Hank Williams' Ghost - Darrell Scott

In the early morning hours

Just before you’re wide awake

Before you summons all your powers

To cover up your big mistake

When all the coulda woulda beens

Collide with shoulda knowns

And all your rage and angst hillbilly sins

Have an odor all their own

Aw, but it’s all right, it’s okay

You’ll learn to look the other way

Life is short, life is long (hey)

Get your guitar and sing this song:

La-da-da-da-da-da-da

Now you’re kickin' back the covers

Now you’re ready to make your stand

You never ever really ever really ever thought that you were quite like all the

others

No you had promise in your hands

And you studied truth and honor

Oh but you did not pass the test

Oh up in heaven you’re a goner

Seems you’re as human as the rest

Yeah, but it’s all right, it’s okay

You’ll learn to stand some other way

Like on your knees or on your back (hey)

Take one last breath and fade to black

La-da-da-da-die-die-die

Nobody said it would be easy

And nobody said it had to be this

Hard

This hard

And when you’re floating o’er the mountain

With the living world below

They’re so full of hope and so full of wanting

Most of which they’ll never know

But you have heard the angels singing

Hell they’re singing to you yet

Take the gifts that they are bringing

They may be all that you get

Oh but it’s all right, it’s ok

You’ll be a saint some other day

Fare thee well, adios

Yeah, we hurt the ones we love the most

We hurt the ones we love the most

And we blame it on Hank Williams' ghost