[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 156 (Sunday, September 28, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE HONORABLE BUD CRAMER AND THE HONORABLE TERRY EVERETT ON 
                     THEIR RETIREMENT FROM CONGRESS

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                               speech of

                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, as I was thinking about what to 
say about my good friend Bud Cramer, it occurred to me that the many 
things I could say would soon be forgotten.
  But what I will remember is his friendship and the experiences we 
shared together.
  A former constituent of mine, Johnny Cash, summed it up best in when 
he sang ``Jim Wore a Tie Today.'' The lyrics of the song follow:

     ``Jim, I did everything that I could,
     But your fever just wouldn't die down,
     So I tied your horse to the wagon bed,
     And last night I brought you to town.

     ``But when I got there you were gone Jim,
     And there was nothin' nobody could do,
     I bought you a suit and a tie Jim,
     And today I wore one too.

     ``Jim I wore a tie today,
     The first one that I ever wore,
     And you'd have said I looked like a dummy,
     Out of a dry goods store.

     ``Jim they said a lot of things,
     But I don't know a thing they said,
     My mind kept wanderin' off down the trail,
     Back to the times that we've had.

     ``And for gold on the cuff,
     We've done everything in the book I guess,
     And a lot they'd never thought up.

     ``Well Jim, you're ridin' on ahead,
     I guess that's how it has be,
     But when you reach those streets paved with gold Jim,
     Stake a claim out for me . . .''

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