Born to poor sharecroppers, one of eleven children in Sledge, Mississippi, Pride is a timeless everyman, revered by his musical peers and adored by countless millions of fans around the globe. Charley Pride unofficially started his music career in the late 1950s as a ballplayer with the Negro American League’s Memphis Red Sox singing and playing guitar on the team bus between ballparks. Self-taught on a guitar bought at the age 14 from Sears Roebuck, Pride would join various bands' onstage as he and the team roved the country. After a tryout with the New York Mets, Pride decided to return to his Montana home via Nashville. It was there he met Jack Johnson, who upon hearing the singer perform, sent him on his way with the promise of a management contract and a newly forged relationship that would last for over a decade.
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The strange lonely whistle of the distant movin' train
Breaks the silence of the gray winter skies
As I walk with my belongings down the road I'd never seen
While the bitter wind brings teardrops to my eyes
Oh where will I be when tomorrow weakens me am I looking for a dream I'll never find
Will I ever be the man I want to be or forgotten footprints in the sands of time
As I'm walking down the road my thoughts keep running back to you
And I hope it's in your heart to understand
Though you never made me sorry for the love I gave to you
I'm just sorry that I'm not your kind of man
Oh where will I be...
[ rh.guitar ]
Oh where will I be...