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 Leagueâ€™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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Hello Darlin' Lyrics

Charley Pride

Hello darlin'
Nice to see you
It's been a long time
You're just as lovely-y as you-ou-ou used to be
How's your new love?
Are you happy?
Hope you're doing fine
Just to know this means so much to me
What's that darlin'?
How'm I doin'?
Yes I'm doing alright
Accept I can't slee-eep and I cry all night till dawn
What I'm try-ying to say
Is I love you-ou
And I miss you
And I'm so sorry that I did you wrong
Look up darlin'
Let me kiss you
Just for old time sake
Let me hold you-ou in my ar-arms one more time
Thank you darling
May God bless you
And may each step you ta-ake
Bring you closer to the thi-ings you seek to find
Goodbye darlin'
Gotta go now
Gotta try-y to find a way
To lose these memories of a lo-ove so warm and true
And if you should ever find
It in your heart to forgive me
Come back darlin'
I'll be waiting for-or you