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Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
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710:"Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977"
1898:Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings
1747:Somewhere Between Ragged and Right
1283:Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
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1712:There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
1667:Old 97's & Waylon Jennings
118:1977 single by Waylon Jennings
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1346:I Ain't Living Long Like This
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733:Ultimate Waylon Jennings
625:Waylon: An Autobiography
1488:My Rough and Rowdy Days
1474:The Broken Promise Land
1203:Brown Eyed Handsome Man
831:Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan
610: : www.lyrics.com
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1821:RCA Country Legends
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166:"Belle of the Ball"
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