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(TO WAYLON) THERE'S AN OUTLAW UP IN HEAVEN TONIGHT
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Vocals, harmony, guitar and bass. Waylon Jennings style.
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Betty Lou on vocals guitar and bass All lyrics and musical compositions by Betty L Johnson
Hi, my name is Betty Johnson and my 'band' consists of only me! I am a songwriter of Blues, Country and pop. I have been writing music and entertaining for many, many years. At the present time I am concentrating on my songwriting, looking for recording artists who may be interested in my material.
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Genre
Country • Country General
Charts
Peak #189
Peak in subgenre #70
Author
Betty L. Johnson
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pending
Uploaded
February 20, 2002
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MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
The motivation to my writing this song was the tragic, untimely death of Country Music's Waylon Jennings! This has hit me hard, and it would have been impossible to NOT have written the song.
Lyrics
THERE'S AN OUTLAW UP IN HEAVEN TONIGHT A LOT OF TEARS ARE FLOWING ALL ACROSS THE LAND COUNTRY MUSIC LOST A REAL GOOD MAN THE THIRTEENTH OF FEBUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWO WRAPPED IN ANGEL'S WINGS WAYLON FLEW (CHORUS) YOU KNOW WE GREW UP WITH HIS MUSIC YOU KNOW HE HAD A SPECIAL STYLE I CLOSE MY EYES, AND I CAN SEE HIM NOW JUST KNOWING HE'S NO LONGER WITH US LORD, SOMEHOW IT DON'T SEEM RIGHT OH, THERE'S AN OUTLAW UP IN HEAVEN TONIGHT HE SANG ABOUT HANK WILLIAMS AND A BROWN-EYED, HANDSOME MAN HE ALWAYS HAD A GUITAR IN HIS HAND OH, A LONG, BLACK, FLOWING COAT AND A BLACK HAT WAS HIS BRAND LORD, WE'RE GONNA MISS THAT OUTLAW MAN (REPEAT CHORUS) WAYLON JENNINGS, HOW WE MISS YOU YOU'VE LEFT AN EMPTY SPACE THERE'S NO ONE COULD EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE AND WE'D SURE LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE HEAVEN JUST GOT A BRAND NEW STAR (REPEAT CHORUS- REPEAT LAST LINE) WRITTEN BY BETTY L. JOHNSON- 2-14-02
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