LIGHTEN THAT LOAD

I'm your honky tonk daddy down in Tennessee 
I got this Gibson cranked up with these new guitar strings
I'll play you Working Mans Blues or Fire Down Below
I'll play you anything you want to help you lighten that load

I know you came in here just to have a good time
Drink a couple cold ones, leave your worries behind
I'll sing some Waylon Jennings or a little George Jones
Play you anything you want to help you lighten that load

Throw me a twenty in the tip jar
I'll sing you some Rambling Man
Make it a fifty and I'll even play a little Lynyrd Skynyrd  some Sweet Home Alabam
If we close the place down we don't give a damn

Throw me a twenty in the tip jar, I'll play you some ole Johnny Cash
Make it a hundred and I'll even play a little Steve Earle Copperhead Road
I'll lighten your load anyway I can

I used to have this gal she nagged all the time
And she went through my money like cheap red wine
I dropped at her momma's down in Ohio
She said what the hell is this
I said I'm lightening my load

Throw a twenty in the tip jar
I'll play you some ole Johnny Cash
Make it a fifty and I'll even play a little Lynyrd Skynyrd some Sweet Home Alabam
If we close the place down we don't give a damn

Yeah I lightened my load
Don't have to be hangin' around her no more


Credits:  
Songwriters:  Waylon Hanel and Bernie Nelson
Photo Cred:  Porsche Aremia 
Song recorded by: Josh Emmons at Omni Sound Studios Nashville TN
Song mastered by: Rory Rositas
Producer:  Bernie Nelson
BGV:  Lala Deaton
Omni House Band - 
Acoustic Guitar :  Carl Miner
Bass:  Craig Young
Lead Guitar:  Mike Durham
Drums:  Wayne Killius 
Dobro:  Steve Hinson