Don tell us how it really was when you was workin' with daddy      Well in 1950 I took a little nip   Along with Mr. Williams on the way to Mississipp'   We was stacked 8 deep in a Packard limousine   And we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans      Now the man told daddy that he had what it took   And he liked the way he sang and he liked the way he shook   He said, pretty soon he'd make us all rich   And we started believin' that fat sum bitch      Daddy told the man if you wanna make some dough   Take a little money and book me on a show   And we played them dates and we filled the places well   But hank, he'd done blowed the profits all to hell      'Cause he'd run through a 10 and he'd run through a 20   And he'd run through a 100 just as fast as it could go   Like a big dose of sauce to a little bitty fella   He'd spend a $1000 dollars on a $100 dollar show      Hank looked at me with a funny lookin' grin   Said, "I've been to the opry and I'm goin' back again"   We met the owner in a little office there   And a big fat fella with some artificial hair      He told Hank, he wanted half of everything he made   Or he'd have to tell Audrey 'bout some women Hank had laid   And you told daddy, he'd better get smart   Get rid of them fellas and make a new start      And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers   And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go   He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt   And he fired some people that he didn't even know      Well, every song he made it went to number one   Y'all was workin' like hell and you was havin' fun   We was ridin' every day and playin' every night   And every 20 minutes some of us had a fight      Now, daddy he was makin' money hand over fist   And y'all was getting' screwed but you wasn't getting kissed   Yeah, I told him to pass a little bit around   But he said, he'd rather send it to his folks in Alabam'      So he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers   And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go   He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt   And he fired some people that he didn't even know      Now the owner of the opry, he's a-doin' pretty good   He's got a music company that they call Cedarwood   And Hank played nothing but sold out halls   And I was pumpin' gas in greasy overalls      'Cause he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers   And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go   He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt   And he fired some people that he didn't even know      Hank run through a 50 and he'd run through a 100   And he'd run through a 1000 just as hard as he could go   Buying Cadillac coots paying double alimony   And he fired some people that he didn't even know      Don you know, you know, you used to work for me one time   I sure know that come but come to think of it you fired my ass back in 1972   Oh, well it's a family tradition ya know?   Yap yap yap yap   But I kept Jerry Rivers   Right, right