Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Writing My Feelings 1
Sitting Up with the Dead 6
That Girl's Gonna Be Somebody 10
A Couple of Good Breaks out West 17
Nashville Boys 21
Jumping Right In 27
That's Show Business 34
Officially a Country Music Songwriter 40
The Accident 42
Here You Are! 45
Destined to Be a Star 50
They Work for You 55
The Cline's Doin' Just Fine 58
Hello, Little Gal 60
The Henhouse Brigade and a Mini-Breakdown 64
Crazy 69
Leave It to the Professional 72
It Was Just a Razor 76
Like a Sister 81
Stickin' It to the Haters 87
Carnegie Hall 89
Dirty Old Men 91
Homewreckers 97
Bad Detectives 103
Man of the House 107
Working Moms 110
Dream Home 116
Nice Things 118
Happy Thirtieth Birthday 121
The Cadillac Bitches 123
Member of the Grand Ole Opry 127
Driving Lessons 131
Turning Up the Heat 136
Vegas Headliner 145
Happy Anniversary to Me 149
Finally, a Day Off 158
The Last Recording Session 161
Last Day Together 164
The Day Patsy Died 168
March Chills 172
Twins in the Family 178
Writing My Way Through 180
Girls with Guts 183
Breaking Up with the Wilburn Brothers 186
If You Want to Keep Your Teeth 190
I Remember Patsy 193
Coal Miner's Daughter, the Movie 195
Losing Doo 197
Ghosts 202
Epilogue 204
P.S. 208
Acknowledgments 211
Index 213