They met long before the fame — just two Oklahoma boys with the same dream and the same silly jokes. Wayman played basketball, Toby played bars, and no matter how busy they were, they always found a way to laugh through the grind. Years later, when Toby heard that Wayman was gone, he didn’t call anyone. He didn’t post a thing. He just drove out to his barn, sat down with a guitar, and stared at the sky until the words came. He called it “Cryin’ for Me.” But he wasn’t crying for Wayman — he was crying for all the moments they never got to finish. For all the stories they promised to tell “one of these days.” When he sang it live for the first time, there were no fireworks, no long speeches. Just his voice, steady and raw, carrying the weight of friendship. Because for Toby Keith, grief was never a spectacle. It was a song — one that only the heart could finish.
admin Some songs come from imagination. Others come straight from the heart. “Cryin’ for Me (Wayman’s Song)” belongs entirely to the second kind. Toby Keith wrote it after the passing of…