what is your favorite Buck Owens song?

mine is a tie between Born to Lose and Together Again

used to get drunk and sing "they're gonna put me in the movies, Ther're gonna make a big star outta me And all I gotta do is Act Naturally


long time ago

"I Got The Hungries For Your Love (and I'm waitin' in your welfare line!)"

...or Daddy looked a lot like him.

and Act Naturally.

"Act Naturally"
"Tiger by the Tail"
and his duet with Dwight Yoakam on "Bakersfield"

Man, I miss country when it was country.

n/t

The guitar break just knocks me out! :)

song too.

a smile, which Buck Owens and the Buckaroos did more often than not.

"Happy times are here again ain't felt like this since I don't know when
Baby's coming in on the 12-0-10 happy times are here again

Well I'm like a bird in the morning sun I'm like a bee in the honey comb
I'm like a boy on the Christmas morn happy times are here again
No more sleepless nights so long no more walking the floor till dawn
Hugs and kisses from now on happy times are here again
Happy times are here again...

Well now I'm gonna throw away my book gonna be wearing a brand new look
Gonna take my telephone off the hook happy times are here again
Gonna wear a smile on my face loneliness is gonna be erased
Gonna dance a jiggle over the place happy times are here again
Happy times are here again...
Happy times are here again "

Waitin' In Your Welfare Line

I got the hungries for your love,
And I'm waitin' in your welfare line.

Well, I ain't got nothin'
But the shirt on my back,
And an old two button suit
I walked outta my job
About a week ago,
And now I'm sleepin' in a
Telephone booth
But I'm a-gonna be
The richest guy around,
The day you say you're mine

I got the hungries for your love
And I'm waitin' in your welfare line

Well, when I first saw you babe,
You nearly made me wreck
My ol' '49 Cadillac
I knew at a glance
That it was you for me;
I had to have your love by heck
I'm gonna follow you baby
Wherever you go;
I got nothin' to lose
But my time

I got the hungries for your love,
And I'm waitin' in your welfare line

--- Instrumental ---

Well, you made me
The top dog on your hill,
And I was overjoyed
But it didn't take long
'Til the thrill was gone,
I joined the ranks of
The unemployed
Now, I'm right back where
That I started from,
But that ain't gonna
Change my mind

I got the hungries for your love,
And I'm waitin' in your welfare line

Yeah, I'm waitin' in your welfare line
(Gimme a handout)
I'm waitin' in your welfare line...