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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Charley Pride

Wonder Could I Live There Anymore
Have you ever been awakened by the crowing of a rooster
While the night’s dew is still heavy on the ground
And the voice of Uncle Ben seems to break the morning’s silence
Bringing lights to windows all around
Well it’s time to rise and shine and start another hard workday
And get the cows in and start the milking chores
It’s nice to think about it, maybe even visit
But I wonder could I live there anymore
Something ‘bout the smell of cornbread cookin’ on a wood stove
Seems to bring a picture to my mind
Of a little three room house with mama in the kitchen
But she can’t stop to talk, ain’t got the time
She’s a’fixin’ daddy’s supper, he’s a’workin’ overtime
Trying to pay our bill at the grocery store
It’s nice to think about it, maybe even visit
But I wonder could I live there anymore
As I think about my childhood
And of my old hometown
I don’t really miss them like before
It’s nice to think about it, maybe even visit
But I wonder could I live there anymore