I wish I'd been there When Hank Williams came to town Some songs were sad and some were glad But all of them sounded proud How they yelled like a cowboy How it got so wild and lout I wish I'd had been there When Hank Williams came to town Wish I'd seen those driftin' cowboys When they came to town Hear that pedal still Ridin' through the crowd To fill that face so big and round As ol' Hank sang loud and proud I wish I'd been there When Hank Williams came to town If I could have heard those lonesome grooves When Hank had came to town Standin' there in his cowboy suit His Stetson on his head like a crown Guitar on his shoulder Making his lonesome sounds I wish I'd been there When Hank Williams came to town If I could have heard those lonesome grooves When Hank had came to town Standin' there in his cowboy suit His Stetson on his head like a crown Guitar on his shoulder Making his lonesome sounds I wish I'd been there When Hank Williams came to town Hank's long gone and how I miss him But his songs live for us now His country blues and his hillbilly tunes And his lost highway sound I'll go Alabama some night Yeah, I'll be there in the crowd I wish I'd been there When Hank Williams came to town I wish I'd been there When Hank Williams came to town Hank Williams came to town