[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Willie's riding shotgun, Waylon's sleepin' in the back
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Billy Graham is preaching about Jesus Christ with the Man in Black
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Lennon's talking politics, Dylan's mumblin' on his phone
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Ol' Kristofferson says turn it up Merle that's a Tom Petty song

[Interlude]
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  Yeah

[Verse 2]
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No, Elvis ain't dead, he just got tired of the velvet and the press
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He's hangin' out with Emmylou and Gram Parsons on a boat out in Key West
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And speaking of Memphis, the best blues band in town
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Plays every Tuesday night, Stevie Ray and Jimi tune it up and burn it down

[Chorus]
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  Just like my heroes, I'm as free as the wind
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Singing those old songs just like they did back then
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Some are here and some are gone
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Old habits die hard and legends live on and on

[Verse 3]
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Somebody said they saw Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain
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At a little dive thirty miles outside the east side of L.A.
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Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper
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Are all hangin' out at Night Hawks drinking whiskey with Eddie Hopper

[Chorus]
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  Just like my heroes, I'm as free as the wind
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Singing those old songs just like they did back then
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Some are here and some are gone
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Old habits die hard and legends live on and on and on
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Legends live on

[Bridge]
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I had dream one night, one day I was at this South Texas café
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Playing 42 with Townes Van Zandt and Ernest Hemmingway
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We had Hank on the jukebox, burning that pipe tobacco slow
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My ol' man chimed in and said, "Kids these days need to dig deeper to find their soul"
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  Can I get an amen?
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Dig deeper to find your soul, better pick up that shovel and get to work

[Chorus]
D                            Am
  Just like my heroes I'm as free as the wind
C                            G
Singing those old songs just like they did back then
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Some are here and some are gone
           C                         G
Old habits die hard and legends live on and on
D                            Am
  Just like my heroes I'm as free as the wind
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Singing those old songs just like they did back then
         D                 Am
Some are here and some are gone
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Old habits die hard and legends live on and on and on
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Legends live on, legends live on
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Legends live on and on and on
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Legends live on, legends live on
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Legends live on and on and on
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And on and on and on