Chapter three, well, that's about my first love
I guess everybody remembers their first love
And in the 1950s when I first went to New York
It's kind of a combination
Chapter four is about lost love and me being married more than
Most families, I think I ought to know something about that
Chapter five is about Nashville and checking on
Nashville's sense of humor, see if they still have one
And what old Hank would think if he could come back right now and
See all the digital machines and trucks and buses and Learjets
Chapter six is about the crazy years
And all of my rough and rowdy days and all my
Rough and rowdy buddies I used to run around with
Kicking down doors and acting crazy in general
Chapter seven, well, that's about drugs
I spent 21 years of my life on drugs and this is
About being able to survive that and come back
And be living proof that there's life after drugs
I hope somebody gets something out of that
Chapter eight is about Jessie, the light of my life
And if anybody ever did deserve the stars in anybody's crown, she does
Chapter nine is about reflections
It's all about looking back over your life at the good and
Bad times and the things that you would and wouldn't change
Chapter ten, well, we call that the beginning
All I can say about that is it ain't over till it's over