Living Legends (A Dyin' Breed)

Here's the latest news from Nashville

Some of it is a little bit rough

Like Charlie Daniels' new day job

He's on TV sellin' snuff

George Jones quit drinkin' and the CMA

Made him Number One on their TV show

The funny thing is he always was

They only discovered him 'bout a year ago

Livin' legends are a dying breed

And there's only a couple of us left

To tell you the truth,

I ain't been feelin' real hot lately myself

Well, ol' Willie's out in California

I don't think he's gonna be comin' back

Him and Kris are out in Hollyweird

They're tryin' to figure out how to act

Well, ol' Johnny Cash will write a movie

Gonna put all the rest of 'em to shame

Gonna be starrin' Dolly Parton

Gonna call it "The Hunchfront of Notre Dame"

Livin' lovers are a dying breed

Better love the ones you got left

Especially me -

'Cause I ain't been makin' out a whole lot lately myself

Well, I heard Johnny Paycheck got arrested

Stealin' antiques again

They caught him draggin' Ralph Emery out the back door of WSM

Every month or so we get a visit from

Big bad David Allan Coe

He comes to town to fight the system - Double-parks on Music Row

Livin' legends are a dying breed

And lately the way I've felt

If I'd only known I was gonna live this long

I mighta took better care of myself

Well, I hope ol' Paycheck liked my song

'Cause, like him, it's this just a joke

But if he don't, I guess he knows

That my shit-a-giver's broke

Livin' legends are a dying breed

And there's only a couple of us left

To tell you the truth

I ain't been feelin' real well lately myself

I'm a livin' legend in my own spare time

And I wrote this song myself

If I would've known it's gonna turned out this bad,

I might've gotten myself a little bit of help.

Yeah...

D-d-d-d-that's all, folks!