Born Webb Michael Pierce in West Monroe, Louisiana, he became a star performer on the Louisiana Hayride and one of country music's most popular honky tonk songsters. He was a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. His biggest hit, 1953's "There Stands the Glass" is regarded as one of country's all-time classic "drinking songs". Other hits included "Backstreet Affair", "Why, Baby, Why", “Oh, So Many Years", and “Finally”, the latter two being duets with Kitty Wells. In addition to his music, Pierce was known for his lavish Nashville mansion, which featured a guitar-shaped swimming pool, among other truly bizzare and amazing things.
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After The Boy Gets The Girl (1959) Lyrics

Webb Pierce

My story begins where most stories end after the boy gets the girl
It didn't work out for me and I'm blue as I can be
It's the mighty lonesome old world
Who was a fool that said there's blues skies ahead after the boy gets the girl
The only blues I've seen is the blues from broken dreams
It's the mighty lonesome old world
I think I'll fall back again to where my heartache began
Back when your love for me was true
But time moves along carryin' not who's right or wrong after the boy gets the girl
A love once sweet and true is the no love prove untrue
It's the mighty lonesome old world
[ guitar ]
I think I'll fall back again...