“I remember thinking, ‘The talent’s there,’” Cochran said. Cochran believed in Nelson enough to kick his pay increase over to his new friend with the nasal voice and peculiar phrasing. Price had recently doubled Cochran’s salary to $100 per week. “I said, ‘God almighty, can you make it out to my office tomorrow?’ He said, ‘Yeah … if you can get me back,’” Cochran told me in a 2002 interview.Ĭochran had a job at Price’s publishing company, Pamper Music. Posed portrait of Patsy Cline Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns/Redferns Nelson sang a few songs for Cochran who asked who his publisher was. Nelson and Cochran met at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, the storied Nashville meeting place where songwriters networked, shared songs and filled and refilled their cups. WILLIE NELSON'S 90th BIRTHDAY: How the Texas singer-songwriter transcends time. With Harlan Howard, Cochran had a huge hit in 1961 when Patsy Cline recorded “I Fall To Pieces.” Cochran was on a golden path at the time: Cline also made a hit of his “She’s Got You” in 1961, and Ray Price and Eddy Arnold would both have success with his “Make the World Go Away.” The late songwriter Hank Cochran, a Mississippi native, was one of the first people in Music City to recognize Nelson’s talent. Lord until the sun goes down, 'till it goes down.A predilection for writing lyrics and drinking helped Nelson find his people there. It's all night pourin', pourin', pourin', Ran into a rainstorm, I ducked back into Novato. That's why if you please, I am on my bendin knees, Heard a voice al callin', Lord you was commin' after me. I had a feelin' I was fallin', fallin', fallin', Try to see what's goin' down, try to read between the lines That's why if you please, I am on my bendin' knees,īertha don't you come around here anymore.ĭressed myself in green, I went down unto the sea. Run around the corner, corner, Lord run smack in to a tree. I had a run in, run around, and run down. I was all night running, running, Lord I wonder if you care, I had a hard run, runnin' from your window. I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.Īlthea told me, okay, that's fine, so now I'm trying to catch her.Ĭan't talk to you without talking to me, we're guilty of the same old thing.īeen talking alot about less and less and forgetting the love we bring. This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot. There are things you can replace, and others you cannot. Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy. When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me. Loose with the truth, baby, it's your fire, but baby don't get burned. Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.Īin't nobody messing with you, but you, your friends are getting most concerned. You may meet the fate on Ophelia, sleeping and penchence to dream. You may be a clown in the burying ground, or just another pretty face. You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.Īlthea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim. I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.Īlthea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.
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