Biography:
Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky) is an American country balladeer and songwriter. He has written 11 #1 Hits, with 26 more that hit the Top 10. He was the son of a preacher.
As a teen, Hall put together a band called the Kentucky Travelers that performed before movies for a travelling theater. During a stint in the Army, Hall performed over the Armed Forces Radio Network and wrote comic songs about Army experiences. His early career included being a radio announcer at WRON
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Other songs:
- Christmas Tree
- I Flew Over Our House Last Night
- That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
- Sneaky Snake
- A Hero In Harlan
- A Picture Of Your Mother
- A Week In A County Jail
- Aint Got The Time
- Another Town
- Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon
- Back When We Were Young
- Ballad Of Forty Dollars
- Bar With No Beer
- Bill Monroe For Breakfast
- Candy In The Window
- Christmas Is
- Country Is
- Dont Forget The Coffee Billy Joe
- Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels
- Faster Horses
- Forbidden Flowers
- Girls In Saigon City
- Homecoming
- I Cried All The Way To Kentucky
- I Like Beer
- I Love
- I Miss A Lot Of Trains
- I Want My Dog Back
- It Feels Better Now
- It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines
- La Blues
- Me And Jesus
- O Christmas Candle
- Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- Once Upon A Road
- Over And Over Again
- Pay No Attention To Alice
- Ravishing Ruby
- Salute To A Switchblade
- Second Handed Flowers
- Shoe Shine Man
- Spokane Motel Blues
- Thats How I Got To Memphis
- The Monkey That Became President
- The Year Clayton Delaney Died
- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
- Too Many Do Goods
- Tulsa Telephone Book
- Wash My Hands In The Morning Dew
- Were All In This Thing Alone
- When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore
- Whos Gonna Feed Them Hogs
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I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A.
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What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same
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All my California friends are searching for their minds
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And it's been right there in their heads all the time
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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California Charlie met me at my room when I got in
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We toasted country picking
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And the help of all our good and mutual friends
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Before the morning came we put a handle on the world
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And decided that we'd give it to the squirrels
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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Soaking up that sunshine and eating eggs and bacon over light
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Sleeping through the daytime and contemplating sin throughout the night
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Please hand me my hat and darling give me back my things
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Ole T's got a bunch of songs to sing
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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I like California and I wouldn't want to put it down no way
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But I heard what you're thinking and it ain't exactly what I want to say
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Someday California I'll come roarin' back to you
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If you don't fall in the ocean before I do
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A.
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What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same
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All my California friends are searching for their minds
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And it's been right there in their heads all the time
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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California Charlie met me at my room when I got in
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We toasted country picking
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And the help of all our good and mutual friends
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Before the morning came we put a handle on the world
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And decided that we'd give it to the squirrels
F C Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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Soaking up that sunshine and eating eggs and bacon over light
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Sleeping through the daytime and contemplating sin throughout the night
F G7 C Am
Please hand me my hat and darling give me back my things
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Ole T's got a bunch of songs to sing
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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I like California and I wouldn't want to put it down no way
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But I heard what you're thinking and it ain't exactly what I want to say
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Someday California I'll come roarin' back to you
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If you don't fall in the ocean before I do
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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