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Tom T. Hall - Joe Don't Let Your Music Kill You
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Kennedy
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Joe, don't let your music kill you
It's a thing that's supposed to fill ya
It's a thing that's supposed to make you happy
Taking pills and drinking whiskey
Pickin' can be mighty risky
Joe, don't let your music kill you
Nobody cares
[Verse 2]
That song that you've been singing
It's not what you think
I know you've seen some sunny days
You love your music
But you love your life
And there's nothing silent like a grave
[Verse 3]
Joe, don't let your music kill you
It's a thing that's supposed to fill ya
It's a thing that's supposed to make you happy
Taking pills and drinking whiskey
Pickin' can be mighty risky
Joe, don't let your music kill you
Nobody cares
[Verse 4]
Hunger can be killed with a can of beans
Don't let 'em tell you that I'm wrong
You got a good woman, she's got her dreams
Don't hang your life up for a song
[Verse 5]
Joe, don't let your music kill you
It's a thing that's supposed to fill ya
It's a thing that's supposed to make you happy
Taking pills and drinking whiskey
Pickin' can be mighty risky
Son, don't let your music kill you
Nobody cares
[Verse 6]
Joe, don't let your music kill you
It's a thing that's supposed to fill ya
It's a thing that's supposed to make you happy
Taking pills and drinking whiskey
Pickin' can be mighty risky
Joe, don't let your music kill you
Nobody cares
Written by: Tom T. Hall

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