I seen an old fighter, tired and in trouble   Who just couldn't take anymore   Somethin' inside him kept fighting to finish   With only his feet on the floor-yeah   Lord, I know that it's worth any price you could pay   To see truth in whatever disguise   But I'd payed double for one look of pleasure   A piece of relief in his eyes.      Ain't that clown, laughin' like crazy   Ain't his eyes empty and deep   Don't he sound sad as a baby   When she cries out in her sleep      We measured the space between Waylon and Willie   And Willie and Waylon and me   But there wasn't nothin' like Billy Jo Shaver   What Billy Jo Shaver should be-no   When he showed up sick later all bit by a spider   And crazy to look in the eye   He put on a show that was sad as it should of been   And nobody even knew why      Ain't that clown laughin' like crazy   Ain't his eyes empty and deep   Don't he sound sad as a baby   When she cries out in her sleep