Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 Album Lyrics

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Whiskey River

(Willie Nelson)

Whiskey River take my mind
Don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I got, take care of me

Whiskey River take my mind
Don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I've got, take care of me

I'm drowning in a whiskey river
Bathin' my memory and mind in the wetness of its soul
Feeling the amber current flowin' from my mind
And leavin' a heart you left so cold

Whiskey River take my mind
And don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I got, take care of me

I'm drowning in a whiskey river
Bathin' my memory and mind in the wetness of its soul
Feeling the amber current flowin' from my mind
And leaving a heart you left so cold

Whiskey River take my mind (take my mind)
And don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I got, take care of me

Whiskey River take my mind
Whiskey River take my mind

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I Gotta Get Drunk

(Willie Nelson)

Well I gotta get drunk
And I sure do dread it
'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do
I'll start to spend my money
Calling everybody honey
And wind up singing the blues

I'll spend my whole paycheck
On some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
But I gotta get drunk
And I sure do dread it
'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do

I gotta get drunk I can't stay sober
There's a lot of good people in town
Who'd like to hear me holler
See me spend my dollars
And I wouldn't think of lettin' 'em down

There's a lot of doctors that tell me
That I'd better start to slowin' it down
But there's more old drunkers
Than there are old doctors
So I guess we'd better have another round

Well now I gotta get drunk
And I sure do dread it
'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do
I'll start to spend my money
Calling everybody honey
And wind up singing the blues

I'll spend my whole paycheck
On some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I gotta get drunk
And I sure do dread it
'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do

Well I gotta get drunk
And I sure do dread it
'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do
I'll start to spend my money
Calling everybody honey
And wind up singing the blues

I'll spend my whole paycheck
On some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I gotta get drunk
And I sure do dread it
'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do

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Yesterday's Wine

(Willie Nelson)

Miracles appear in the strangest of places
Fancy meeting you here
The last time I saw you
Was just out of Houston
Sit down let me buy you a beer

Your presence is welcome
With me and my friend here
This is a hangout of mine
We come here quite often
And listen to music
Partaking of yesterday's wine

Yesterday's wine
I'm yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine

You give the appearance
Of one widely traveled
I'll bet you've seen
Things in your time
So sit down beside me
And tell me your story
If you think
You'll like yesterday's wine

Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine

Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
We're aging with time
Like yesterday's wine

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Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other

(Willie Nelson)

Well, there's many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas
There's many a young boy who feels things he can't comprehend
And a small town don't like it when somebody falls between sexes
No, a small town don't like it when a cowboy has feelings for men

And I believe to my soul that inside every man there's the feminine
And inside every lady there's a deep manly voice loud and clear
Well, a cowboy may brag about things that he's done with his women
But the ones who brag loudest are the ones that are most likely queer

Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other
Say, what do you think all them saddles and boots was about?
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels for his brother
And inside every cowboy there's a lady that'd love to slip out

And there's always somebody who says what the others just whisper
And mostly that someone's the first one to get shot down dead
So when you talk to a cowboy don't treat him like he was a sister
You can't f*ck with a lady that's sleepin' in each cowboy's head

Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other
What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels for his brother
And inside every lady there's a cowboy who wants to come out
And inside every cowboy there's a lady that'd love to slip out

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Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)

(Willie Nelson)

You told me once that you were mine alone forever
And I was yours till the end of eternity
But all those vows are broken now
And I will never be the same except in memory

Remember me when the candle lights're gleaming
Remember me at the close of a long, long day
And it would be so sweet when all alone I'm dreaming
Just to know you still remember me

A brighter face may take my place when we're apart dear
Another love with a heart more bold and free
But in the end fair weather friends may break your heart dear
If they do, sweetheart remember me

Remember me when the candle lights're gleaming
Remember me at the close of a long, long day
And it would be so sweet when all alone I'm dreaming
Just to know you still remember me
Just to know you still remember me

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Hello Walls

(Willie Nelson)

Hello walls, (hello) (hello)
How'd things go for you today?
Don't you miss her
Since she up and walked away?
And I'll bet you dread to spend
Another lonely night with me
But lonely walls, I'll keep you company

Hello window (hello) (hello)
Well I see that you're still here
Aren't you lonely
Since our darlin' disappeared?
Well, look here, is that a teardrop
In the corner of your pane?
Now don't you try to tell me that it's rain

She went away and left us all alone
The way she planned
Guess we'll have to learn to get along
Without her if we can

Hello ceiling, (hello) (hello)
I'm gonna stare at you awhile
You know I can't sleep
So won't you bear with me awhile?

We gotta all stick together or else
I'll lose my mind
I've got a feelin', she'll be gone a long, long time
(Hello, hello)

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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

(Willie Nelson)

I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy
And lovin' the cowboy ways
Pursuin' the life of my high ridin' heroes
I burned up my childhood days

I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter
Don't you hold on to nothin' too long
Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them
With the words of a sad country song

My heroes have always been cowboys
And they still are, it seems
Sadly, in search of and one step in back of
Themselves and their slow movin' dreams

Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
From being alone too long
You could die from the cold, in the arms of a nightmare
Knowin' well that your best days are gone

Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen
I let the words of my youth fade away
Old worn out saddles and old worn out memories
But no one and no place to stay

My heroes have always been cowboys
And they still are, it seems
Sadly, in search of and one step in back of
Themselves and their slow movin' dreams
Sadly, in search of and one step in back of
Themselves and their slow movin' dreams

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Seven Spanish Angels

(Willie Nelson)

He looked down into her brown eyes
And said "say a prayer for me"
She threw her arms around him
Whispered, "God will keep us free"
They could hear the riders comin'
He said, "this is my last fight
If they take me back to Texas
They won't take me back alive"

There were seven Spanish angels
At the altar of the sun
They were prayin' for the lovers
In the valley of the gun
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared
There was thunder from the throne
And seven Spanish angels
Took another angel home

She reached down and picked the gun up
That lay smokin' in his hand
She said, "Father, please forgive me
I can't make it without my man"
And she knew the gun was empty
And she knew she couldn't win
But her final prayer was answered
When the rifles fired again

There were seven Spanish angels
At the altar of the sun
They were prayin' for the lovers
In the valley of the gun
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared
There was thunder from the throne
And seven Spanish angels
Took another angel home

There were seven Spanish angels
At the altar of the sun
They were prayin' for the lovers
In the valley of the gun
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared
There was thunder from the throne
And seven Spanish angels
Took another angel home

There were seven Spanish angels
At the altar of the sun
They were prayin' for the lovers
In the valley of the gun
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared
There was thunder from the throne
And seven Spanish angels
Took another angel home

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The Ghost

(Willie Nelson)

An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day
Along a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
Ploughin' through the ragged brush
And up the cloudy draw

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the skies
For he saw the riders comin' hard
And he heard their mournful cry

Yippee-yi-ay (yippee-yi-ay), oh yippee-yi-o (yippee-yi-o)
Ghost riders in the sky
Reggie Young

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred
Their shirts all soaked with sweat
They're riding hard to catch that herd
But they ain't caught 'em yet
'Cause they've have to ride forever on that range up in the sky
On horses snortin' fire
As they ride on, hear them cry

As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from hell, riding on our range
Then cowboy change your ways today, or with us you will ride
Trying to catch the devil's herd across these endless skies"

Yippee-yi-ay (yippee-yi-ay), oh yippee-yi-o (yippee-yi-o)
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky

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Die When Im High (Halfway to Heaven)

(Willie Nelson)

[Particle Kid]
Well I figured Trigger would outlive my liver
But I'm still here writing songs
Or if I reached my age, I'd forget how to play
Well I guess I proved me wrong
They say use it or lose it and I'll do it again
My half-crazy mind is my oldest friend

[Willie Nelson]
I never expected my redneck confessions
Would be sung by this old man
Or if livings so hard, I could make it this far
I said, "catch me if you can"

[Particle Kid & Willie Nelson]
Use it or lose it
And I'll do it again
That lost highway life is my oldest friend

[Particle Kid & Willie Nelson]
I was born in a barn and the door was wide open
I ran out before I learned to crawl
And if I die when I'm high
I'll be halfway to heaven
Or I might have a long way to fall

[Particle Kid & Willie Nelson]
The paper today said I'm changing my ways
And my time's been slowing down
They said people my age
Are expected to fade
Well I'm afraid I've let them down

[Particle Kid & Willie Nelson]
You gotta use it or lose it
And I'll choose how it ends
If I could only get back on the road again

[Particle Kid & Willie Nelson]
I was born in a barn and the door was wide open
I ran out before I learned to crawl
And if I die when I'm high
I'll be halfway to heaven
Or I might have a long way to fall

[Particle Kid & Willie Nelson]
I was born in a barn and the door was wide open
I ran out before I learned to crawl
And if I die when I'm high
I'll be halfway to heaven
Or I might have a long way to fall


[Particle Kid & Willie Nelson]
And if I die when I'm high
I'll be halfway to heaven
Or I might have a long way to fall

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Me and Paul

(Willie Nelson)

It's been rough and rocky traveling
But I'm finally standing upright on the ground
After taking several readings
I'm surprised to find my mind's still fairly sound

I guess Nashville was the roughest
But I know I've said the same about them all
We received our education
In the cities of the nation, me and Paul

Almost busted in Laredo
But for reasons that I'd rather not disclose
But if you're staying in a motel there and leave
Just don't leave nothing in your clothes

And at the airport in Milwaukee
They refused to let us board the plane at all
They said we looked suspicious
But I believe they like to pick on me and Paul

It's been rough and rocky traveling
But I'm finally standing upright on the ground
After taking several readings
I'm surprised to find my mind's still fairly sound

guess Nashville was the roughest
But I know I've said the same about them all
We received our education
In the cities of the nation, me and Paul

On a package show in Buffalo
With us and Kitty Wells and Charlie Pride
The show was long and we're just sitting there
And we'd come to play and not just for the ride

Well, we drank a lot of whiskey
So I don't know if we went on that night at all
But I don't think they even missed us
I guess Buffalo ain't geared for me and Paul

It's been rough and rocky traveling
But I'm finally standing upright on the ground
After taking several readings
I'm surprised to find my mind's still fairly sound

I guess Nashville was the roughest
But I know I've said the same about them all
We received our education
In the cities of the nation, me and Paul

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I Can Get Off On You

(Willie Nelson)

Take back the weed, take back the cocaine baby
Take back the pills, take back the whiskey too
I don't need them now your love was all I was after
I'll make it now that I can get off on you
I can get by on little or nothing at all I know
I can get high just thinkin' about you and so

Well take back the weed, take back the cocaine baby
Take back the pills, take back the whiskey too
I don't need them now your love was all I was after
I'll make it now I can get off on you

Who would have thought this was somethin' that I'd ever do
I'm working it out mellowing out on you
Take back the weed, take back the cocaine baby
Take back the pills, take back the whiskey too
I don't need them now your love was all I was after
I'll make it now that I can get off on you

Take back the weed, take back the cocaine baby
Take back the pills, take back the whiskey too

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Georgia On A Fast Train

(Willie Nelson)

On a rainy windy morning, on the day that I was born
In that old sharecropping, one room country shack
They said my mammie left me the day before she had me
Said she hit the road and never once looked back

And I just like to mention that my grandma's old age pension
Is the reason why I'm standing here today
And I got all my country learning a-milking and a-churning
Picking cotton, raisin' hell and baling hay

I been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a'treatin' me this way

Oh, my sweet Carolina, I don't guess I'll ever find
Another woman put together like you are
I love your wiggle and your walkin' and your big city talkin'
And your brand new shiny Plymouth ragtop car

Well, it's hurry up and wait in this land of give and take
It seems like haste it makes for waste every time
And I declare to my soul when you hear those ages roll
You better know I'm gonna get my share of mine

I been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a'treatin' me this way

I been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
And ain't no need in y'all a'treatin' me this way
There ain't no need in y'all a'treatin' me this way

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Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain

(Willie Nelson)

In the twilight glow I see her
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain
And when we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew that we'd never meet again

Love is like a dyin' ember
And only memories remain
and through the ages I'll remember
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain

Some day when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no partin'
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain

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Hands On the Wheel

(Willie Nelson)

At a time when the world seems to be spinnin' hopelessly out of control,
There's deceivers an' believers an' old in-betweeners,
That seem to have no place to go.
Well, it's the same old song, it's right an' it's wrong,
An' livin' is just somethin' that I do.
An' with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes,
An' I found myself in you.

I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars.
An' I've nearly gone up in smoke.
Now my hand's on the wheel, I've something that's real,
An' I feel like I'm goin' home.

An' in the shade of an oak down by the river,
Sit an old man an' a boy,
Settin' sail, spinnin' tales an' fishin' for whales,
With a lady they both enjoy.
Well, it's the same damn tune, it's the man in the moon.
It's the way that I feel about you.
An' with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes,
An' I found myself in you.

An' I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars.
An' I've nearly gone up in smoke.
Now my hand's on the wheel, I've something that's real,
An' I feel like I'm goin' home.

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Down Yonder

(Willie Nelson)

[Instrumental]

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Help Me Make It Through the Night

(Willie Nelson)

Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Layin' soft upon my skin
Like the shadows on the wall

Come and lay down by my side
Till the early mornin' light
All I'm takin' is your time
Help me make it through the night

I don't care who's right or wrong
I don't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
'Cause tonight I need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone

Help me make it through the night

I don't care who's right or wrong
I don't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
For tonight I need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone

Help me make it through the night

I don't want to be alone
Help me make it through the night

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It Aint Over Yet

(Willie Nelson)

I may be getting old but I'm far from out of angst
because the problems that I face on the day to day don't go away.
Life it ain't so civilized when it comes down to survive
and I've had the ones that I thought as family push me to the side.
I'm still in debt I can't pay my rent, my teeth are rotting in my head.
I may be getting old, but it ain't over yet.
I got so much left to say, I can't believe I'm here again
right back where I started from with an ego left to mend.
We started out as friends and in the end I hope to be
I'm uninsured I'm overdrawn I'm as broke as one can get.
I may be getting old, but it ain't over yet.
What happens when the dreams of fame and fortune don't come true.
When the romance is gone,
Life can be unfair sometimes it's a fact I've had to accept.
But in everything that I've given up I've gained my self respect.

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Midnight Rider

(Willie Nelson)

I gotta run to keep from hidin'
I'm bound to keep on ridin'
An' I got one more silver dollar
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no
I ain't gonna let em catch the midnight rider
Well, these ain't my clothes I'm wearin'
An' this ol' road goes on forever
An' I got one more silver dollar
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider
Well, I've gone by the point of carin'
Some ol' bed, I'll soon be sharin'
An' I got one more silver dollar
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no
I ain't gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider

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Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground

(Willie Nelson)

If you had not have fallen
Then I would not have found you
Angel flying too close to the ground
And I patched up your broken wing and hung around a while
Trying to keep your spirits up and your fever down

I knew someday that you would fly away
For love's the greatest healer to be found
So leave me if you need to, I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground

Fly on, fly on past, the speed of sound
I'd rather see you up than see you down
So leave me if you need to, I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground.

So leave me if you need to, I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground.

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Night Life

(Willie Nelson)

When the evenin' sun goes down
You will find me hangin' 'round
Oh, the night life, ain't no good life
But it's my life

Many people just like me
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's
And the night life, ain't a good life
But it's my life

Listen to the blues they're playin'
Listen what the blues are sayin'

Mine is just another scene
From the world of broken dreams
And the night life, ain't a good life
But it's my life

Listen to the blues they're playin'
Listen to what the blues are sayin'
Mine is just another scene
From the world of broken dreams
And the night life, ain't a good life
But it's my life

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Texas Flood

(Willie Nelson)

Well there's floodin' down in Texas...All of the telephone lines are down
Well there's floodin' down in Texas...All of the telephone lines are down
And I've been tryin' to call my baby...Lord and I can't get a single sound

Well dark clouds are rollin' in...Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Well dark clouds are rollin' in...Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Yeah flood water keep a rollin'...Man it's about to drive poor me insane

Well I'm leavin' you baby...Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well I'm leavin' you baby...Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well back home I know floods and tornados...Baby the sun shines every day

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Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)

(Willie Nelson)

I have seen the morning burning
Golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling
Of the freedom of an eagle when she flies

Turning on the world the way
She smiled upon my soul as I lay dyin'
Healing as the colors in the sunshine
And the shadows of her eyes

Waking in the morning
To the feeling of her fingers on my skin
Wiping out the traces of the people
And the places that I've been

Teaching me that yesterday
Was something that I'd never thought of tryin'
Talking of tomorrow and the money
Love and time we have to spend

Loving her was easier
Than anything I'll ever do again

Coming close together with a feeling
That I've never known before in my time
She ain't ashamed to be a woman
Or afraid to be a friend

I don't know the answer to the easy way
She opened every door in my mind
But dreaming was as easy as believing
It was never gonna end

And loving her was easier
Than anything I'll ever do again

Coming close together with a feeling
That I've never known before in my time
She ain't ashamed to be a woman
Or afraid to be a friend

I don't know the answer to the easy way
She opened every door in my mind
Dreaming was as easy as believing
It was never gonna end

And loving her was easier
Than anything I'll ever do again
Loving her was easier
Than anything I'll ever do again

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Willie Got Me Stoned

(Willie Nelson)

Oh, I'm so honored to be here to celebrate Willie's eighty-fifth birthday
One of my favorite humans in the world
So nice to be here with you guys
Willie said one time that a good song is nothin' but three chords and the truth
I don't know if he made that up, but I heard him say it
And this next song right here, it's got three chords in it
And it's a true story about one night that I got to hang out with Willie
It all started when the show was over and we were in a big line
Everybody had their arms around each other
We wеre gettin' ready to takе a bow
And everybody else was sayin' things like
"Hey, that was a great show, man" and, you know
"Beautiful crowd tonight" and, you know, it's
"Best ever," all that kind of stuff
And then Willie's right next to me and he leans over and he says
"Hey, wanna go to my house and play some poker?"
And I, I said, "Hell yeah, sounds amazing"
So this is a song I wrote, it's called "Willie Got Me Stoned and Took All My Money," here you go

Willie got me stoned and took all my money
I was fifty dollars up, but then my mind went funny
It didn't really help that I didn't know the rules of the game
And it probably didn't help that I couldn't remember my name

After Willie got me stoned and took all my cash
One high-low split, but then he kicked my ass
He gave me knuckles across the table, but then my mind went blurry
And just like a puff of smoke, all my cash went up in a hurry
See Jack Johnson Live
Get tickets as low as $119

After Willie got me stoned, took me for everything I had
I had to walk home, I had no money for a cab
I didn't have the heart to ask anybody for a ride
And nobody in the room seemed any condition to drive

After Willie got us stoned, he took away my mind
He sent me back to the kiddie table, he took away my pride
And now I'm sittin' here with my band again, just feelin' like a joker
Just thinkin' about how bad I really suck at playin' poker
And thinkin' about my pockets, was Willie the one who broke them?
And would I really take a toke if they rolled Willie up and they smoked him?
Hell yes, I would, and I know it might sound funny
But Willie got me stoned and took all of my

Willie got me stoned and took all my money
Willie got me stoned and took all my money
Hell yes, I would, and I know it might sound funny
But Willie got me stoned and took all
Sing along with me, of my

Willie got me stoned and took all my money
Willie got me stoned and took all my money
Hell yes, I would, and I know it might sound funny
But Willie got me stoned and took all of my money

Right on, have a great night, you guys
Nice to be here with you, thank you

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Time of the Preacher

(Willie Nelson)

But he could not forgive her
Though he tried and tried and tried
And the halls of his mem'ry
Still echoed her lies

And he cried like a baby
And he screamed like a panther
In the middle of the night
And he saddled his pony
And he went for a ride

It was a time of the preacher
In the year of O-one
Now the lesson is over
And the killin's begun

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Good Hearted Woman

(Willie Nelson)

A long time forgotten are dreams
that just fell by the way
And the good life he promised
ain't what she's living today
But she never complains of the bad times
or the bad things he's done
She just talks about the good times
they've had and all the good times to come

She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
And she loves him in spite of his ways that she don't understand
And through teardrops and laughter
they'll pass through this world hand in hand
This good hearted woman in love with her good timin' man

He likes the night life and bright lights and good timin' friends
And when the party's all over she'll welcome him back home again
Though she don't understand him but she does the best that she can
This good hearted woman in love with her good timin' man

She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
And she loves him in spite of his ways that she don't understand
And through teardrops and laughter
they'll pass through this world hand in hand
This good hearted woman in love with her good timin' man

---

Still Is Still Moving To Me

(Willie Nelson)

Still is still moving to me
I swim like a fish in the sea all the time
But if that's what it takes to be free I don't mind
Still is still moving to me
Still is still moving to me
And it's hard to explain how I feel
It won't go in words but I know that it's real
I can be moving or I can be still
But still is still moving me
Still is still moving to me

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

And it's hard to explain how I feel
It won't go in words but I know that it's real
I can be moving or I can be still
But still is still moving me
Still is still moving to me

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

And it's hard to explain how I feel
It won't go in words but I know that it's real
I can be moving or I can be still
But still is still moving me
Still is still moving to me
Still is still moving to me
Still is still moving to me
Still is still moving to me
Still is still moving to me

---

Opportunity to Cry

(Willie Nelson)

Just watch the sunrise on the other side of town
Once more I've waited and once more you've let me down
This would be a perfect time for me to die I'd like to take this opportunity to cry
You gave your word now I return it to you with this suggestion as to what you can do
Just exchange the words I love you for goodbye while I take this opportunity to cry
I'd like to see you but I'm afraid that I don't know wrong from right
And if I saw you would I kiss you or want to kill you out of sight
It's been a long night so I think I'll go home
And feed my nightmares they've been waiting all night long
They'll be the last ones to tell me goodbye
And they'll give me many opportunities to cry
They'll give me many opportunities to cry

---

Pick Up the Tempo

(Willie Nelson)

Some people are saying that time will take care of people like me
That I'm livin' too fast and they say I can't last much longer
But little they see that their thoughts of me is my Saviour
And little they know that the beat oughta go a little faster
So pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home
The singer ain't singin' and the drummer's been draggin' too long
Time'll take care of itself so just leave time alone
And pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home

Well I'm wild and I'm mean I'm creatin' a scene I'm goin' crazy
I'm good and I'm bad and I'm happy and sad and I'm lazy
I'm quiet and I'm loud and I'm gatehrin' a crowd and I like gravy
About half off the wall but I learned it all in the Navy
So pick up the tempo...
Take it on home

---

Heaven And Hell

(Willie Nelson)

Sometimes it's heaven and sometimes it's hell
Sometimes I don't even know
Sometimes I take it as far as I can
And sometimes I don't even go

My front tracks are headed for a cold water well
My back tracks are covered with snow
Sometimes it's heaven and sometimes it's hell
And sometimes I don't even know

(Play it little sister)

And heaven ain't walking a street paved with gold
And hell ain't no mountain of fire
Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms
And hell is when my baby's not there

My front tracks are headed for a cold water well
My back tracks are covered with snow
Sometimes it's heaven and sometimes it's hell
And sometimes I don't even know

Sometimes it's heaven and sometimes it's hell
And sometimes I don't even know

---

Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain

(Willie Nelson)

In the twilight glow I see her
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain
And when we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew that we'd never meet again

Love is like a dyin' ember
And only memories remain
and through the ages I'll remember
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain

Some day when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no partin'
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain

---

Bloody Mary Morning

(Willie Nelson)

Well, it's a bloody Mary morning
Baby left me without warning
Sometime in the night
So I'm flyin' down to Houston
Forgetting her's the nature of my flight

As we taxi toward the runway
With the smog and haze
Reminding me of how I feel
Just a country boy who's learnin'
That the pitfalls of the city
Are extremely real

All the night life and the parties
And temptation and deceit
The order of the day
Well it's a bloody Mary mornin'
'Cause I'm leavin' baby somewhere in LA

Well, it's a bloody Mary morning
Baby left me without warning
Sometime in the night
So I'm flyin' down to Houston
Forgetting her's the nature of my flight

Our golden jet is airborne
And flight fifty cuts a path
Across the mornin' sky
And a voice comes through the speaker
Reassuring us flight fifty
Is the way to fly

And a hostess takes our order
Coffee, tea or something stronger
To start off the day
Well it's a bloody Mary morning
'Cause I'm leavin' baby somewhere in LA

Well, it's a bloody Mary morning
Baby left me without warning
Sometime in the night
So I'm flyin' down to Houston
Forgetting her's the nature of my flight
Yeah I'm flyin' down to Houston
Forgetting her's the nature of my flight

---

Pretty Paper

(Willie Nelson)

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write "I love you"
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

Crowded streets, busy feet hustle by him
Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh
And there he sits all alone on the sidewalk
Hoping that you won't pass him by

Should you stop? Better not, much too busy
You're in a hurry, my how time flies
And in the distance the ringing of laughter
And in the midst of the laughter he cries

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils (pretty pencils) to write "I love you"
(Oh) pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write "I love you"
Oh, pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

---

City Of New Orleans

(Willie Nelson)

Riding on the city of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail

All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulled out at Kankakee
And rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Passin' trains that have no names
And freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Good morning, America
How are you?
Say don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the city of New Orleans
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor

And the sons of Pullman Porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
Mothers with their babes asleep
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rail is all they feel

Good morning, America
How are you?
Say don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the city of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Nighttime on the city of New Orleans
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea

But all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again
The passengers will please refrain
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues

Good morning, America
How are you?
Say don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the city of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

---

A Song For You

(Willie Nelson)

Well I've been a lot places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs and I've made some bad rhymes
I acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
Now we're alone and I am singing my song for you

And I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darling can't you see
There's no one more important to me
So darling can't you please see through me
'Cause we're alone now and I'm singin' my song for you

Well you taught me precious secrets of a truth, withholdin' nothin'
You came out in front but I was hiding
And now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Just listen to the melody for my love's in there hiding

And I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life, you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you

Well you taught me precious secrets of a truth, withholdin' nothin'
You came out in front but I was hiding
And now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody for my love is in there hiding

And I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I've loved you for my life, you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you

---

Crazy

(Willie Nelson)

I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue

I knew that you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday, you'd leave me for somebody new


Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Wondering, "What in the world did I do?"


I'm crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you
I'm crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you

---

Funny How Time Slips Away

(Willie Nelson)

Well, hello there
My it's been a long, long time
How am I doin'?
Oh, I guess that I'm doin' fine
It's been so long now but it seems now
That it was only yesterday
Gee, ain't it funny how time slips away
How's your new love
I hope that he's doin' fine
I heard you told him
That you'd love him 'til the end of time
Now that's the same thing that you told me
Seems like just the other day
Gee, ain't funny how time slips away

I gotta go now
I guess I'll see you around
Don't never know, never know
When I'll be back in town
But remember what I tell you
In time, you're gonna pay
And it's surprising how time slips away

---

Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys

(Willie Nelson)

Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love

Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
They'd rather give you a song then diamonds or gold
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's and each night begins a new day
And if you don't understand him and he don't die young
He'll probably just ride away

Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love

Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and clear mountain mornin's
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
Them that don't know him won't like him
And them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong he's just different
But his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right

Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'They'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love

Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys

---

Always on My Mind

(Willie Nelson)

Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
If I made you feel second best
Girl, I'm sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

And maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
But you were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me
Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
And give me
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
I'll keep you satisfied

Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
But you were always on my mind (you were always on my mind)
You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind (you were always on my mind)
You were always on my mind

---

Georgia On My Mind

(Willie Nelson)

Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
An' just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind

Georgia, Georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind

Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind

On my mind
On my mind

On my mind
On my mind

On my mind
On my mind

On my mind
On my mind

---

Stardust

(Willie Nelson)

Sometimes I wonder, why I spend
The lonely nights
Dreaming of a song
The melody
Haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song

Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale
Tells his fairy tale
Of paradise, where roses grew
Though I dream in vain
In my heart there always will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain

Though I dream in vain
In my heart there always will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain

And though I dream in vain
In my heart there always will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain

---

Will You Remember Mine

(Willie Nelson)

Sweet is the song when the song is love love that has stood the test of time
And when you've heard all the songs of love will you remember mine
Gone are the times that I walked with you and held your hand in mine

Now when you hold another's hand will you remember mine
I have sat 'neath the trees while the cool summer breeze
Blew away the sands of time

And thought of days when you were near remembering when you were mine
Gone are the times when I held you close and pressed your lips to mine
Now when you kiss another's lips will you remember mine
I have sat neath the trees

---

Something You Get Through

(Willie Nelson)

When you lose the one you love
You think your world has ended
You think your world will be a waste of life
Without them in it

You feel there's no way to go on
Life is just a sad, sad song
But love is bigger than us all
The end is not the end at all

It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through
It's not ours to be taken
It's just a thing we get to do
Life goes on and on
And when it's gone
It lives in someone new
It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through

It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through
It's not ours to be taken
It's a thing we get to do

Life goes on and on
And when it's gone
It lives in someone new
It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through
It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through

---

California Sober

(Willie Nelson)

Well, I used to like to ramble with my good time friends and neighbors
Now I find I'd rather lie awake in bed
And I don't get to acting mean when I keep my buzzes clean
And keep the hard stuff and the whiskey from my head

Well, I guess that's just the trouble when you're always seeing double
And the lines are getting twice as hard to see
I've had years I don't recall but I'm told I had a ball
At least somebody did who looked a lot like me

So I'm California sober as they say
And lately, I can find no other way
I can't stay out and party like I did back in the day
So I'm California sober as they say

Well, I heard out in the hills they got pills to get their thrills
And they love their liquor down in New Orleans
Maybe for a New York minute sugarcane will fit the bill
But in no time flat you're out of what you need

The old crew don't get together anymore these days much ever
And some went straight and some went straight to jail
Now they're busy posting vids and just trying to raise their kids
Instead of raising holy hell and posting bail

Well, I'm California sober as they say
And lately, I can find no other way
I can't stay out and party like I did back in the day
So I'm California sober as they say

I was California sober 'til I thought the world was over
Now I'm sitting on the roadside once again
When that wagon passes by, I don't even bat an eye
'Cause the devil on my shoulder always wins
When that ol' wagon passes by, I don't even bat an eye
'Cause the devil on my shoulder always wins

---

Far Away Places

(Willie Nelson)

Far away places with strange sounding names
Far away over the sea
Those far away places with the strange sounding names are
Calling
Calling me
Goin' to China or maybe Siam
I wanna see for myself
Those far away places I've been reading about in a
Book that I took from a shelf
I start getting' restless whenever I hear the whistle of a train
I pray for the day I can get underway
And look for those castles in Spain
They call me a dreamer
Well maybe I am
But I know that I'm burning to see those
Far away places with the strange sounding names
Calling, calling me
Me

---

Sing One With Willie

(Willie Nelson)

(feat. Willie Nelson)

[George Strait:]
Well, I've had a wonderful career
But I think it's quite queer
So I'm writin' this down in a song
I just couldn't resist
'Cause it's a nice little twist
And I think you'll agree this is just wrong

I ain't never got to sing one with Willie
And I've held it inside long enough
Now I ain't too proud, I'm gonna shout it out loud
I ain't never got to sing one with Willie

Now I've heard him with Merle, Waylon, and Cash
Jones and Toby, that man is totally gracious
But I'm thinking "Damn, why not me?"
We could even sing it on TV
Just like him and old Julio Iglesias

I ain't never got to sing one with Willie
And I've held it inside long enough
Now I ain't too proud, I'm gonna shout it out loud
I ain't never got to sing one with Willie

[Willie Nelson & (George Strait):]
We've traveled back and forth
Up and down all the highways
Wherever our big buses can go
But I think that it's great
To finally sing one with Strait
And our friends will all love it, I know
(But I'm lovin' it, too, Willie)

I finally get to sing one with Strait
Well, I think that it's been long enough
(I'm mighty proud, just listen to the crowd)
I finally got to sing one with George Strait

Look at me now, I'm singing with Willie
Thank you, man, you just made my career
(Well, you shoulda said somethin', Strait
I always thought we would sound great
And I finally got to sing one with ol' George)

[George Strait, Willie Nelson:]
Yeah, I am really proud
So I'm shoutin' it out loud
I finally got to sing one
With ol' George
With ol' Willie

---

Pancho & Lefty

(Willie Nelson)

Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
And now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath as hard as kerosene

Weren't your mama's only boy
But her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams

Pancho was a bandit boy
His horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel

Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
Ah but that's the way it goes

All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose

Lefty, he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth

The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows

All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
We only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose

The poets tell how Pancho fell
And Lefty's living in cheap hotels
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told

Pancho needs your prayers it's true
But save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do
And now he's growing old

All the Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose

A few gray Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose

---

Roll me up and smoke me when I die

(Willie Nelson)

Roll me up and smoke me when I die
And if anyone don't like it, just look 'em in the eye
I didn't come here, and I ain't leaving, so don't sit around and cry
Just roll me up and smoke me when I die

Now you won't see no sad and teary eyes
When I get my wings and it's my time to fly
Call my friends and tell 'em there's a party, come on by
Now just roll me up and smoke me when I die

Roll me up and smoke me when I die
And if anyone don't like it, just look 'em in the eye
I didn't come here, and I ain't leaving, so don't sit around and cry
A-just roll me up and smoke me when I die


When I'd go, I'll have been here long enough
So sing and tell more jokes and dance and stuff
Just keep the music playing, that'll be a good goodbye
Roll me up and smoke me when I die

Roll me up and smoke me when I die
And if anyone don't like it, just look 'em in the eye
I didn't come here, and I ain't leaving, so don't sit around and cry
Just roll me up and smoke me when I die

Hey, take me out and build a roaring fire
Roll me in the flames for about an hour
Then take me out and twist me up, and point me towards the sky
And roll me up and smoke me when I die

Roll me up and smoke me when I die
And if anyone don't like it, just look 'em in the eye
I didn't come here, and I ain't leaving, so don't sit around and cry
Just roll me up and smoke me when I die

Just roll me up and smoke me when I die

---

Are There Any More Real Cowboys?

(Willie Nelson)

N: Are there any more real cowboys
N: Left out in these hills
N: Will the fire hit the iron one more time
N: And will one more dusty pick-up
N: Come rolling down the road
N: With a load of feed before the sun gets high
N: Well, I hope that working cowboy never dies

W: Not the one that's snortin' cocaine
W: When the honky-tonk's all closed
W: But the one that prays for more rain, heaven knows
W: That the good feed brings the money
W: And the money buys the clothes
W: Not the diamond sequins shining on TV
W: But the kind the working cowboy really needs

Both: Are there any more country families
Both: Still working hand in hand
Both: Trying hard to stay together and make a stand
Both: While the rows and rows of houses
Both: Come creepin' up on the land
Both: Where the cattle graze and an old gray barn still stands
Both: Are there any more real cowboys in this land
Both: Are there any more real cowboys in this land

---

We Had it All

(Willie Nelson)

[feat. Keith Richards]

I can hear the wind blowing in my mind
Just the way it used to sound through the Georgia pines
And you were there to answer when I called
You and me, we had it all

Remember how I used to touch your hair
While reaching for the feeling that was always there
You were the best thing in my life, I can recall
You and me, we had it all

I know that we can never live those times again
So I let these dreams take me back to where we've been
Then I'll stay there with you as long as I can

Oh, it was so good
Oh, it was so good
Oh, it was so good
When I was your man

I'll never stop believing in your smile
Even though you didn't stay, it was all worth while
You were the best thing in my life, I can recall
You and me, we had it all
You and me, we had it all

---

Live Forever

(Willie Nelson & Keith Richards)

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

You're gonna want to hold me
Just like I always told you
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Nobody here will ever find me
Well, I will always be around
Just like the songs I leave behind me
I'm gonna live forever now

You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please try to raise your children right

Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead 'em safely to the light

When this old world is blown asunder
And all the stars fall from the sky
Remember someone really loves you
We'll live forever you and I

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

---

On the Road Again

(Willie Nelson)

On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I cant wait to get on the road again

On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again
I can't wait to get on the road again
(Everybody sing)

On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way
And our way, on the road again

Just cant wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I cant wait to get on the road again

On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way
And our way

Is on the road again (I hear ya)
Just can't wait to get on the road again (I hear ya)
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I cant wait to get on the road again
Big finish
And I cant wait to get on the road again

(Thank you)
(Well, what do you think? Can you handle one more if we can think of one?)