FAST FRED said:

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I hope this is all a rumor, but maybe he had a fire he couldn't put out and got "Carried Away," even though he was seemingly "Living And Living Well."

If he was getting "Unwound" from feeling "Down And Out," searching and asking "Am I Blue?" every night, "One Night At A Time," losing sight of "The Real Thing" and, "Right Or Wrong," "Desperately" he went down the path of "Easy Come and Easy Go," then I guess he'll be stuck in rodeo singer rehab, remembering "My Life's Been Grand," while asking "Why Baby, Why?" as "The Cowboy Rides Away," just another "Fool-Hearted Memory," who too late realized "My World Slipped Away."

"Just Write This Down," Mister Strait, "Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left" "The Best Day"s of his life just to end up a broken, has been Cowboy Junkie in "Honkytonkville."

"It Ain't Cool" to have once been the undisputed "King Of The Mountain" and then give up "The Chair" you occupied at the head table in "Marina Del Rey" just for some feel-good, nose candy "Ocean Front Property" and now be headed for a "Four Down And Twelve Across" sized cell in "The Middle Of Nowhere," where you'll seldom see the "Clear Blue Sky."

Maybe, your big, tattooed prison roommate will be eying your nice fitting Wranglers and softly singing, "You Look So Good In Love" under his smelly breath.

Maybe you can find "Jesus On The Jail House Floor."

So adis, "Adilida;" any "Famous Last Words," you fool?

Didn't anybody ever mention to you that "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This?"

Or were you too busy thinking "Let's Go To Pieces" together?

They'll be no "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" fallback position for you now, "Baby Blue."

"As Far As It Goes," I hope your fans or family will send you some "Christmas Cookies" that can ease your Jones.

Gosh, "Fireman," I thought we knew you better than this.

You were "Something Special" to a lot of us.

Tell me, "Is It True", George?

If it's easier to answer us in a "Round About Way," just "Check Yes Or No."




I'm a longtime fan and I hope George is really straight.

And that, whether he's blameless or not, he has a sense of humor, should the words I've written here ever cross his mind.



Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.

Before the world wide web, village idiots usually stayed in their own village.

[This message has been edited by FAST FRED (edited 11/28/2005 6:41p).]

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