Hats Off (Made Popular By Alabama) [Vocal Version]

the stage is set tonight down in nashville

it's been a long hard ride into town

and thanks to some cowboys and heroes

my chance to sing has finally come around

the first song i ever sang was haggard's

mama sang to me i saw the light

and i turned my radio up louder

to hear johnny cash walk the line

hmm oh waylon sang the song about texas

willie's blue eyes cried in the rain

bocifas sang the song about dixie

lefty taught us all how to sing

hats off the hard riding cowboy

riding the somewhere tonight

hats off to hard riding cowboys

wanted dead or alive

well charlie ran the devil out of georgia

skinner singing sweet home alabama

the almond brothers taught us how to ramble

and the tucker boys showed us how to jam

hats off to hard riding cowboys

riding to somewhere tonight

hats off to hard riding cowboys

wanted dead or alive

well the stage is set tonight

up in heaven and rivers band is there with patsy cline

and all around there's cowboys and cowgirls

and thanks to them the music's still alive

hats off the hard flyin cowboys

flyin to somewhere tonight

hats off the hard flyin cowboys

wanted dead or alive