Waylon Arnold Jennings was born June 15, 1937 and raised in Littlefield, Texas. Jennings was one of the artists who helped father the country outlaw movement during 1970´s, refusing to play the popular Nashville sound at the time. At the age of 12 he worked as a DJ on a local radio station and shortly afterward he started his very first band. Two years later he left school to pick cotton for for a short time. He moved to Lubbock Texas in 1954 and found work at a radio station where he was introduced to the legendary Buddy Hollywho became a close friend and mentor.
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Deep In The West Lyrics

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter

Verse 1:
(Waylon)
Deep in the West, where the tall mountains grow
I've gone home
Where the Heaven above turns red from the fire
Down below

Chorus:
(Waylon)
Are you listening to me
When I'm talking to you
Said together we're one
Divided we're through
Divided we're through

Verse 2:
(Jessi)
Silver friend at night, yellow friend you come
With the dawn
Back in my heart,i've been drying my eyes
See me run

Chorus:
(Jessi)
So you hang onto me
And I'll hang on to you
Said together we're one
Divided we're through
Divided we're through

Verse 3:
(Waylon then Jessi)
Refusing to talk, I suppose that it's all
For loves sake
And learning to give, that's important, before you
Can take from me

Chorus:
(Jessi, Waylon)
Are you listening to me
When I'm talking to you
Said together we're one
Divided we're through
So hang on to me
And I'll hang onto you
Said together we're one
Divided we're through
Divided we're through