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But I thought Country Western was obsolete ever since Steve Goodman wrote the perfect Country & Western song that David Allan Coe sang about in "You Never Even Called Me By My Name":

. . . WELL, A FRIEND OF MINE NAMED STEVE GOODMAN WROTE THAT SONG
AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG
I WROTE HIM BACK A LETTER AND I TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT THE
PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG BECAUSE HE HADN’T SAID ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT MAMA,
OR TRAINS,
OR TRUCKS,
OR PRISON,
OR GETTING’ DRUNK
WELL HE SAT DOWN AND WROTE ANOTHER VERSE TO THE SONG
AND HE SENT IT TO ME,
AND AFTER READING IT,
I REALIZED THAT MY FRIEND HAD WRITTEN THE PERFECT
COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG
AND I FELT OBLIGED TO INCLUDE IT ON THIS ALBUM
THE LAST VERSE GOES LIKE THIS HERE:
WELL, I WAS DRUNK THE DAY MY MOM GOT OUT OF PRISON
AND I WENT TO PICK HER UP IN THE RAIN
BUT BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE STATION IN MY PICKUP TRUCK
SHE GOT RUNNED OVER BY A DAMNED OLD
TRAIN

How could that make you stupid? Great song.

Or ditto on Hank Williams Sr.'s "My Buckets Got a Hole In It":

Well my bucket's got a hole in it
My bucket's got a hole in it
My bucket's got a hole in it
I can't get no beer.

I have often wondered whether or not this was to be constured concretely, that is, his bucket really does have a hole in it and he is sad,or. . .is the bucket a euphemism for his girl friend and she is cheating on him and he unable to enjoy intoxicating beverages as he once could because of his great sorrow. Or does "beer" represent sexual relations with his cheating lover, and he is unable to experience sexual joy (or maybe performance)because he fears he is being cuckolded.