THE; LEGENDARY; MICKEY; GILLEY

THE; LEGENDARY; MICKEY; GILLEY. MICKEY; WAS; BORN; AS; LEROY; MICKEY; GILLEY; IN; FRAIDAY; TEXAS. MICKEY; WAS; RAISED; POOR; ON; A; FARM; IN; FRAIDAY; TEXAS. MICKEY;S PARENTS; WERE; VERY; ABUSED; TO; HIM; MICKEY;S FATHER; DRANK; WHISKEY; VERY; OFTEN. AND; MICKEY; JUST; COUN;D;T SEE; HIS; FATHER; WASTE; HIS; LIFE; OUT; ON; DRINKING. SO; THE; BEST; THING; TO; DO; MICKEY; THOUGHT; WAS; TO; LEAVE; HOME. SO; MICKEY; PACKED; UP; ALL; HIS; BELONINGS; AND; LEFT; HOME; FOR; THE; BRIGHTER; SIDE; SO; HE; DID; STARTING; HEADING; OUT; FOR; BRANSON; MISSIOURI; AND; THAT;S WERE; HE; HAS; MADE; HIS; HOME. SO; IF; YOU; ARE; EVER; AROUND; BRANSON; MISSIOURI; STOP; BY; AND; CATCH; THE; MICKEY; GILLEY; SHOW; HE;LL BE; GLAD; TO; SEE; YOU. AND; WHEN; YOU; ENTER; HE;LL SAY; SEE;A AT; GILLEY;S. THIS; HERE; STORY; WAS; WRITTEN; AND; TOLD; BY; RODNEY; WAYNE; WATERS.

(written July 7, 2010)

How To Get A Girl

MY. STORY. BY. RODNEY WAYNE; WATERS. TOPIC; HOW; TO; GET; A; GIRL; WITHOUT; REALLY; FAILLING. THE; FIRST; THING; IS; TO; BE; NICE; TO; YOUR; WOMAN. THE; SECOND; THING; TO; SAY; SWEET; THINGS; TO; YOUR; WOMAN; LIKE; SHE;S DRESSES; BEAUTIFULLY; OR; SHE; SHE;S LOOKING; GOOD. OR; MAYBE; YOU; ARE; THE; LOVE; OF; LIFE; MAYBE; JUST; A; FEW; WORDS; OF; LOVE; MAY; BRIGHTEN; UP; HER; WHOLE; DAY. BECAUSE; LIKE; CHARLEY; PRIDE;S SONG; SAYS; KISS; AN; ANGEL GOOD; MORNING; AND; LOVE; HER; LIKE; THE; DEVIL; WHEN; YOU; GET; BACK; HOME. THIS; HERE; STORY; WAS; WRITTEN; BY; YOUR; AUTHOR; M.R. RODNEY WAYNE; WATERS.

(written April 4, 2012)

Gone (Johnny Cash)

I; WAS; WATCHING; A; SPECIAL; ON; THE; GOSPEL; MUSIC; OF; JOHNNY; CASH. THE; GOSPEL; MUSIC; OF; JOHNNY; CASH; WAS; HOSTED; BY; THE; LATE; DAN; RATHER; NEWS; COPENTATOR. JOHNNY; CASH; WANTED; TO; MAKE; A; GOSPEL; RECORD; AT; SUN; RECORDS; BUT; SAM; PILLHPS; TURNED; JOHNNY; CASH; DOWN; AND; SAID; WE; DON;T MAKE; GOSPEL RECORDS; HERE; SO; JOHNNY; GOT DISSPOINTMENT; OVER; HIS; DISAGREEMENT; WITH; SAM; PHILLIPS. SO; THEN; CAME; TELEVISION; AND; JOHNNY; CASH; HAS; NEVER; PERFORMED; BEFORE; A; LIVE; AUDUICE; THE; ONLY; LIVE; SHOW; WAS; AT; SAN; QIUETIN; AND; AT; FOLSOM; PRISION. IT; WAS; BAD; THE; WAY; HIM; AND; JUNE; HAD; TO; SUFFER; IT; ALL; THROUGH; THE; YEARS; THEY; HAVE; BEEN; THOUGH; SOME; HARD; ROADS; TO; TRAVEL. AND; JUST; THINK; WHEN; JOHNNY; AND; JUNE; CARTER; CASH; DIED; THEY; HAD;, JUST; CELEBRATING; THIRTY; FIVE; YEARS; OF; MARRIAGE; TOGETHER. FRIENDS; JOHNNY; CASH; IS; GONE; BUT; NOBOBY; ON; THIS; EARTH; CAN; FILL; HIS; SHOES. NOT; EVEN; I; CAN. THIS; WAS; WRITTEN; BY; YOUR; AUTHOR; AND; EDITOR. M.R. RODNEY; WAYNE; WATERS. JOHNNY; CASH; AND; JUNE; CARTER; ARE;
BURIED; SIDE; BY; SIDE; IN; HENDERSONVILLE; TENN.

(written March 21, 2012)