I Ain't Living Long Like This

"I Ain't Living Long Like This" is a song written by Rodney Crowell for his 1978 album Ain't Living Long Like This. "I Ain't Living Long Like This" was first recorded in 1978 by Emmylou Harris as a track for her album, Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town.

Waylon Jennings version

"I Ain't Living Long Like This"
Single by Waylon Jennings
from the album What Goes Around Comes Around
B-side	"It's the World Gone Crazy (Cotillion)"
Released	December 1979
Format	7" single
Genre	Country rock Country roots rock
Length	4:44
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Rodney Crowell
Producer(s)	Richie Albright
Waylon Jennings singles chronology
"Come with Me" (1979) "I Ain't Living Long Like This" (1979) "Clyde" (1980)

• In 1979, Waylon Jennings recorded the song for his album What Goes Around Comes Around. His version was his eleventh number one on the country chart.^[1] It is included on the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack and played on the in-game radio station Rebel Radio.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1979–80)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Other recordings

• Brooks & Dunn
• Gary Stewart and Jerry Jeff Walker
• Andy Griggs
• Justin Moore
• Webb Wilder^[3]
• Albert Lee
• Chris Janson

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 175.
2. "Rockstar reveals definitive GTA 5 radio station song list: From Rick James to FIDLAR". Metro (DMG Media). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
3. "The Music". Webb Wilder. Retrieved 2016-10-15.