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Waylon Jennings Tops Country Music 'Best Opening Lyrics' Ever List


Posted on Feb 19, 2011 @ 03:15AM - 5 comments

Waylon Jennings may have been known as "the outlaw" but he had a way with words and his opening lyrics from 'Luckenbach, Texas' have been voted the all time best, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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Waylon Jennings may have been known as "the outlaw" but he had a way with words and his opening lyrics from 'Luckenbach, Texas' have been voted the all time best, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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"The only two things in life that make it worth livin'/ Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women," Jennings penned in 1977.

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The lyric was voted best in a poll conducted by AOL Music's country site, The Boot.

Hank Williams' 'I Saw the Light' came in number 2.  Brad Paisley placed two songs in the top 20.

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