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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Now I Can Live Again Lyrics

Charley Pride

When my baby left me she left trouble all around
She left a tangle in mind and a tear in my eye and my heart was sorrow bound
But when I woke up this morning I brushed my teeth and combed my hair
Then I looked all around for a little tear but the little tear wasn't there
Now I can walk in the sunshine again now I can hold my head up high
Now I can walk like the man I have been now I can live again
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I've spent some long nights thinking I guess I did some drinking too
I've cried at least the million tears and I had my share of the blues
But today it's finally over the world looks brighter to me now
I'm still here and she's still gone but it's all right somehow
Now I can walk in the sunshine again now I can hold my head up high
So I'll say goodbye to my drinking friends now I can live again now I can give again