Waylon Jennings - MR. SHUCK AND JIVE lyrics

Tell us once again this morning old friend how did you win the war

Everybody loves a hero it don't matter if they've heard the tale before

And tell us of the time when almost everybody knew you were a star

And how intelligent you are

Prove that you're alive Mr Shuck and Jive

You can tell us of the man who stole your fortune and nearly ruined your life

Or better still the one about the TV and the couch and your best friend's wife

Tell us of grand projects never finished with somebody else to blame

And all the reasons that your fame

Just never did arrive Mr Shuck and Jive

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If you can get yourself together kindly write a criticism of this song

How it's exquisitely constructed and yet mechanical and somehow slightly wrong

And you can put it in your book about the enemy you never even met

You know you just might make it yet

But somehow you'll survive Mr Shuck and Jive