Way back in the days of my mis-spent youth, back when if you were old enough to go to war you were old enough to drink in some states, There used to be a little joint down across the Louisiana line. The barmaid had more than a passing resemblance to Waylon Jennings in this picture. This song was on the jukebox and we wore a rut in the record. I heard that that barmaid got so sick of it she broke into the jukebox and threw it away.
This is Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings’ recut of and Kristopherson tune he cut three years earlier. As much as I like Kris, I prefer their version and try as I might I could not find a live clip. From 1978, here’s The Year 2003 Minus 25:
WONDERFUL! WHAT TOWN IN LouSIANA?