I Saw the Light Page #4

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Since my baby said goodbye

Lord, I don't know what I'll do

All I do is sit and sigh...

I'll tell you somethin'.

I ain't buyin'.

Gonna have a burger there with the ketchup?

Yes, I am.

- Hey, Sammy, you get there yet?

- No.

I didn't start from the back.

Well, I guess in high school

you still read front to back, huh?

That's funny, Hank.

You ain't that much older, you know.

I was born older than you, Sammy.

Take a look at this.

Look at it.

Now, I'll tell you somethin'.

And this ain't bull.

If this don't get me to the Opry...

I'm gonna give it up.

No sh*t.

They'll have to come find me on a boat

full of bass and come beggin'!

What they'll have to do.

- Hank.

- Oscar!

What, somebody been chasing you or what?

It's Audrey.

- She all right?

- Yeah, yeah. You comin'?

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Well, okay then! All right!

Hey, I told you I ain't buyin'.

Hey, Sammy,

keep a hold of that magazine, okay?

Doc. Everything all right?

Congratulations.

You have a son, Mr. Williams.

- I... I do?

- You do.

How's Mama?

She's good. She's strong.

- She all right?

- Yeah, yeah.

- And the boy, well, he's healthy, and...

- Yeah?

Big.

- He's big?

- Over 10 pounds.

- Well...

- Biggest this year.

Oh, he's a hoss, huh?

That's the truth.

Well, thank you, Doc. Thank you so much.

- Absolutely.

- Thank you.

We'll have her ready for you

to see in about 15 minutes.

- Yes, sir. All right.

- All right.

I'm gonna need my hand back.

Okay, all right, I'll let you go.

- All right. Sure.

- Okay. Thank you, sir.

All right, now.

Daddy's here. Daddy's here.

It's all right. It's all right.

Shh.

It's all right.

Daddy's here.

I wouldn't let my dear savior in

Then Jesus came

Like a stranger in the night

Praise the Lord

I saw the light

I saw the light

No more darkness

No more night

Now I'm so happy

No sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord

I saw the light

He was sleeping

pretty good there for a few days.

I guess they finally put the batteries in.

He sure likes his mama.

Hmm.

I'm going to the Opry, Auds.

Of course you are, honey.

I mean now.

Well, how'd he get past

Jack Stapp and that gang?

Oscar and Fred swore

I'd keep my nose clean.

I've been sober.

Well, I ought to be there.

I ought to be there, Hank.

But I can't, can I?

This peanut's too little.

It's not right.

I know. I know, honey.

I know.

I'm sorry.

It suddenly just happened that fast?

Not fast enough for me.

I'm walking the floor over you

I can't sleep a wink, that is true

I'm hoping and I'm praying

As my heart breaks right in two...

Hank.

How you doing, son?

- Pretty fair.

- Don't worry,

they can kill you, but they can't eat you.

Strangely comforting.

I'm real proud of you, Hank.

I say that as a friend.

- Well, I wouldn't be here without you, Pappy.

- Well.

It's everything I ever wanted.

Well, soon as he's done,

there's gonna be three commercials,

and then it's you.

Foley's boys are backing you.

They're down the hall.

- Jim.

- Fred.

Hank, Jim Denny, manager of the Opry.

Yes, sir. Thank you.

Sure. Good luck.

...just food and drinks and everything.

- You guys get a little hungry...

- Boys.

- Hey, Hank.

- Hey.

Hank.

Hank.

Jerry.

Ladies and gentlemen,

tonight's big-name guest

is making his first appearance

on the Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry.

Let's give a rousing welcome

to the Lovesick Blues boy,

Mr. Hank Williams!

I got a feelin' called the blues

Oh, Lord, since my baby said goodbye

Lord, I don't know what I'll do

All I do is sit and sigh, oh Lord

That last long day she said goodbye

Well, Lord, I thought I would cry

She'll do me, she 'll do you

She's got that kind of lovin'

Lord, I love to hear her when she calls me

Sweet daddy

Such a beautiful dream

I hate to think it all over

I lost my heart, it seems

I've grown so used to you somehow

Well, I'm nobody's sugar daddy now

And I'm lonesome

I got the lovesick blues

Well, I'm in love, I'm in love

With a beautiful gal

That's what's the matter with me

Well, I'm in love, I'm in love

With a beautiful gal

But she don't care about me

Lord, I've tried and I've tried

To keep her satisfied

But she just wouldn't stay

So now that she is leavin'

This is all I can say

I got a feelin' called the blues, oh Lord

Since my baby said goodbye

Lord, I don't know what I'll do

I lost my heart, it seems

I've grown so used to you somehow

Well, I'm nobody's sugar daddy now

And I'm lonesome

I got the lovesick blues

Glen Burnie, Maryland,

where local law enforcement

and the Air Force have turned up

some unusual evidence,

which may shed light

on the recent flying saucer sightings.

Baseball's greatest manager, Connie Mack,

was given a massive

ticker tape parade on Broadway.

Fifty years of managing!

And Grand Ole Opry performers

Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl

and young heartthrob, Hank Williams,

have been on a tour

of US airbases in Germany.

Here's Hank and his wife, Audrey,

moving into a new house

on Franklin Road in Nashville, Tennessee.

Good luck, young lovers!

Santa baby

Just slip a sable under the tree for me

Merry Christmas, Fred.

Been an awful good girl

Santa baby

So hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby

I want a yacht and really that's not a lot

Been an angel all year

Santa baby

So hurry down the chimney tonight

Jesus, Hank, I've been looking for you.

What are you doing out here?

I love this thing. I love it.

- Come over here, push my button.

- No, you're crazy.

I'm gonna go back inside.

All right, well, bring me a drink, will ya?

Well, no, you don't need one.

Now, can you come back inside

before you get sick?

This is inspirational.

She builds me up,

she brings me down...

Baby, I'm so thrilled

that you're inspired now.

Now, could you please

come back in and join the party?

Hey, honey?

Did you like that necklace I got you?

- Yeah, I love it.

- Do ya?

Yeah.

Well, come over here and push my button.

No way. It's freezing, baby.

- Forget it, then!

- What, so now you're gonna be mad?

- No, I'm not mad.

- Okay, well, good,

'cause I'm gonna go back inside,

and you, you just...

You keep on playing

with that button of yours.

- Well, good, 'cause I love my button.

- Well, then you keep on

lovin' it!

You'll meet

many just like me

Upon life's busy street...

Yeah.

Yeah, Luke the Drifter was a pseudonym

that Hank sometimes used

to record certain songs.

They didn't sell well,

but they seemed to offer

some emotional relief for Hank.

Hank's first record for us

was Move It On Over.

And then in our second session,

he recorded I Saw the Light.

And Audrey Williams, did you work with her?

How should I say this?

We were happy to have

Decca release her material.

Miss Ragland!

Could you take the child?

- Operator.

- Hi, Operator.

Sheraton Hotel, Oklahoma City, please.

Well, I had me a woman

Who done me wrong

I wish I had the words

To fix this song...

Sorry, ma'am, still no answer.

Care to leave a message?

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