- Song writing is the most mysterious of all the trades.

It can not be explained.

There's a craft that goes along with it,

but at the same time it's the divine gift.

It's that thing you can't explain.

♪ I'm so lonesome I could cry.

I guess he said it best when somebody asked him,

Hank how do you write them old sad songs.

He says, hoss I don't write 'em

I just hang onto the pen and God sends 'em through.