Manny?s Hat Song
Jerry Jeff Walker

Manny was a maker of hats, Manny was much more than that
He was the kind of guy, you and I would want for a friend
Manny was a regular guy, with an old soul look in his eye
He was a man of word, and true to himself to the end

Chorus:
Manny loved to laugh and share a good story or two
If he’s a making you a hat, he needs to know some things about you
He’d say, ”Set yourself down, tell us what you’re [C/B]thinking about
Your hat says something about you, ?fore you even open your mouth”

Manny had a funky hat shop, south of town where everyone stopped
To sit and chat, get a hat, and maybe get a new attitude
He loved to sit up front and greet folks, take their measurements and laugh at their jokes
You couldn’t stop by without staying there all afternoon
His wife Norma she sat in the back, sewing sweatbands in all of his hats
She listened to the radio, some times I’d sing her a tune

Chorus

He made hats for a lot of great men but none were finer then he made for a friend
He made ‘em the old way, steamed, and creased ‘em by hand
He’d take your old hat and make her brand new, he’d shape it any way you wanted him too
He’d fix it up fine with a porcupine-beaded hatband
You know his hats were worn all over the world, by real cowboy, women?s and pearls
He even made one for me he jokingly called “the old friend”

Bridge:
Well when old friends disappear, I sometimes wonder where
I’d like to think maybe there just somewhere round the bend
But Manny’s in heaven I bet, I’ll go you one better yet
I’ll bet money John B. and Manny are talking God into a hat

Old Manny used to take me aside, he?d say Jerry Jeff you know how to write
Why don’t you make up a hat song and do it just the way that you do
Well now that old Manny has gone, I finally made him up Manny’s hat song
‘Cause it’s the best way to keep your old friend alive in a room

Chorus

Manny was a maker of hats, Manny was much more than that
He was the kind of guy, you and I would want for a friend

Life on the Road
by Jerry Jeff Walker and John Inmon

Intro: (all over an E)

Last year we went to London and Paris, Texas

We went on a bus tour, the great Texas honky tonk tour

Here are some snapshots about life on the road…..

Let me tell you ‘bout the life I lead

It ain’t all it’s cracked up to be

Of what you been told, ‘bout life on the road

Rolling round in a painted bus, just so y’all can look at us

Life on the road

You pack your clothes and your shaving kit
Some extra socks and those pants that fit
Check ‘em for holes, life on the road
Everything you pack is black, hoist it all upon your back
For life on the road

Climb on board the bus and grab your bunk
One on the bottom is the one you want
Less rock and roll as you roll down the road
Plug John Wayne in the VCR
Let the driver tell you where you are
Life on the road

You get a bed and a TV set, you get an ashtray for your cigarette
You get HBO, well that’s life on the road
Get one down on the bottom floor, hang a do not disturb sign on the door
Life on the road

You get clean sheets and a wake-up call
Only go up north in the spring and fall
But not when it’s cold, that’s no life on the road
Coffee black with pie a la mode
That’s what you want before the show
Life on the road

Tonight we’re playing that high school gym
They’re all drunk before I even begin
They’re hollering “psin’ in the Wind”
Life on the road

The local band opens up for us
Now the PA’s got a real big buzz
Life on the road

The good news is I get to sing my songs
The bad news is they all sing along
And they’re singing wrong notes
Ahh, life on the road

But if I stop, it won’t be long
Before they’re singing someone else’s song
Life on the road

Yeah, down in Texas we got our own style
We say “we’re fixin’ to” and “country mile”
Ten gallon hats and store-bought cowboy boots
We say “Howdy y’all”, they go “Howdy doo”
We’re laid back crazy ‘cause it’s understood
When you live down in Texas, life is good, life is good, yeah, life is good

Yeah, down in Texas, we know wrong from right
Work hard all day and party all night
We say “Yes sir” and “Thank you ma’am”
If you don’t like that we don’t give a damn
We do things the way we think we should
‘Cause we live down in Texas where life is good, this life is good, yeah, life is good

Bridge:
And every man in the whole wide world
He falls in love with pretty Texas girls
I found everything is good
Women round the world love their cowboys too
Hey down in Texas we say don’t complaint
Just thank the Lord for the pouring rain
Cloudy skies and bright old sunny days
We say we like it here either way
We wouldn’t change things even if we could
Cause every day in Texas, life is good, this life is good, hey, life is good

Yeah, life is good, Yeah life is good
Life is good, life is good, life is good

He was a friend of mine
yeah, he was a friend of mine
He never had no money, he never was satisfied
But he was a friend of mine

He died on the road,
he died on the road
He was just a poor boy, a long way from home
Cause he was a friend of mine

I stole away and cried
I stole away and cried
When I think about him, I still can’t keep from crying
Cause he was a friend of mine

Repeat 1st verse
Solo
Repeat 2nd verse

Writers : Jerry Jeff Walker, Steady Freddie Krc, Cosmic Bob Livingston

On the inro and walk down part you can use Bsus2 and Asus2 if you want
Bsus2: x24400
Asus2: x02200
iNTRO: B A E B A E B A E

Lately I’m feeling lousy all the time
I picked up a pen sat down tried to figure out why
I had it whittled down to a page or two
And the paper trail led me straight to you
I see life’s too short to put up with the things you do
Spell you cast been messing with my sanity
Call me now baby while you stickin’ them pins in me
But I figure if I’m finally over you
Cause I see right through that ‘DOO ’doo you do
When life’s too short to be involved with a witch like you
Life’s too short to get in a rut
Life’s too short to get a bad haircut
Life’s too short to be this long
Life’s too short to admit that you’re wrong
Life’s too short to wear tight shoes
Life’s too short to be blue
Life’s too short to be involved with a girl like you

When I walk out I’ll be free as a man can be
As funky as a monkey swinging high in the jungle tree
And if that lion asks for you or the monkey asks or the elephant too
I’ll send you back home there caged up in your zoo

Life’s too short for cheap guitars
Life’s too short to smoke cheap cigars
Get your kicks from dead beat chicks
For chewing gum down at the end of the bar
Life’s too short for steamship cruise
Life’s too short to be blue
Life’s too short to be involved with someone like you

Yeah, life’s too short to brush and floss
Life’s too short to sleep with the boss
Six way lights or disco bars
Or trying to pick up chicks in a compact car
Life’s too short for a bad tattoo
Life’s too short to be blue
Life’s too short to be involved with a girl like you
Yeah, life’s too short to be involved with someone like you
Yeah, life’s too short to be involved with someone like you