Hank Williams as Luke The Drifter - Men With Broken Hearts

Hank Williams as Luke The Drifter.

[@erniegill2434]

This past February my beautiful Son chose to leave us as a young man of 16 years old. Lost in my own broken heart, I wasn't there, mentally and emotionally to tend to his broken heart when needed most, as a father should be. With every breath and until my last I'll walk the path that Hiram sings of here in this song. Please, brothers and sisters, take no little thing for granted in this life. It is far more frail than any of us percieve it to be. Find peace my Son. My heart is with you always and forever! E.J.G lll, 22 July 2003 - 12 February 2020

[@handledeeznutz109]

Im so sorry, although i know it dosen't mean much. I need to spend more time with my father before it's too late. I hope you can find peace.

[@matthew6427]

My father left when I was very young. I wish I could've had a decent father but I try to do the things that he didn't do for my son. I'm so sorry for your loss. Teens these days live lives that have different problems than when we were young. Take care of yourself.

[@rokkfel4999]

My condolences sir….I hope you heal as best as you can and all I can say is that you’ll be with him one day in reunion

[@jamesbeeman3790]

man I don't know ya but and full of sorrow for your family. I know this is going to find later and after the fact but my condolences stand. Hope all is well. Sincerely James Beeman

[@monawaits7073]

My son also. 12 years now. My heart hurts with you. God is able to see us through until we see them again. And we will.

[@martingordonscott347]

I was on drugs by the time I was 30 years old and me and my brother were close , I gave up on life and stopped checking in on my brother and by the time I was 35 he left and was homeless and living on the street , by the time I was 40 by the grace of God I got clean and with some help from a friend I found my brother and now I'm 50 sober and my brother is home , praise God cause he didn't forget about us

[@georgesmith5925]

Awwwww Man, you both are lucky…🙏🙏…. Very happy to hear it……. For some the world is big, ….and time just drags

[@barbaramanning8856]

this is real country music. It breaks my heart that it is almost a thing of the past.

[@williamdouglas2717]

Amen❤

[@ufis567]

But thankfully it will last forever, or as long as the internet is turned on at least

[@1mparcher]

We live in a society that is more concerned about stray dogs than helping homeless Veterans. Many homeless people live in tents across from the Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. People of Tucson should be gathering food and supplies to help them.

[@rollandemarie74]

HE WROTE ABOUT LIFE , , THE POOR ,, THE SICK , , , , A FANTASTIC SONGS , AND YES SO TRUE

[@billbelcher4324]

Lost a brother in-law, He took his life, After he came back home from war. He was never the same. He was wounded in Vet Nome. Thank to all our Vets! May God bless you all. RIP Lamar,

[@Mojobear7]

Can we ever tire of hearing this..hope not

[@Jessica38663]

I'm sorry for u I know how u feel but it's veitnam

[@thomasbrewer3571]

What a beautiful and sad song at the same. No one can come close to Hanks talent

[@etherashe5164]

I f you haven't ever been in this situation you can't understanding how lonely it is and how much it hurts.

[@clydeshinault3815]

I'm at that point in life now and I'm only 51-years old i don't have nobody

[@s.r.r.]

@@clydeshinault3815 May God send you many blessings in the future. 🙏🙏🙏

[@MegaGenten]

my mother had " Luke the drifter" album when I was 5 years old living in liverpool in the late 50s early 60s. She used to make me sit at the dining table and listen to the whole album. Iwasn.t allowed to leave the table until I had heard the whole album!

[@coreanrigsby5461]

I cannot think of anyone not feeling all his words in his songs listen with your heart

[@mr.crighton9491]

scousers are a lot like U.S. Southerners. Both peoples are looked down by the uppity folk, but there's a keen sense of honor, pride and integrity in both of them.

[@psychonaut689]

Was that a good thing for you?

[@metelicgunz146]

There will never be another Hank Williams

[@peachymeechie1844]

People always think country folk are crazy or ignorant n stupid but if u just take the time to stop n listen you'll know that our music comes from deep down inside from lifes experiences n things we have lived or seen or felt!! It's really just a poem a testimony of things in our lives!! I will always love old country music cuz if meant something n my daddy instilled me with the gift of old music n if u ask my 9 n 4 year old they'll sing u an old Hank song too! So they will know the gift of good music too!!! RIP Hank!! You were the best and always will be! Nobody can song it or say it like u!!

[@expresionest]

Hank Willians was one of the greatest singers that everlived I have most of Mr. Wlliams complete. Collection also as luke the Drifter Maby even more than. " Bosefus " Rip. HW.Sr.

[@johnholland723]

I never ever thought country people were stupid, crazy or ignorant. I will tell you a story,though. I was playing on the streets of Burlington Vermont as a busker. I was having a slow evening Friday last. This fellow is sauntering down the street with four of his buddies; mid to late 30s. Heading for the bar no doubt. It turns to me gives me the thumbs up and says: "attaboy".,... Which immediately gets my goat! I immediately jump up and call after him..." I am not a boy,I am a full grown man, thank you!" About an hour later they come up the street he comes right over to me and throws a penny at me. I am country He is city. It is the country people of our beautiful America who make it great. Too often it is the city types and suburban types who think that they are better than everybody else. I am here to tell you they are not. I am here to tell you that I can do a thousand songs on that street from memory and do not deserve to be treated like a bum by some spoiled suburban brat in a grown up body. I have played that street when there were 100,000 people walking down it...and made a whopping 100 bucks, playing Hank Williams Johnny Cash Elvis Presley Bob Dylan Gordon Lightfoot Hank Williams Jr Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Beatles John Lennon George Harrison Ray Charles muddy Waters Robert Johnson Greg Brown towns Van zandt Ian Tyson Neil Young. To my reckoning there is something very disturbing about 99,900 passers-by that could give two shots about an American folk singer ..Oh,I forgot Woody Guthrie,Stan Rogers,Jimmy Rogers...The Stones blad da Doo,blada dee.Point is ignorance is hardly picky about whom it seeds in...ya know? Perhaps the truest knowledge is home grown in the hills and mountains of the Appalachians or the South...in the Cotton fields or roadhouse's or the streets of Atlanta during the depression. Country?City? I'm going up on the mountain and there I will take my stand with a rifle on my shoulder and a pistol in my hand. I've been all around this world. Do not judge lest you be judged. Jesus said that I think. Peace be to you. All. Forgive them Father for they know not what they do. My mother used to say: the proof is in the pudding! (Too many think the proof is in the bottle.... Like s*** head penny thrower! I think they call it liquid courage. And yes I am a great supporter of gun ownership!As my brother Raymond used to say: I support the right to arm bears! So, I copied Men with broken hearts in my own script.I am going to have some copies made up and offer them 'free' when I busk. God bless everybody! We'll meet again on the avenue, no doubt: Tangled up in blues.

[@JoLoneyMusic]

A-fucking-men! I used to be one of those ignorant people. Funny enough, a video game like Fallout got me into older music like Johnny Mercer, Billie Holliday, Ray Price, etc. All of that lead me to Leadbelly, Hank Sr, Robert Johnson, Ernest Tubb and way too many others to list. Older country, blues, and folk are now my favourite Genres, Hank being my #1. The pure soul and emotion combined with a fiddle/banjo/guitar are unbeatable.

[@freddieshanks4623]

It was, and is amazing what talent came out of this thin and frail man's heart.The best of all time.

[@royellis5398]

I listened to this album over and over when I was a child..Now I have a band and always include Hank Senior in my show

[@coreanrigsby5461]

Great all I can say you can feel his pain

[@mario7frankielee]

i agree completely but he wasn’t frail he was strong ,fighting his physical pains!

[@jimmygreywolf6814]

a man in his twenties wrote this..live to 29 a life of a 100..

[@helenerenault8691]

jimmy greywolf x2

[@helenerenault8691]

jimmy greywolf I'm only 52 it feel 92

[@etherashe5164]

Me too.

[@cut1986]

Beautiful comment.

[@scottyalger382]

Nobody can help heal a broken heart like Hank Williams can...

[@friscochirinos]

So grateful to be a part of Life where I can hear Hank preach these words...thanks to everything and nobody too, it doesn't matter, just thanks

[@leroyallor3563]

Simply a genius the songs that hank sung about most don't even live a lifetime to experience and yet gone at 29 wow no doubt about it it came from his heart

[@eugenehorner3722]

Some only have one friend, that is the best friend a man can have, a good dog, the dog will always be by your side and never leave you.

[@debraperkins4448]

I played my Daddy's Whole Album, over and Over, as a lil' kid, and this Always made me Cry!!

[@blacksheep624]

Maybe a broken heart is how God calls some of his children back to him, and Hank Williams was born for that purpose.

[@bensundy]

I think you are so right Mr. Blacksheep624 !!

[@jacobblaylock4942]

Couldn’t agree more

[@helenerenault8691]

Well I'm gonna fly away so we better get sheep wingspans

[@helenerenault8691]

blacksheep624 😘

[@richdawggreen4658]

@junkman19571 WELL,... JUST THINK BOUT MAN'S, CRUEL SIDE BUD,... ILL TAKE THE ALMIGHTY S, HE FORGIVES, MEN DONT,... $R$D$

[@jlansdale536]

NO ONE CAN EVER TOP THIS. EVER.

[@mattzimmerman9900]

25 years old and I love hack Williams and he’s music

[@lewisclabough8305]

Hank Williams was one of the best!!!!! Lost Highway, I heard that lonesome whistle, your cheating heart, zi can help it....man I could go on and on. My father had his records on 78's!

[@haroldwilliams1535]

I have the 78 record of The Death of Hank Williams

[@lickitysplit4711]

I think hank wrote this song to tell not only his heart but to explain to others who have never felt how it fells to be fully broken hearted

[@melvinjackson2212]

I only wish this song was longer. Somebody needs to make a complete movie about this song.

[@mr.wizard2974]

The greatest singer and songwriter who ever lived!

[@harryquinn548]

Such a wise man, what a loss he was!

[@frederickhill8016]

Great music from the greatest singer ever. Could not realize that this was Hank Sr., his style was so distinctive. MGM was worried that these songs would hurt his popularity if released under his own name. Thus L:uke the Drifter.

[@nadyarossi5102]

frederick Hill Isn't that crazy? Anything Hank wrote and sang was pure gold, the Balm of Gilead.

[@annadenham5259]

These words still ring true.

[@johncahill1985]

Poetry when you have your heart broken this is exactly how you feel I was engaged to three days I thought she was the one she cheated it’s been six years I still can’t even think about a girl without being scared going through this again

[@bensundy]

This makes me see them with different eyes ! Makes a heart open up !

[@richardskola3570]

It sure does.

[@bensundy]

No one knows another's problems and troubles, we all fight our own battles, we have our demons, whether it be a woman, a bottle, or another problem.

[@abs1532]

Ben Sundy thats very true brother

[@carolynhaskett9041]

What a heart felt song. Oh how true! We need more compassion for mankind. For one another. Thank You for another Heartfelt song. So true. . .oh but by the Grace of God. Let us love and help one another.

[@NothinSnooty]

You'll meet many just like me Upon life's busy street With shoulders stooped and heads bowed low And eyes that stare in defeat Poor souls that live within the past Where sorrow plays all parts For a living death is all that's left For men with broken hearts You have no right to be the judge To criticize and condemn Just think but for the grace of God It would be you instead of him One careless step, a thoughtless deed And then the misery starts And to those who weep, death comes cheap These men with broken hearts Oh, so humble, you should be When they come passing by For it's written that the greatest of men Never get too big to cry Some lose faith in love and life When sorrow shoots her darts And with hope all gone, they walk alone These men with broken hearts You've never walked in that man's shoes Or saw things through his eyes Or stood and watched with helpless hands While the heart inside you dies Some were paupers, some were kings And some were masters of the arts But in their shame they're all the same These men with broken hearts Life sometimes can be so cruel That a heart will pray for death God why must these living dead Know pain with every breath? So help your brother along the road No matter where he starts For the God that made you, made them too These men with broken hearts

[@darrellwhite4358]

Only men with broken hearts can really relate to this song!!!!!

[@MrAdriancooke]

I don't think women really know or care what men go through: I wonder if they even think about it

[@charlenematte3318]

At the crossroad is where we shall entertain such concepts as choice. And with the conviction of that choice creates

[@charlenematte3318]

The difference between men and women is a vast void of indifference which serves to eviscerate mortal thoughts of existence with the emphasis on that which makes us different. And when sentences run away with your lunch you will know how to incorporate this lesson we've learnt hare taday. As u were

[@haroldwilliams1535]

@@MrAdriancooke Your right Adrian..Men get put done on how they feel...A true family man hurts inside in a way no woman can feel..They worry about taking care of the family and if things go right it falls on the man not woman...

[@twixt3]

Sad ,Profound , heartfelt , all these things together made the loss greater

[@eugenehorner3722]

I have lived a lot in my time, from skid row in Miami, Fl., too where I am now. I have no regrets, I have learned a lot in my time.

[@mr.wizard2974]

Me too

[@haroldwilliams1535]

Every Song that Hank Wrote sung..It touched every single person..You can say no it didn't but it did one way or another...

[@HANKRIZER]

One of the best songs ever I think a lot of us have felt this way. I know I still do.

[@lesterparfitt5694]

this song always brings a tear to my eyes

[@tonyorsini5255]

Tears? Aw hell, man, I can't see right for a good 10 minutes after listening. Ain't just something in my eye either. This HURTS.

[@mrmjb1960]

Hank knew the Pain these Men suffered-He himself loved & lost,too.

[@stevenwilliamleak60]

I'd almost forgot this one and it well it is one of my all time favorites,course it helps if you;ve lived it.

[@bettystephenson7094]

wow not heard this for a long time love it so nice to hear the old stuff thanks for sharing

[@lizdoyle7158]

AMAZING SONG 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐ TIMELESS ⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚

[@jackieobrien-murphy320]

Absolutely beautiful and heartbreakingly true for many people!! Our lord is our creator and judge. 🌹💚🌹🍀🙏

[@countyrebel51]

hank is still one of the greatest ever..we need more like him

[@countyrebel51]

im glad u found hank in he 80s,,was and still is one of the greatest

[@wthjrtx1]

Eeerie, Cold , Deep, Poetic and for the Love of GOD...True.

[@bobharris7046]

This is one side of life that Hank seen, he lived this side along with the other sides. Recorded Dec 21, 1950, Castle Studios, Nashville. While the credits show this song was written by Hank 3, this can't be. Hank 3 was just a baby. Has to be a mistake.

[@stm-pv1nk]

The great singer and poet, he was.

[@monariochwangi]

Why Hank💔❤️💫 this is an absolute masterpiece.

[@albertmcclaren5571]

We all have a piece of this within us but we all also have the ability to look for a The Light that's Hank also saw on his own life. So if you see these men with broken hearts won't ya stop and share a smile as a smile is also another thing.we all have in common but.it alone has the ability to restore Hope. Thank You Hank.and Thank You Lord that not only did You Give me Hank but You also gave me a best friend that Loved it when someone called him Hank. Now later in life.. I understand why it was so. And...Indeed what another great gift. Amen.

[@lukethedifter1953]

The way things are go'n I'll be one of those pictures soon. Never did I believe I could be there. But with love gone wrong and life has change I can see it in the mirror. With hope all gone I live alone, idea's lost these man with broken hearts.

[@brucehall3232]

Hanck nose whot its all about

[@brucehall3232]

Im sorre hi new what it was all about

[@darrellsomers5427]

Ditto

[@darrellwhite4358]

I’m right there with you my brother! Lost love, divorce, and the murder of my son In The Line Of Duty, I too, see myself in these photos and in the words of Hank’s many years before I was born!🙁

[@pianospeedrun]

​@@darrellwhite4358 how are you doing darrell ?

[@joeneary5086]

Still have my Luke the Drifter Album

[@geoffwilly1725]

0 dislikes. Awesome!!!

[@love1country88]

>> that song moves me, from the first time i heard 'em norbert

[@roynix6575]

😒 yes,

[@love1country88]

> many thanks for your reply sir - from germany norbert

[@djtomleeuwen]

Why can I only give one thumps up? Great video as well! Adds to the song!

[@eugenehorner3722]

I have been there years ago.

[@dewaynecambell1149]

Hank is one of the best singers

[@oldHippieAl]

..so timeless & so true good job with pics - Great Video Thanks for Sharing .

[@michaeldix4604]

We all need to figure out ways we can really help other people in these terrible situations. Buy a few cans of food and take them to the local food bank or Mission that cooks and feeds people. Maybe donate an afternoon at the mission once in a while to help out. I dont know but all these people and these families really need food, shelter, the very most basic needs there are. Can you imagine livng in a box in an alley, hungry and cold. We all need to help some.... Mike

[@32a34a]

These are some of Hank's best recordings.

[@pambuckley7217]

Makes me feel guilty about the world we live in and the people l sometimes pass on the street. What a heart-rending song.

[@kbblaze9371]

The men Hank sings of are the same men, women and children Jesus spoke of when he said, "Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, care for the sick, visit/write to the prisoner and welcome the Stranger into your circle." Ah me, the hopelessness and misery on America's streets should make rivers of tears flow from the doors and windows of every church in this land..... but it doesn't. Only condemnation flows, all to the shame of each and every church. I'll say no more. A person either understands or he doesn't.

[@kbblaze9371]

Hey friend. Here's another one for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6G6g4mel8iLhrM. I lived in Atlanta for four years and did volunteer work in downtown soup kitchen on Peachtree Street back in the late 70s. I saw fear, hopelessness and misery that trouble my sleep to this day, 40 years later.

[@TheJESUSCHRISTRULES]

2nd Chronicles 7:14 wins against all the time!!!

[@shirleyjennings5787]

What an awesome song!

[@alanwhite6936]

My heart's Shattered bodys on its way out battred beyond repair soon I'll be with Mom an Dad Thankful for this Hank Classic that says how this old man feels

[@hillbilly5643]

In this song Hank Williams (or should I says "Luke the Drifter") attempts to elevate bums into kings. And actually....actually..... pulls it off... with conviction. Uncannily fine song.

[@bhunter11]

But They are Kings.... in the eyes of God!

[@hillbilly5643]

@@bhunter11 So true.

[@darrellwhite4358]

No, he wasn’t trying to elevate bums to kings!!! His heart was broken and he knew how it felt and was given the ability to relate that in a way that many of us could understand! Apparently, and I pray, YOU Hillbilly56, have never experienced a really true broken heart! If you haven’t, then you will never understand the true meaning of the song! Forget the video, just listen to the words! For some, as myself, we can keep our shattered hearts hidden from others, but inside, this song describes exactly what I, and others, carry inside every day! We may not be living on the street, but we are truly, “dead men walking” and the pain is forever with us! If you cannot understand this song, I pray that you never experience a “Broken Heart”!

[@edithmaxim2041]

Love Luke the Drifter albums. Great stories.

[@3fingerheater]

It's a problem when "luke bryan" shows up before "luke the drifter"

[@countryboy5510]

agree

[@noahyorkmusic]

Amen!

[@noahyorkmusic]

We need to contact KZbin about this haha

[@jackwhite6360]

z

[@drw6848]

Who's Puke Bryan...?

[@snow777ification]

This is one of my favorites.

[@MultiKc101]

what a man hank was

[@white69rabbitt]

Lost a wife to a drunk driver 11/09/84 still ain't gone away.............

[@countryboy5510]

sorry god bless sir

[@earlalger5001]

Sorry my friend may god hold you in his loveing hands and heal the pain and broken and just remember youll see em again what happy day that will be for you ....

[@johnholland723]

I am so sorry this happened. Be comforted. She is now an Angel and has no doubt helped many a lost earth traveller.. I lost my wife many years ago to the material pursuit of equine pleasures. She might as well have died. She died to me. I am one of the men Hank sang about.

[@darrellwhite4358]

🙏🏻😢

[@frwystr]

i feel for you brother

[@eddieinman123]

Beautifully done video for a poignant song [>

[@jennieanderson971]

Broken my heart.. Women live like this too🥀💔

[@candicekruger9433]

The elderly, disabled & children too...not forgetting left behind pets. 😔

[@callmeishmialdummy1]

damn you hank......i never cry :(

[@bekelly7232]

Just good old country music. About life.

[@FugginNugget]

I'm feeling it tonight Hank...

[@markklemke2160]

So true. There'll never be another Hank.

[@MsHillbilly24]

My all time favourite as is Hank .

[@Leetjesliedjes]

The only way to ease this pain a little bit is to love Hank more than to love her

[@robertwalden2372]

A bloody fact of life today 2020 you see guys like this yes folks this song was made over 50 + years ago a crying shame .

[@BillyBorders]

Great Song & Video, good pics Thanks for Sharing :)

[@BamaGuy777]

Thanks this is me in a nutshell thanks again

[@tweet75]

those that have been there really understand....

[@eugenehorner3722]

No comment, Hank says it all.

[@jmartin9774]

OMG. CRYING. ❤

[@kentlewis987]

First heard Elvis quote the last section as an outtake from That’s the Way It Is. Always loved it but never knew where it originated until I saw a Hank documentary last night.

[@Pentagonshark666]

great song,but very sad.

[@sandrabutterflykisses9638]

Love all his song ❤

[@davidrandall114]

This was whittin for me long before i was born. He know

[@jaycrayton3327]

No words enough here... Just Beautiful

[@etherealcatholic5711]

Mankind has been breaking God's heart since the fall from Grace. Thank your Guardian Angel for loving God and protecting you. 'We've heard enough about the rights of Man. Let's hear about the rights of God" - Pope Leo XIII

[@darrell3368]

Ps Gods blessings to everyone and we love everyone

[@deadskunk8733]

This is certainly true these days. Whoooo.

[@Tardenator]

If you're under 30 we're a rare breed indeed

[@accadaccasuperstar]

thank you hank

[@MrGrxxx123]

Hauntingly beautiful

[@god7772007]

wow this is great

[@johnjurkewicz9925]

👍👍It so great 👍👍

[@isabellelemoine6908]

Hommage à NOTRE AMI...Serge MONTANA ! parti vers l'IMMENSITE ! Repose en paix l'AMI !

[@anyathompson5075]

Great song and video thanks

[@jcbairmaster73]

What can you say to a song like that,and the pictures that accompany it? There but for the grace of someone higher than us go we all.

[@nadyarossi5102]

jcbairmaster73 under the right conditions any of us could be anything.

[@QuoVadis773]

Great !!

[@robertwalden2372]

Only the great hank Williams could make you happy and sad god bless you sir R.I.P rest peacefull in hillbilly heaven hank