popular songwriting a recipe, everything sturdy
a Hank Williams record is one particular life,
condensed for mass resonance. in his wake—
hit the universal intimate and the intimate it’s pop
a bipolar love song—misery to bliss in a single line
Audrey aborted without telling Hank in every stanza.
“I do” onstage. Williams just had to hold it together
for one last song. she told the audience, “by Hank Williams—
actually, by me and Hank. It’s called ‘I’m So Happy
I Found You.’” She made it to the third verse,
to the words “I’ve never known real happiness,”
before the tears started to come.
(Source: GQ)
