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Apr 28, 2023Liked by Charles Bowen

my heart keeps telling me, you're not a kid at 33, mess around you lose your wife, mess to long you'll lose your life. With lines lke that, it had to surface some time.

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Ain't THAT the truth?! I think it was one of the great lyrics to ever hit the radio. I remember Rog and me sitting on nights at the old Dwight's on 10th Street when that song seemed to our personal soundtrack. :)

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Hey there Charlie, take a listen to this.

I always thought this song was derived from Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues. What do you think?

https://youtu.be/6AaJerO09g4

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Yeah, I can hear it. Honestly, I think O'Keefe influenced a LOT of writers with that song. Incidentally, here's the Judd's song on the story:

https://roughstock.com/news/2017/07/42062-story-behind-the-song-the-judds-maybe-your-babys-got-the-blues

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