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Will Smith | Jaden's Interlude | /w/will+smith/jadens+interlude_20223908.html | Jada: What are you doing?
Jaden: I'm just looking over there
Jada: You looking over there?
Jaden: Yeah I'm just looking at the piano
Will: You ready to come out yet?
Jaden: No
Will: You cool? You chillin'?
Jaden: Mmm hmm
Will: It's all good?
Jaden: Yeah
Will: You gonna be quiet when mommy is singing?
Jaden: Yeah
Will: You can talk right now though
Jaden: OK. How you gonna warm up?
Jada: (clears throat) Well hopefully if I keep doing it enough I'll get it
right
Jaden: Mom can I have some microphones? Can I have some earphones on?
Jada: Uuuhhhmmm Will? I don't know if they have extra, can Jaden have
earphones? (laughs) (door closes) Oh there you go Jaden
Jaden: OK
Jada: You can hear me?
Jaden: Yeaaaahhhh
Jada: OK
Jaden: Can I talk to my daddy?
Jada: Daddy can hear you
Jaden: Hi daddy, what's up?
Will (faded): Can you hear me?
Jaden: Yeah. Wooooow
Jada: But when the music starts you have to be quiet
Jaden: K
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Will Smith | Just The Two Of Us | /w/will+smith/just+the+two+of+us_20146944.html | Now dad this is a very sensitive subject)
From the first time the doctor placed you in my arms
I knew I'd meet death before I'd let you meet harm
Although questions arose in my mind, would I be man enough?
Against wrong, choose right and be standin' up
From the hospital that first night
Took a hour just ta get the carseat in right
People drivin' all fast, got me kinda upset
Got you home safe, placed you in your basonette
That night I don't think one wink I slept
As I slipped out my bed, to your crib I crept
Touched your head gently, felt my heart melt
'Cause I know I loved you more than life itself
Then to my knees, and I begged the Lord please
Let me be a good daddy, all he needs
Love, knowledge, discipline too
I pledge my life to you
[Chorus]
Just the two of us, we can make it if we try
Just the two of us, (Just the two of us)
Just the two of us, building castles in the sky
Just the two of us, you and I
Five years old, bringin comedy
Everytime I look at you I think man, a little me
Just like me
Wait an see gonna be tall
Makes me laugh cause you got your dads ears an all
Sometimes I wonder, what you gonna be
A General, a Doctor, maybe a MC
Haha, I want to kiss you all the time
But I will test that butt when you cut outta line, trudat
Uh-uh-uh why you do dat?
I try to be a tough dad, but you be makin me laugh
Crazy joy, when I see the eyes of my baby boy
I pledge to you, I will always do
Everything I can
Show you how to be a man
Dignity, integrity, honor an
An I don't mind if you lose, long as you came with it
An you can cry, ain't no shame it it
It didn't work out with me an your mom
But yo, push come to shove
You was conceived in love
So if the world attacks, and you slide off track
Remember one fact, I got your back
[Chorus]
It's a full-time job to be a good dad
You got so much more stuff than I had
I gotta study just to keep with the changin times
101 Dalmations on your CD-ROM
See me-I'm
Tryin to pretend I know
On my PC where that CD go
But yo, ain't nuthin promised, one day I'll be gone
Feel the strife, but trust life does go wrong
But just in case
It's my place
To impart
One day some girl's gonna break your heart
And ooh ain't no pain like from the opposite sex
Gonna hurt bad, but don't take it out on the next, son
Throughout life people will make you mad
Disrespect you and treat you bad
Let God deal with the things they do
'Cause hate in your heart will consume you too
Always tell the truth, say your prayers
Hold doors, pull out chairs, easy on the swears
You're living proof that dreams do come true
I love you and I'm here for you
[Chorus: x4]
(This is a good song dad, how much am I gettin' paid for this?)
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Will Smith | Maybe | /w/will+smith/maybe_20146961.html | Maybe
Oh if I could pray and I try, dear
You might come back home, home to me
Maybe
Whoa, if I could ever hold your little hand
Oh you might understand
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe dear
I guess I might have done something wrong
Honey I'd be glad to admit it
Oh, come on home to me!
Honey maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe yeah
Well I know that it just doesn't ever seem to matter, baby
Oh honey, when I go out or what I'm trying to do
Can't you see I'm still left here
And I'm holding on in needing you
Please, please, please, please
Oh won't you reconsider babe
Now come on, I said come back
Won't you come back to me!
Maybe dear, oh maybe, maybe, maybe
Let me help you show me how
Honey, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe
Maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah
Maybe, maybe, maybe, yeah
Ooh!
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Will Smith | Momma Knows | /w/will+smith/momma+knows_20257164.html | At 17 years old I started runnin' the streets
Man, I had some fun in the streets
11, 12, sometimes 1 in the streets
By 18, I started seeing the sun in the streets
My mom started trippin' on me
Like Will, you gotta choose your friends carefully
Like, I trust you but please call me
And when you have kids of your own you'll see
I'ma be here when all your friends won't
But I was busy hollerin' parents just don't understand
Now here I am with a family runnin' the lines she ran on me
We ain't always see eye to eye but Mom, on your principles
Now I rely, you got me tastin' my toes
I didn't know
Momma told me don't go down that road
But I gotta go where I gotta go
So take your fool telling me I told you so
I used to roll hard with this dude named Chuck
Rollin' in my car with this dude named Chuck
My Mommy really liked this dude named Chuck
She thought he was really and polite, Chuck
And me used to roll out faithfully, inevitably
You see Chuck, you gon' see me
Like we on TV, the bosom is the buddy
Share food, clothes, and money, and hunnies
Flock like we was players from the NBA
Still hurts to recall the day I heard him say
To this girl named Mya
I was diggin', he told her I was a liar
Told her I be cheatin' on women
Breakin' hearts and grinnin'
He told her her life would be better with him in it
That's the friend I chose
I didn't know
Momma told me don't go down that road
But I gotta go where I gotta go
So take your fool telling me I told you so
Momma used to say, "Take your time young man
I ain't always gonna be there , holding your hand
But, you'll always know exactly where I am
And when I'm not there in my place the Lord will stand
Will study the world, only the wise succeed
And when you're eyes tell lies your heart should lead
You're gonna do dirt we all gon' sin
But when you realize it, apologize and never do it again
Mom told me don't rush to get old
If you got youth, truth clutched in your hold
It's like possibilities too much to behold
An emotional shield from life's blustery cold
Mom, all this stuff was hard you said was hard
Childish disregard 'cause my head was hard
Now, no question opposed, ugh
I didn't know
Momma told me don't go down that road
But I gotta go where I gotta go
So take your fool telling me I told you so
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Will Smith | Mr. Niceguy | /w/will+smith/mr+niceguy_10187986.html | [INTRO CHORUS]
HE'S A NICE GUY
how ya doin
HE'S A NICE GUY
Good to see you
HE'S A NICE GUY
How ya momma and them
[VERSE 1]
Mr. Niceguy relationship advice guy
Liked on the vices priceless smile
Look at the eyes got the look of a survivor
Husband, father
Dissed by Eminem but did it bother him (yup)
But he classy Big Will just get another 20 mil
And walk right pass E.
I'ma nice guy why ya'll harassing me, huh
On the radio they be over exaggerating
So blahzay with they lies
They be aggravating me, agitating me
But they waiting and hating me
They be making me crazy but I be taking it patiently
People be messing with me testing me F.ing wit me
I want to send a message to them
Teach em a lesson quickly
Publicly addressing me, disrespecting me heavily
They better be lucky the way my blessings effected me
But aaaaaaaaaaaaah, Calm down Willy
You don't want to drop the bomb now Willy
Keep a nice flow for your mom down in Philly
On the news you go if you blow and act silly, you know
[CHORUS]
HE'S A NICE GUY
(how you doin)
HE'S A NICE GUY
(good to see you)
HE'S A NICE GUY
Sometimes ya'll mistake nice for soft
So before I go off I just
RA RA RA RA RA RA RA RA
[VERSE 2]
Will's sooo nice I'd let him date my daughter
Like he was a white guy
He's not like the rest, he's a private flight guy
Why if I were gay on Friday night I'd
Larry Elder (uncle Tom)
You lucky I didn't make you the whole damn rhyme
Wendy Williams, you don't know me
I'm not your punching bag
You gon blow me up girl you better leave me alone
Before I buy your radio station and send you home
Yo this is a warning shot over the bawl
Truth be told this ain't my style
You gotta understand some stuff a man can't allow
You better chill before you climb a tree you can't get down
[B SECTION]
Ok, people dissing Will sat on a wall
People dissing Will had a great fall
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put none of their careers together again
You get it
[CHORUS 2X]
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Will Smith | Scary Story | /w/will+smith/scary+story_10187996.html | Willow
Daddy can you tell me a story?
Will
Oh you want to hear a story? What kind of story you want to hear baby?
Willow
A scary story
[VERSE 1]
Oh, ok
Once upon a time there was a kid who wanted nothin' more than to rhyme
Almost like he was born in the rhyme
He thought of his rhymes almost all of the time
And he fought with his mom
His school getting caught with his rhyme book
And he knew he shouldn't of took it there in the first place
At least he shouldn't of been sittin lookin there in her face with it
Teacher told him get it out of her class
Wicked witch, trick told him that's probably why you won't pass
Now if you shy you won't last but you're new
So underneath his breath before he left he said I'm a be richer then you
What you say? She said.
What you mean? He said.
Boy don't you play, she said.
What you mean? He said. Damnit.
Ten minutes later standin up in the principles office
Getting handed the phone clammed up cause his father was talking
And he was pissed he wasn't listening to his son.
You testing me? You messin up again
You done boy.
[CHORUS]
This is just a story about a young man comin up in the rap game
A real scary story
Went from rags to riches it has goblins in it haters and witches. Uh.
[REPEAT CHORUS]
[VERSE 2]
First thing he did was find somebody to give him some money.
He wasn't stupid but wasn't using his senses honey.
The guy's he meant was a little shady, a little funny.
But they gave him the money so they played the record company.
It sounds silly but when he grew up in Philly rhymin wasn't what it is today
Deals wasn't a dime a dozen
Today every sister, uncle, or mom or cousin gotta record deal
But for real it wasn't like that then.
As you could imagine when he started risin to fame and fortune he was
havin Started antagonizing the guy's he was with
At the same time he started realizing
The deal he got from them guys in his eyes didn't fly with size of his hits
He called a meeting to find a solution.
He said I'm gettin beat out of my loot
And I'm not recording no more until we find a solution
The dude's said we found a solution its this .44
He ran for the door a little shaken
But the next day he found a lawyer, told him the situation
He said I'm breakin this contract for ya
He said how much the lawyer said I'm a charge you a quarter cause I like you
Just do me a favor
get your life in order
[CHORUS]
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Will Smith | So Fresh | /w/will+smith/so+fresh_20147002.html | Let's listen to this dramatic show
which was popular in the early days of radio
Ha ha, unh, yeah yeah
Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince and uh
Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince and uh
Little taste of the old school
Jazzy Jeff, yo, break it down one time
Say what?
Unh, unh, unh, unh
One for the treble, two for the bass
Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince back up in your face
Me and Jeff again, "Oh my" you say
1985 to the Y2K
The new millenium, propehicies, I'm fulfillin' 'em
Everywhere I go, people be yelling "yo, that's Will and them"
(so fresh)
I check the rhyme like Quest
Some jokes dropped them doo-doo rhymes at my rest
The B-I-G, W-I-L-L
King of swing, and I rock well
The nail in the coffin of your average rapper
Jeff do the ditto for your average scratcher
Stature of a rapper slash actor
Back to the future on wax
The future of rap
Tap like Gregory Hines, read the headlines
Hip-hop's number one son still shines
'Cause I'm (so fresh)
Big Will is (so fresh)
Jazzy Jeff is (so fresh)
West Philly is (so fresh)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Biiiiiz... Marrrr... KIE!
Yes y'all and to the funky beat and
Everytime you hear me rhyme, y'all be freakin'
The B-I-Z will wreck it, R-O-C-K it
You're guaranteed to like me, for what I am sayin'
To all those other emcees that be tryin' to get the info
Forget the rest 'cause I'm the best, and I'm a nympho-
Maniac, insaniac, I'll put you in a trance and
Always keep it tight, cuz, no matter what type was
In, you know I'm fresh in flavor
Yeah, that's right, I'm talkin' 'bout me
The R-K-I-E in the place to be
I recognize and hypnotize, everytime I tenderize
I specialize and open eyes, to make you realize
That you've been rocked with Jeff's plain skills
The diobolocal, and my man Will
And we're (so fresh)
Ha, Big Will is (so fresh)
Biz Mark is (so fresh)
Jazzy Jeff is (so fresh)
Biz, do it
Whoo, for the old school
Unh, unh, ha ha
Ladies and gentlemen
Rrricky... D!
Well once upon a time eccentric head shorty
Where people wore pijamas and went to bed early
There was a little boy, tight clout that might sprout
Tried to help lead black folk the right route
Delayed,Negative voices, many, once in prison
for unwise choices that he once made
Divide the men, cops were sent inside of him
And seeing the good he had within him, let him out again
The life no longer for a big time baller, vic
Big Willies like Will Smith now call the kid (yo Rick)
So check the gift, everything no negative
That's what happens when you
steer black folk away from negative
Not to mention chasin' charts, killin' 'em
There'll be a member of the Biz-Mark, Will, and Rick
Demise sent, can't mess with the mindset
Come run with us, December 1999 said
It's all because of you, I'm feelin' sad and blue
You went away, now my life is just rainy days
I love you so, how much, you'll never know
You took your love away from me
Oh oh oh oh
You took your love away from me
Oh oh oh oh
You took your love, you took your love, you took your love
You took your love away from me
Slick Rick
Will Smith
Biz Mark
True dat, true dat
Jazzy Jeff y'all
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Will Smith | Switch | /w/will+smith/switch_10187997.html | Switch
Alright ready
Come on man, this is what I do
Yo mic check, mic check, yeah here you go
Nah, he over here
Yeah, I heard he got that hot new thing
It's called "Switch" (switch)
Let's get it going
Hey switch, turn it over and hit it
Turn around, now switch
Turn it over and hit it
Hey, vibe to vibe a second, it's a club girl why you arrived naked
Hear that, how the veteran glide the record
But don't download, go out and buy the record
Hey, something sexy bout her
Girl on the floor, all her friends around her
I mean real clean, ain't gotta touch or nothing
It ain't like I like a chick on chick or something
I'm just a sucker for a hot track
Gimme a drink and a chick to tell 'Stop that'
Dance is a hop and a clap, flip it round
Now bring it on back, break it down
Now switch
Hey switch, turn it over and hit it
Turn around, now switch
Turn it over and hit it
Uh uh uh
I gotta question, I need to ask somebody
Why is it that when y'all see me at the party
Y'all be looking like, "Ooh, he a movie star
He ain't supposed to be out on the floor with everybody"
But oh wait, whoa, y'all forgetting
When I was, amateur spitting before the scripts were written
First one in, last one out the club
Bursting in, passing out in the club
Back at it, this cat is the wit and the charm
Taking you higher, like a syringe hittin' ya arm
Bringing the fire, making your Benz ring the alarm
Let me see you clap, spin baby, come on
Switch
Hey switch, turn it over and hit it
Turn around, now switch
Turn it over and hit it
Oh, you just gonna stand there, huh
What you too cute to dance, or you scared
It ain't really that hard to do and
I ain't trying to be in love with you and
All I wanted was a moment or two to
See if you could do that switch-a-roo and
Shut your mouth fool, get your crew and
The thick body and the rear one too and
I'll be right hear waiting on you to
See if y'all can do that switch-a-roo
Hey, hey
That's what I'm talking bout, do that thing mama
That's what I'm talking bout, do that thing mama
That's what I'm talking bout, do that thing mama
That's what I'm talking bout, switch
Hey switch, turn it over and hit it
Turn around, now switch
Turn it over and hit it
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Will Smith | Will 2K | /w/will+smith/will+2k_20147022.html | Its here and I like it
Whoo! Ha-ha! Ha-ha!
Big Will, uh K-Ci y'all bringing it in
What?
Its here and I like it
(Say what? What?)
(Say what? What?)
Gonna pack the dance floor
(And do what with it?)
Rock the dance floor
Here it comes the party of a lifetime
31st of December
Man I remember when the ball dropped for 90
Now it's 9-9, ten years behind me
What's gonna happen?
Don't nobody know
We'll see when the clock gets to 12-0-0
Chaos, the cops gonna block the street
Man who the hell cares?
Just don't stop the beat
No time to sleep, yo it's on tonight
K-C you feeling me right? (Yeah)
2-0-0-0, the Will 2 K
The new millennium, yo excuse me Willennium (yeah)
It can't get thicker than this (Big Will)
Slick like Rick I can't miss
(And we gonna party like it's 19)
Hold up it is
Here it comes another year
Come on everyone, new millennium
Here it comes another year
Everyone, new millennium
There's a party tonight
Everybody was drinking
The house was screaming
And the bass was shaking
And it won't be long
Till everybody knowing
That twelve o'clock the roof will be blowing
Drinks on me, up the cups, and
Midnight coming full thrust, and
Dick Clark holding it down, and
The second hand rolling around (Na, na, na, na)
Hundred thousands deep, world wide press
Hate to be the man that gotta clean this mess
Same resolution, get the money
Ain't where we've been, it's where we gonna be
Get ready to hum Auld Lang Syne
Cause a person that know the words is hard to find
First soul train line of the year
Four, three, two, one
Its here and I like it
(Whoo! K-Ci y'all, K-Ci y'all)
Gonna pack the dance floor
(And do what with it?)
Rock the dance floor
(Uh, uh, uh)
Here it comes another year
Come on everyone, new millennium
Here it comes another year
Everyone, new millennium
Say yeah, yeah
(Come on)
Say yeah, yeah
(I can't hear y'all)
Say yeah, yeah
(What? What? What?)
Say yeah, yeah
(Come on, come on)
Say yeah, yeah
(I can't hear y'all)
Say yeah, yeah
(I can't hear y'all)
Say yeah, yeah
(Ha-ha-ha)
Yeah, yeah
I remember trying to count how old I'd be
When the clock struck twelve in the year two g
Medianoche finally near
This will be that anthem amongst the cheers
Just the man to usher it in
Big Will bringing the heat
K-Ci bringing the plan
Ringing it in, waiting for the ball to drop
That 2000 vault we breaking the lock
Let hip-hop keep blazing the charts
May the past keep a warm spot in your heart
May the future hold more joy then pain
Hands in the air waiting for confetti to rain
Its here and I like it
Gonna pack the dance floor
Rock the dance floor
Here it comes another year
Come on everyone, new millennium
Here it comes another year
Everyone, new millennium
There's a party tonight
Everybody was drinking
The house was screaming
And the bass was shaking
And it won't be long
Till everybody knowing at twelve o'clock
At 12 o'clock
Say what? Say what? Say what? What?
Here it comes another year
Come on everyone, new millennium
Here it comes another year
Everyone, new millennium
True dat, true dat, true dat
Yo London, uh come on
Yo Bangkok, come on, come on
LA, ha, ha
The NYC
Come on, say what? Say what?
Yo Philly, come on, hey
Hey Tokyo, come on
Everybody say what now
Say what now, saw what now
Come on, come on, come on
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Willie Nelson | A Moment Isn't Very Long | /w/willie+nelson/a+moment+isnt+very+long_20257355.html | Yesterday, as I talked with a friend in town,
I forgot to remember that you'd gone.
For a moment, I found myself smiling,
But a moment isn't very long.
An' last night as I danced with a stranger,
An' she held her cheek close to my own,
For a moment, I almost forgot you,
But a moment isn't very long.
Every now an' then I get a chance to smile,
But those every now an' thens just last a little while.
An' tonight I've got a date with a new love,
But I know I'd do just as well at home.
For a moment, maybe I could forget you.
But a moment isn't very long.
Every now an' then I get a chance to smile,
But those every now an' thens just last a little while.
An' tonight I've got a date with a new love,
But I know I'd do just as well at home.
For a moment, maybe I could forget you.
But a moment isn't very long.
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Willie Nelson | A New Way To Cry | /w/willie+nelson/a+new+way+to+cry_20288523.html | All my tears have fallen, I can cry no more.
I've cried so mmuch since you have said goodbye.
The pressure keeps on building up, within my heart.
It grows and grows but still, my eyes are dry.
Though my heart is breakin', tears refuse to start,
So I've got to find a new way to cry.
I've got to find a new way to relieve the pain.
It just can't stay, forever, locked inside.
And until I forget you and can smile again,
I've got to find a new way to cry.
[Instrumental break]
I've got to find a new way to relieve the pain.
It just can't stay, forever, locked inside.
And until I forget you and can smile again,
I've got to find a new way to cry.
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Willie Nelson | A Song For You | /w/willie+nelson/a+song+for+you_20274357.html | I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singin' this song for you
I know your image of me is what I hope to be, baby
I've treated you unkindly but girl 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
You taught me precious secrets of the truth, withholdin' nothin'
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better so if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love's in there hiding
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life, 'cause you're 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
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I've loved you for my life, yes, you're 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, yes
We were alone and I was singin' this song for you, baby
We were alone and I was singin' my song,
Singin' my song, singin' my song, singin' my song
Singin' my song
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Willie Nelson | Across The Borderline | /w/willie+nelson/across+the+borderline_20174787.html | There's a land where I've been told every street is paved with gold
And it's just across the borderline
When it's time to take your turn here's a lesson that you must learn
You could lose more than you'll ever find
When you reach the broken promiseland every dream slips through your hand
You'll know it's too late to change your mind
'Cause you paid the price to come so far just to wind up where you are
And you're still just across the borderline
Up and down the Rio Grande a thousand footprints in the sand
Reveal the secret no one can define
The river flows on like a breath in between our life and death
Who's the next to cross the borderline
Hope remains when pride is gone and it keeps you moving on
Calling you across the borderline
When you reach the broken promiseland...
And you're still just across the borderline
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Willie Nelson | Afraid | /w/willie+nelson/afraid_20198350.html | Afraid to tell you how much I care
Afraid I'll need you
And you won't be there
I'd love to take you into my heart
But something tells me
We would only part
I loved and lost
Just one love ago
I paid the cost and it hurt me so
A heart gets careless
When vows are made
I want to love you but I'm so afraid
I loved and lost
Just one love ago
I paid the cost and it hurt me so
A heart gets careless
When vows are made
I want to love you but I'm so afraid
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Willie Nelson | Against The Wind | /w/willie+nelson/against+the+wind_20207369.html | WAYLON:
It seems like yesterday, but it was a long time ago
She was lovely, she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio, playin' low
The secrets that we shared, the mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
There was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove
JOHNNY:
And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it would never end
I remember how she held me oh, so tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
CHORUS (ALL):
Against the wind
We were running against the wind
We were young and strong
But just running against the wind
WILLIE:
And the years rolled slowly past, I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
I found myself further and further from my home
I guess I lost my way, there were oh, so many roads
I was livin' to run and runnin' to live
Never worrying about paying or how much I owed
Movin' eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breakin' all of the rules I could bend
I began to find myself searchin'
Searchin' for shelter again and again
CHORUS (ALL):
Against the wind
We were running against the wind
I found myself seekin'
Shelter against the wind
WILLIE:
All those drifter's days are passed me now
I've got so much more to think about
JOHNNY:
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out
CHORUS (ALL):
Against the wind
We were running against the wind
Well I'm older now and still
Running against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind
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Willie Nelson | Ain't Necessarily So | /w/willie+nelson/aint+necessarily+so_20807836.html | You can't break your eggs to count your chickens
And you can't break your neck to keep your ducks all in a row
But don't think every chance you take, has to mean a new mistake
It ain't necessarily so
Now depending on the soil and the season
You can plant a seed and you can watch it grow
But you can't have a guarantee 'cause everything that aught to be
Ain't necessarily so
I laugh when I can and I live with the rest
I learned that holdin' on means lettin' go
I try to be a friend to the person on my left
They say you just can't be too careful who you know
But that ain't necessarily so
I'd like to have more faith in human logic
Basin' all the rules on the proof that you can show
But I can't take my guesses back that I based on all those facts
That ain't necessarily so
And every time I follow what I'm feelin'
I end up in the same place my heart would have me go
If there's one rule of life I trust, it's everything outside your gut
Ain't necessarily so
I laugh when I can and I live with the rest
I learned that holdin' on means lettin' go
I try to be a friend to the person on my left
They say you just can't be too careful who you know
But that ain't necessarily so
I laugh when I can and I live with the rest
I learned that holdin' on means lettin' go
I try to be a friend to the person on my left
They say you just can't be too careful who you know
But that ain't necessarily so
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Willie Nelson | Ain't Nobody's Business | /w/willie+nelson/aint+nobodys+business+feat+jonny+lang_20279985.html | There is nothing I can do
Nothing I can say
That folks don't criticize me
But I'm gonna do
Just what I want to anyway
Don't care if they all despise me
If I go to church on Sunday
And I honky tonk all day Monday
Ain't nobody's business if I do
And if I should get a feeling
I wanna dance upon the ceiling
Ain't nobody's business, oh it ain't nobody's business if I do
If I stay out all night
Spend all my money, well that's all right
It ain't nobody's business if I do
You try to tell me I got no right to sing the blues
What gives you the right to tell me what I should do?
It ain't nobody's, ain't nobody's business if I do
Well it ain't nobody's business
It ain't no it ain't nobody's business
You know it ain't nobody's business
Ain't nobody's business what I do
Whoa what I do
You know it ain't nobody's business
Ain't nobody's business if I do
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Willie Nelson | All In The Name Of Love | /w/willie+nelson/all+in+the+name+of+love_20649412.html | Big Jim Butcher was the king of the hill he ran his business with a deadly
will
His foreman John had a pretty wife the way she looked cut Jim like a knife
John was weak and his wife was too her name was Kate and she fell in too
She let Big Jim do what he had to do and John stood by and his life was
through
It was all in the name of love all in the name of love
You can't change the stars above all in the name of love
John took a bottle one drink at a time atared off in space as he lost his mind
Knew who it was on the telephone he saw it all and he felt so alone
One dark morning John stood up like a man he took his shotgun with a steady
hand
He went to the motel broke the door in he left two holes where two hearts had
been
He called the preacher and he called the law
And when they got there it was pretty raw
He said boys you better come and take me away
I've done all I can do in the name of love today
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Willie Nelson | Always | /w/willie+nelson/always_20251050.html | I'll be loving you, always
With a love that's true, always
When the things you plan
Need a helping hand
I will understand, always, always
Days may not be fair, always
That's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
Not for just a year, but, always
Days may not be fair, always
That's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
And, not for just a year, but, always
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Willie Nelson | Always Late (With Your Kisses) | /w/willie+nelson/always+late+with+your+kisses_20251028.html | Always late with your kisses
Won't you come to my arms
Sweet darling and stay
Always late with your kisses
Why oh why do you want to do me this way
How long do you think that I can wait
When you know you're always late
Always late with your kisses
Why why why do you want to do me this way
How long do you think that I can wait
When you know you're always late
Always late with your kisses
Why why why do you want to do me this way
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Willie Nelson | Always On My MInd | /w/willie+nelson/always+on+my+mind_20251062.html | 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
But you were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And 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
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Tell me
Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
I'll keep you satisfied
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Willie Nelson | Amazing Grace | /w/willie+nelson/amazing+grace_20268844.html | Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
I was blind but now I see
Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relived
How precious did that grace appear
The hours I first believed
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
I was blind but now I see
Now when we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
That when we first begun
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
I was blind but now I see
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
I was blind but now I see
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Willie Nelson | America The Beautiful | /w/willie+nelson/america+the+beautiful_20807650.html | O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above thy fruited plain
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness
America, America
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self control
Thy liberty in law
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life
America, America
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above thy fruited plain
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
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Willie Nelson | American Tune | /w/willie+nelson/american+tune_20262192.html | Many's the time I've been mistaken and many times confused
Yes and I've often felt forsaken and certainly misused
Oh but I'm alright I'm alright just weary to my bones
Still you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant
So far away from home so far away from home
Don't know a soul who has not been battered
Don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to its knees
Oh but it's alright it's alright for we've lived so well so long
Still when I think of the road we're traveling on I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it I wonder what's gone wrong
And I dreamed I was dying I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
Looking back down at me smiled reassuredly
I dreamed I was flying high up above my eyes could clearly see
The statue of liberty sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower come on the ship that sails the
moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hours and sing an American tune
Oh but it's alright it's alright can't be forever blessed
Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day and I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest
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Willie Nelson | Angel Eyes | /w/willie+nelson/angel+eyes_20275361.html | Angel eyes angel eyes
The ways of the world are feeble
Don't give up on simple people
Angle eyes stun those nights
The blues you can live without
It's not what you song's about
Angel eyes angel eyes
Tell me what would we're doin'
Without the light from angel eyes
You can move the hearts of men
Just with a phrase you're turning
Since hearts ever have been yearning
Bear with us bear so alone
Thin lines you've been living on
Are so close to the danger zone
Angel eyes angel eyes
Tell me what would we're doin'
Without the light from angel eyes
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Willie Nelson | Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground | /w/willie+nelson/angel+flying+too+close+to+the+ground+feat+patty+griffin_20275034.html | 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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Willie Nelson | Any Old Arms Won't Do | /w/willie+nelson/any+old+arms+wont+do_20288973.html | I'd like to rush into somebody's arms
And lose myself inside
But just any arms won't do
They must belong to you
I'd like to know the soothing comfort
Of a love that never dies
But just any old love won't do
That love must come from you
I've tried so hard to find someone to love
Since I lost you,
But they only make me realize
How much that I need you
I'd like to know when I grow older
Someone's heart will still be true
But just any old heart won't do
It must belong to you
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Willie Nelson | Are You Sure | /w/willie+nelson/are+you+sure_20312010.html | Oh, look around you
Look down the bar from you
The lonely faces that you see
Are you sure that this is where you want to be
These are your friends
But are they real friends
Do they love you the same as me
Are you sure that this is where you want to be
You seem in such a hurry to live this kind of life
You've caused so many tears and misery
Look around you, take a good look
And tell me what you see
Are you sure that this is where you want to be
Don't let my tears persuade you, I had hoped I wouldn't cry
But lately, teardrops seem a part of me
Oh, look around you, take a good look
At all the lonely used-to-be's
Are you sure that this is where you want to be
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Willie Nelson | Away In A Manger | /w/willie+nelson/away+in+a+manger_21052042.html | Away in a manger
No crib for His bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head
The stars in the bright sky
Looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay
The cattle are lowing
The poor Baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my side
'Til morning is nigh
Be near me, Lord Jesus
I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever
And love me I pray
Bless all the dear children
In Thy tender care
And take us to heaven
To live with Thee there
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Willie Nelson | Back To Earth | /w/willie+nelson/back+to+earth_20727696.html | I guess my heart has settled back to Earth.
I rode a dream so wild and free for all that dream was worth.
But true love is both a blessing and a curse.
Today my heart just settled back to Earth.
Now I know just how you felt that night so long ago.
But the dream for you had ended and you let me know.
So I bounced from sky to sky,
Tryin' to keep the dream alive.
But everything I did just made it worse.
Guess my heart just settled back to Earth.
Love created songs that I still sing.
Love we knew still makes the rafters ring
Tonight I'll sing for everything I'm worth.
For all the hearts that settle back to Earth.
Songs our love created I still sing.
Love we knew still makes the rafters?red?.
Tonight I'll sing for everything I'm worth.
For all the hearts that settle back to Earth.
Our song will never have a final verse,
Our hearts just finally settled back to Earth
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Willie Nelson | Basin Street Blues | /w/willie+nelson/basin+street+blues_20158626.html | No won't you come along with me
Down the Mississippi
We'll take trip to the land of dreams
Floatin' down the river down to New Orleans
And the band'll be there to meet us
Oh, friends to greet us
That's where the light and the dark folks meet
A heaven on earth - they call it Basin Street
Basin Street is the street
Where the elite always meet
Out in New Orleans, the land of dreams
You'll never know how nice it seems
Or just how much it really means
And I'd rather be, yes-sir-ee
New Orleans the land of dreams
Where I can lose my Basin Street blues
Now ain't you glad you came with me
We went down the Mississippi
We took a trip
To the land of dreams
We floated down the river
Down to New Orleans
Basin Street - that's the street
Where the elite always meet
Down in New Orleans, the land of dreams
And you'll never know how nice it seems
Or just how much it really means
I'd rather be, yes-sir-ee
New Orleans the land of dreams
Where I can lose my Basin Street blues
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Willie Nelson | Be There For You | /w/willie+nelson/be+there+for+you_20649404.html | It's the way that you kiss me
It's the way that you don't
It's the way that you'll miss me
When you swear that you won't
There's a feeling you give me
When we talk on the phone
God, I hope you outlive me
So I'm never alone
Whatever you do, I will be there for you
Through the thunder, the wind and the rain
And whatever you do, I will promise to you
I will be there, I'll be there for you
I may lack social graces
But I won't swallow my pride
There are millions of places, places
I could be but I'm here by your side
And whatever you do, I will be there for you
Through the thunder, the wind and the rain
(Be there for you)
And whatever you do, I will promise to you
I will be there
(Be there)
I'll be there for you
Though there's nothing to guide us
We will weather the storm
Till the heavens divide us
I will keep you from harm
Whatever you do, I will be there for you
Through the thunder, the wind and the rain
(Be there for you)
And whatever you do, I will promise to you
I will be there
(Be there)
I'll be there
Whatever you do, I will be there for you
Through the thunder, the wind and the rain
(Be there for you)
I will always be true, this I promise to you
I will be there
(Be there)
I'll be there for you
Show, show, show, show, show
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Willie Nelson | Blue Christmas | /w/willie+nelson/blue+christmas_20154298.html | I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't mean a thing dear if you're not here with me
I'll have a blue Christmas for certain
And when that blue blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas
[ guitar ]
And when those blue heartaches start hurtin'
I'll have a blue mem'ry for certain
You'll be doing alright...
You'll be doing alright...
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas
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Willie Nelson | Blue Hotel | /w/willie+nelson/blue+hotel_20727698.html | I'd like to say that I tried
It fits in with all the suggestions and lies and empty tables
With food untouched,
I couldn't see the future.
I liked the past too much
I've been going door to door like I got something to sell,
Wandering like a fool
Through the halls of a blue hotel.
So go on and rain down on us
Go on and rain
Go on and rain down on us
I give up, I give up.
Something about her that's cold.
She's blowing through the trees,
Leaving me raw
As the words come out,
I get confused.
I get shattered like a light bulb in an October moon.
She's inside me like a secret
And I got no one to tell.
Wandering like a fool
Through the halls of a blue hotel.
Go on and rain down on us
Go on and rain
Go on and rain down on us
I give up.
I give up.
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Willie Nelson | Blue Skies | /w/willie+nelson/blue+skies_20155806.html | Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but bluebirds all day long
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
(Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see)
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
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Willie Nelson | Bridge Over Troubled Water | /w/willie+nelson/bridge+over+troubled+water_20159140.html | When you're weary and feeling small
When tears are in your eyes I will dry them all
I'm on your side when times get rough and friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
When you're down and out when you're on the street
When evening falls so hard I will comfort you
I'll take your part when darkness comes and pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Sail on silver girl sail on by
Your time has come to shine all your dreams're on their way
See how they shine if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
I will ease your mind
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Willie Nelson | Bring It On Down To My House | /w/willie+nelson/bring+it+on+down+to+my+house_20835954.html | (yeah)
(Come on now, bring it on down to my house, boys, right)
Bring it on down to my house honey, there ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey, I need your company
Tom cat sittin' on the railroad track
Well he hollered at the Mama cat, she answered back
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
(Oh, yes)
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey, I need your company
My gal Sal, she makes good pie
I eat so much I could nearly die
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
(yes)
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey, I need your company
Say old man, can ya play the fiddle
Yes, by crackies I can play a little
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
(yeah)
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey, I need your company
Bot-do, noddleaten do, sh'bodleaten do, whoa
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
Oh yes babe, aint' nobody home but me
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Willie Nelson | Broken Promises | /w/willie+nelson/broken+promises_20159935.html | I made myself a promise, the day you put me down,
That I wouldn't see you if you came around.
But here you are, within my arms, the way you used to be.
And I broke the promise that I made to me.
They told me you were at a dance and I prepared to go:
I made myself a promise that I'd only say hello.
I knew you'd only hurt me, but it's such sweet misery,
So I broke the promise that I made to me.
A broken promise always means someone will surely cry,
And I know who that someone's bound to be.
And tomorrow I'll be sorry that I told myself a lie,
And broke the promise that I made to me.
A broken promise always means someone will surely cry,
And I know who that someone's bound to be.
And tomorrow I'll be sorry that I told myself a lie,
And broke the promise that I made to me.
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Willie Nelson | Bubbles In My Beer | /w/willie+nelson/bubbles+in+my+beer_20151182.html | Tonight in a bar alone
I'm sitting apart from
The laughter and the cheer
Scenes from the past
Rise before me while
Watching the bubbles in my beer
Visions of someone
Who loved me brings
Along salty tears to my eyes
And I know that my life's
Been a failure
Watching the bubbles in my beer
I'm seeing the road
That I've traveled
A road paved
With heartaches and tears
And I'm seeing the past
That I've wasted
Watching the bubbles in my beer
Visions of someone who loved me...
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Willie Nelson | Buddy | /w/willie+nelson/buddy_20152605.html | Laugh with me, buddy
Jest with me, buddy
Don't let her get the best of me, buddy
Don't ever let me start feeling lonely
If I ever needed you, buddy
You know how I really do, buddy
Don't ever let me start feeling lonely
I cry at the least little thing, buddy
And I'll die if you mention her name, buddy
Talk to me, buddy
Stay with me, buddy
Let's don't let her get away, buddy
Don't ever let me start feeling lonely
Let's talk about things as they were, buddy
Before I got mixed up with her, buddy
Laugh with me, buddy
Jest with me, buddy
Let's don't let her get the best of me, buddy
Don't ever let me start feeling lonely
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Willie Nelson | Building Heartaches | /w/willie+nelson/building+heartaches_20827731.html | Each time that I hold you close, here in my arms
I'm building heartaches
Each time that I kiss your lips, so sweet and warm
I'm building heartaches
And when you say you love me
We both know it's a lie
An' just a dream from which I must awake
That each sweet word you tell me
Is a heartache in disguise
So I'm building heartaches
When people ask me what I'm doin', here's what I tell
I'm building heartaches
And each kiss you give me is a tear that hasn't fell
So I'm building heartaches
And when you say you love me
We both know it's a lie
An' just a dream from which I must awake
And each sweet word you tell me
Is a heartache in disguise
So I'm building heartaches
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Willie Nelson | Can I Sleep In Your Arms? | /w/willie+nelson/can+i+sleep+in+your+arms_20173069.html | Can I sleep in your arms tonight
Lady, it's so cold lying here all alone
And I have no hold to hold on you
And I assure you I'll do you no wrong
Don't know why but the one I love left me
Left me lonely and cold and so weak
And I need someone's arms to hold me till
I'm strong enough to get back on my feet
Can I sleep in your arms tonight
Lady, it's so cold lying here all alone
And I have no hold to hold on you
And I assure you I'll do you no wrong
Can I sleep in your arms tonight
Lady, it's so cold lying here all alone
And I have no hold to hold on you
And I assure you I'll do you no wrong
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Willie Nelson | Cherokee Maiden | /w/willie+nelson/cherokee+maiden_20649391.html | One night when the moon was bright on the moonlit bay
That is where I found my little Cherokee maid
The memory of the that night of love is lingering yet
And I know I never will forget
My little Cherokee Maiden, I love her so
And though we're far apart
I know I'll never be tradin' my love for her
For anybody else's heart
Someday I'll make a trip back to that Cherokee Strip
And I'll carry her away with me
And straight as an arrow flies, we'll ride to paradise
My sweet little chickadee, my little Cherokee Maiden and me
My little Cherokee Maiden, I love her so
And though we're far apart
I know I'll never be tradin' my love for her
For anybody else's heart
Someday I'll make a trip back to that Cherokee Strip
And I'll carry her away with me
And straight as an arrow flies, we'll ride to paradise
My sweet little chickadee, my little Cherokee Maiden and me
My little Cherokee Maiden, I love her so
And though we're far apart
I know I'll never be tradin' my love for her
For anybody else's heart
Someday I'll make a trip back to that Cherokee Strip
And I'll carry her away with me
And straight as an arrow flies, we'll ride to paradise
My sweet little chickadee, my little Cherokee Maiden and me
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Willie Nelson | Cisco Kid | /w/willie+nelson/cisco+kid_20804341.html |
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine
We met down on the fort of Rio Grande
We met down on the fort of Rio Grande
Eat the salted peanuts out of can
Eat the salted peanuts out the can
The outlaws had us pinned down at the fort
The outlaws had us pinned down at the fort
Cisco came in blastin', drinkin' port
Cisco came in blastin', drinkin' port
They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel
They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel
Chased a gringo last night through a field
Chased a gringo last night through a field
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
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Willie Nelson | City Of New Orleans | /w/willie+nelson/city+of+new+orleans_20178737.html | 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 pulls out at Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Passin' trains that have no names
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
[Chorus]
Good morning, America
How are you?
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 carpets made of steel
Mothers with their babes asleep
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
[Chorus]
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
And 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 song again
The passengers will please refrain
This trains got the disappearing railroad blues
[Chorus]
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Willie Nelson | Columbus Stockade Blues | /w/willie+nelson/columbus+stockade+blues_20649388.html | Way down in Columbus Georgia wanna be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade friends have turned their backs on me
Go on and leave me if you wish to never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another leave me little darlin' I don't mind
Way down in Columbus Georgia...
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Way down in Columbus Georgia...
Leave me little darlin' I don't mind leave me little darlin' I don't mind
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Willie Nelson | Comes Love | /w/willie+nelson/comes+love_20805628.html | I can hear the wind blowing in my mind
Just the way it used to do through the Georgia pines
And you were there to answer when I called
You and me, Lord knows, we had it all
Remember how I used to touch your hair, baby
Looking for the feeling, it was always there
You're the best thing in my life I can recall
Yeah baby, you and me, we had it all
I know that we can never live those times again
And I get old feelings that I'll be there back again
And I'll stay with you girl just as long as I can
'Cause it was so good, oh, it was so good, you know
Yes, it was so good when I was your man
And I'll never stop believing in your smile
Even though, you didn't stay, it was all worth while
And I know that beneath of it all, baby
Just you and me, we had it all
You and me, we had it all
You and me, we had it all
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Willie Nelson | Country Willie | /w/willie+nelson/country+willie_20173881.html | You called me country Willie
The night you walked away
With the one who promised you a life of joy
You thought my life too simple
And your was much too gay
To spend it living with a country boy
I'm writing you this letter
I write you every day
I hope that you've received the ones before
But I've heard not one word from you
And every day I pray
That you will not forget your country boy
While you're living in the city
With riches round your door
Is this your love
Is this your kind of joy
Or do you find
There's something missing
Does your heart cry out for more
And do you sometimes miss your country boy
A cottage in the country
With roses round the door
Could not compete
With flashing city lights
But it's all I have to offer
Except for one thing more
A heart so filled with love
That it could die
Well it's time to end this letter
The light of dawn is near
A lonely night has passed
But there'll be more
Just one more thing in closing
For all the world to hear
Come home I love you
Signed your country boy
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Willie Nelson | Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other | /w/willie+nelson/cowboys+are+frequently+secretly+fond+of+each+other_20649386.html | Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly (Fond of Each Other)
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 fuck 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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Willie Nelson | Crazy | /w/willie+nelson/crazy_20177902.html | 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 some day 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
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Willie Nelson | Cry | /w/willie+nelson/cry_20177562.html | If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye
It's no secret you feel better if you cry
When waking from a bad dream don't you sometimes think it's real
But it's only false emotions that you feel
If your heartaches seem to hang around too long
And your blues keep gettin' bluer with each song
Remember sunshine can be found behind the cloudy sky
So let your head down and go on and cry
If your heartaches...
[ guitar ]
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Willie Nelson | Darkness On The Face Of The Earth | /w/willie+nelson/darkness+on+the+face+of+the+earth_20649384.html | The morning that you left me was just another day
How could I see the sorrow that had found me
Then you left and told me that I was in your way
And I turned and ran as heaven fell around me
I stumbled through the darkness my footsteps were unsure
I live within a world that had no sunshine
When you left me darling my world came to an end
And there was darkness on the face of the earth
The stars fell out of heaven and the moon could not be found
The sun was in a million pieces scattered all around
Why did you ever leave me you knew how it would hurt
And now there's darkness on the face of the earth
The stars fell out of heaven...
And now there's darkness on the face of the earth
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Willie Nelson | Dead Flowers | /w/willie+nelson/dead+flowers_20817753.html | When you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talking to those rich folks that you know
Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
You know that I could never be alone
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flower by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Well when you're sitting back in your pink rose Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Days
I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another girl can take my pain away
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flower by US mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flower by the US mail
Send me dead flowers at my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No I won't forget to put roses on your grave
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Willie Nelson | Detour | /w/willie+nelson/detour_20649383.html | Headed down life's crooked road lot of things I never knowed
And because of me not knowin' I now pine
Trouble got in the trail spent the next five years in jail
Should have read that detour sign
Detour there's a muddy road ahead detour paid no mind to what it said
Detour oh the bitter things I find should have read that detour sign
I got stuck in the mud all my hopes dropped with a thud
And I thought that my heart strings were made of twine
But the father I go the more sorrow I know should have read that detour sign
Detour there's a muddy road ahead...
Should have read that detour sign should have read that detour sign
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Willie Nelson | Don't Fence Me In | /w/willie+nelson/dont+fence+me+in_20649378.html | Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me out forever but I ask you please don't fence me in
Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western skies
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
Gaze at the moon until I lose my senses
Can't look at hubbles and I can't stand fences don't fence me in
Just turn me loose...
Don't fence me in don't fence me in
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Willie Nelson | Down At The Corner Beer Joint | /w/willie+nelson/down+at+the+corner+beer+joint_20803031.html | Down at the corner beer joint, dancin' on the Rock 'n' Roll
Sister likes to do it Lord, sister likes to move her soul
Down at the corner beer joint, dancin' on a hardwood floor
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before, than they did before
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Down at corner beer joint dancing to the Rock 'n' Roll
Sister likes to do it Lord, sister likes to move her soul
Likes to move her soul, move her soul
Sister likes to do it Lord, sister likes to move her soul
Sister comin' home, Momma gonna let her sleep the whole day long
Sister comin' home, Momma gonna let her sleep the whole day long
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Willie Nelson | Down To Our Last Goodbye | /w/willie+nelson/down+to+our+last+goodbye_20649376.html | This was my last mistake
That's all her heart could take
Now we're down to our last goodbye
Her lips won't kiss me now
The lips that I taught how
Now we're down to our last goodbye
What can I tell her
That I haven't told her
That would change her mind
'Cause she heard that line before
Now all that's left for me
Is just the memory of all
Those happy days gone by
Now we're down to our last goodbye
What can I tell her
That I haven't told her
That would change her mind
'Cause she heard that line before
Now all that's left for me
Is just the memory of all
Those happy days gone by
Now we're down to our last goodbye
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Willie Nelson | Dreamer's Holiday | /w/willie+nelson/dreamers+holiday_20188586.html | Climb aboard a butterfly,
An' take off on the breeze,
Let your worries flutter by,
An' do the things you please,
In a land where dollar bills,
Are fallin' off the trees,
On a dreamer's holiday!
Every day for breakfast,
There's a dish of scrambled stars,
An' for lunchin' you'll be munchin'
Rainbow candy bars,
You'll be livin' a la mode,
On Jupiter and Mars,
On a dreamer's holiday!
Make it a long vacation,
Time, there is plenty of,
You need no reservation,
Just bring along the one you love!
Help yourself to happiness,
An' sprinkle it with mirth,
Close your eyes an' concentrate,
An' dream for all you're worth,
You will feel terrific,
When you get back down to earth,
From a dreamer's holiday!
You, climb aboard a butterfly,
An' take off on the breeze,
Let your worries flutter by,
An' do the things you please,
In a land where dollar bills,
Are fallin' off the trees,
On a dreamer's holiday!
Every day for breakfast,
There's a dish of scrambled stars,
And for lunchin' you'll be munchin'
Rainbow candy bars,
You'll be livin' a la mode,
On Jupiter and Mars,
On a dreamer's holiday!
Come on, we're gonna make it a long vacation,
Time, there is plenty of,
You need no reservation,
Just bring along the one you love!
Help yourself to happiness,
An' sprinkle it with mirth,
Close your eyes an' concentrate,
An' dream for all you're worth,
You will feel terrific,
When you get back down to earth,
From a dreamer's holiday!
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Willie Nelson | Dreams Come True | /w/willie+nelson/dreams+come+true_20649375.html | I just thought, that you would like to know
That I would, do anything, just to make your dreams, just to make your dreams
come true
Well I just thought, that you would like to know, that I... I would climb the
highest tree
Just to make your dreams, just to make your dreams, come true
I know, that it seems like, I am full of hot air
But my heart is in the right place
I swear, I swear
I just thought that you, would like to know, that I... I would do anything
Just to make your dreams, just to make your dreams come true
Now I know that it seems like, I'm full of hot air
But my heart
My heart is in the right place
I swear, I swear
And I just thought that you, would like to know
That I...I'd do anything...anything, just to make your dreams
Just to make your dreams come true
Just to make your dreams, just to make your dreams...
Come true
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Willie Nelson | Eight More Miles To Louisville | /w/willie+nelson/eight+more+miles+to+louisville_20204930.html | I've traveled o'er the country wide a seekin' fortune fair
I've been down the two coast lines I've traveled everywhere
From Portland East and Portland West and back along the line
I'm goin' now to a place that's best that old home town of mine
Eight more miles and Louisville will come in to my view
Eight more miles on this old road and I 'll never more be blue
I knew some day that I'd come back I knew it from the start
Eight more miles to Louisville the home town of my heart
There's sure to be a girl somewhere that you like best of all
Mine lives down in Louisville she's long and she is tall
But she's the kind that you can't find a rambling through the land
I'm on my way this very day to win her heart and hand
Oh eight more miles and Louisville...
Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home
A humble little hut for two we'll never want to roam
The place that's right for that love site is in those bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called Louisville
Eight more miles to Louisville...
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Willie Nelson | End Of Understanding | /w/willie+nelson/end+of+understanding_20271998.html | Each time you hurt me, you say you're sorry.
I try to understand, and say: "OK."
But there must be an end to understanding,
And the end of mine can't be too far away.
I try to understand that you're "only human".
And "we all make mistakes" every day.
But there must be an end to understanding,
And I know that I just can't go on this way.
Don't you know that love and understanding go together:
Ask too much of one and both will die.
And there must be an end to understanding,
And I know, someday, I'll reach the end of mine.
Don't you know that love and understanding go together:
Ask too much of one and both will die.
And there must be an end to understanding,
And I know, someday, I'll reach the end of mine.
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Willie Nelson | Everybody's Talkin' | /w/willie+nelson/everybodys+talkin_20335933.html | Everybody's talkin' 'bout me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes in my mind
Everybody stops to starin'
I don't even see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes
I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the fallin' rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off the northeast wind
And sailin' on summer breeze
Skippin' over the ocean like a stone
Everybody's talkin' 'bout me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind
Everybody stops to starin'
I don't even see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes
I won't let you leave my love behind
I won't let you leave my love behind
I won't let you leave my love behind
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Willie Nelson | Everything's Beautiful (In It's Own Way) | /w/willie+nelson/everythings+beautiful+in+its+own+way_20810145.html | When I look out over a green field of clover
Or watch the sunset at the end of the day
I get kind of moody when I see such beauty
An' everything's beautiful in it's own way
I see a fountain flow from a mountain
Or see April showers bring flowers to May
I can't help but ponder, life is such a wonder
An' everything's beautiful in it's own way
Words can't describe what I feel inside
When I see the beauty in each coming day
What my eyes behold can't be bought or sold
An' everything's beautiful in it's own way
When I see the clouds form a black summer windstorm
That uproots the harvest and hurls it away
In the midst of such anger, destruction and danger
The storm's even beautiful in it's own way
When I see the leaves drop from off of the treetops
Or see the snow fall on a cold winter's day
My thoughts seem to wander into the blue yonder
God, made all things beautiful in their own way
Words can't describe what I feel inside
When I see the beauty in each coming day
What my eyes behold can't be bought or sold
An' everything's beautiful in it's own way
In it's own way
In it's own way
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Willie Nelson | Exactly Like You | /w/willie+nelson/exactly+like+you_20350533.html | I know why I waited
Know why I've been blue
I've been waiting each day
For someone exactly like you
Why should I spend some money
On a show or two
When nobody sings these love songs
Exactly like you
You make me feel so grand
I wanna give this world to you
You make me understand
These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming
And schemes I'm scheming
Now I know why my mama
She taught me to be true
She knew just around the corner
Was somebody like you
You make me feel so grand
I wanna give this world to you
Baby you make me understand
These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming
And schemes I'm scheming
Now I know why my mama
She taught me to be true
She knew just around the corner
Yes she knew just around the corner
Was somebody like you
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Willie Nelson | Face Of A Fighter | /w/willie+nelson/face+of+a+fighter_20192967.html | These lines in my face, caused from worry,
Grow deeper as you walk out of sight.
Mine is the face of a fighter,
But my heart has just lost the fight.
Round one: you told me you loved me,
An' I felt my heart falling there an' then.
The last round: you walked tall an' left me,
An' I guess my heart's losing again.
Mine is the face of a fighter:
I fought for your love with all my might.
Mine is the face of fighter,
But my heart has just lost the fight.
Yes, mine is the face of a fighter:
I fought for your love with all my might.
Mine is the face of fighter,
But my heart has just lost the fight.
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Willie Nelson | Faded Love | /w/willie+nelson/faded+love_20193479.html | When I look at the letter that you wrote to me
It's you that I'm thinking of
As I read the lines that to me were so sweet
I remember our faded love
[Chorus]
I miss you darlin' more and more every day
As heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat I still think of you
And remember our faded love
As I think of the past and all the pleasure we had,
As I watch the mating of a dove,
And it was in the springtime that we said goodbye.
I remember our faded love.
[Chorus]
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Willie Nelson | Family Bible | /w/willie+nelson/family+bible_20196858.html | There's a family Bible on the table
Each page is torn and hard to read
But the family Bible on the table
Will ever be my key to memories
At the end of day when work was over
And when the evening meal was done
Dad would read to us from the family Bible
And we'd count our many blessings one by one
I can see us sittin' round the table
When from the family Bible dad would read
I can hear my mother softly singing rock of ages Rock of ages cleft for me
Now this old world of ours is full of trouble
This old world would also better be
If we'd find more Bibles on the tables
And mothers singing rock of ages cleft for me
I can see us sittin' round the table
When from the family Bible dad would read
I can hear my mother softly singing rock of ages
Rock of ages rock of ages cleft for me
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Willie Nelson | Fan It | /w/willie+nelson/fan+it_20836040.html | If the sun's too hot cool it if you can
Better go out and get yourself a five cent fan
And fan it, fan it, you gotta fan it and cool it
Honey till the cows come home
Just met myself a new girl and her name was Sue
She said, "To make love to you, honey tell you what to do"
You gotta fan it, fan it, you gotta fan it and cool it
Honey till the cows come home
My mamma's in the kitchen, I just heard that back door slam
Come out of that kitchen honey, quit scorching that ham
And let's just fan it, fan it, you gotta fan it and cool it
Honey till the cows come home
Well, I got six months in jail, my back turned to the wall
Fannin' that thing was the cause of it all
So fan it, fan it, gotta fan it and cool it
Honey till the cows come home
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Willie Nelson | Forgiving You Was Easy | /w/willie+nelson/forgiving+you+was+easy_20198876.html | Forgiving you was easy but forgetting seems to take the longest time
I just keep thinking and your memory is forever on my mind
You know I'll always love you and I can't forget the days when you were mine
Forgiving you is easy but forgetting seems to take the longest time
The bitter fruit of anger growing from the seeds of jealousy
Oh what a heartache but I forgive the things you said to me
Cause I believe forgiving is the only way that I'll find peace of mind
And forgiving you is easy but forgetting seems to take the longest time
The years have passed so quickly as once again fate steals a young man's
dreams
Of all the golden years and growing old together you and me
You asked me to forgive you you said there was another on your mind
Forgiving you is easy but forgetting seems to take the longest time
Forgiving you is easy but forgetting seems to take the longest time
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Willie Nelson | Four Walls | /w/willie+nelson/four+walls_20201183.html | Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name
Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me
Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting
But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating
So here where you left I stay
Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me
One night with you is like heaven
And so while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door
Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me
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Willie Nelson | Frosty The Snowman | /w/willie+nelson/frosty+the+snowman_20200807.html | Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal
Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale they say
He was made of snow but the children know how he came to life one day
There must have been some magic in that old silk that they found
For when they placed it on his head he began to dance around
Oh Frosty the snowman was alive as he could be
And the children say he could laugh and play just the same as you and me
Frosty the snowman knew the sun was hot that day
So he said let's run and have some fun now before I melt away
Down to the village with a broomstick in his hand
Running here and there all around the square saying catch me if you can
He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop
And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler stop
Frosty the snowman had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye saying don't you cry I'll be back again some day
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Willie Nelson | Getting Over You | /w/willie+nelson/getting+over+you_20210349.html | Why do I still write why do I still call
Why do I still think there's hope for us at all
These are the tings I hate but they're the things I do to get over you
Sunsets make me cry old pictures make me grin
But I don't really care to see your face again
These are the things I say but they're so hard to do like gettin' over you
You gotta believe that there's a reason that we surrender up our hearts
But there's a vantage point and it takes some time to find
Where you can see how all the pieces fit as you watch 'em fall apart
Now I don't think it's right and you don't know what's wrong
My heart keeps asking me just where do we belong
It's not as though my life ain't hard enough to do try gettin' over you
You gotta believe that there's a reason...
Now other people say stop living in the past
But when there's nothin' left it's your memory that lasts
It's later than you think but still this isn't through this gettin' over you
Now it's later than you think and still this isn't through this gettin' over
you
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Willie Nelson | Goin' Home | /w/willie+nelson/goin+home_20649372.html | The closer I get to my home Lord the more I want to be there
There'll be a gatherin' of loved ones and friends Lord you know I want to be
there
There'll be a mixture of teardrops and flowers crying and talking for hours
Bout how wild that I was and if I'd listened to them I wouldn't be there
Well there's old Charlie Toll they threw away the mold when they made him
And Jimmy McCline it looks like the wine's finally laid him
And Billie McRae that I could any day in a card game
And Bessie McNeal but her tears are real I can see pain
There's a mixture of teardrops...
Lord thanks for ride I got a feeling inside that I know you
And if you see your way you're welcome to stay 'cause I'm gonna need you
There's be a mixture of teardrops....
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Willie Nelson | Golden Rocket | /w/willie+nelson/golden+rocket_20649370.html | From old Montana down to Alabam' I've been before and I'll travel again
You triflin' women can't keep a good man down
You dealt the cards but you missed a play so hit the road and be on your way
Goin' board the Golden Rocket and leave this town
I was a good engine a runnin' on time but baby I'm switchin' to another line
So honey never hang your signal out for me
I'm tired of runnin' on the same old track
Bought a one way ticket and I won't be back
This Golden Rocket's gonna roll my blues away
Hear that lonesome whistle blow that's your cue and by now you know
That I got another true lover waitin' in Tennessee
This midnight special is a burnin' the rail so woman don't try to follow my
trail
This Golden Rocket's gonna blow my blues away
Hear her thunder on through the night this Golden Rocket is a doin' me right
And that sunny old southland sure is a part of me
Now from your call board erase my name your fire went out you done lost your
flame
And this Golden Rocket is rollin' my blues away
That old conductor he seemed to know you done me wrong I was feelin' low
For he yelled aloud we're over that Dixon Line
The brakeman started singin' a song said you're worried now but it won't be
long
This Golden Rocket is leavin' your blues behind
Then the porter yelled with his southern drawl let's rise and shine good
mornin' ya all
And I sprang to my feet to greet the new born day
When I kissed my baby in the station door the whistle blew like it never
before
Of the Golden Rocket that rolled my blues away
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Willie Nelson | Good Hearted Woman | /w/willie+nelson/a+good+hearted+woman_20203853.html | 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
Now 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...
She's a good hearted woman...
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Willie Nelson | Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues | /w/willie+nelson/good+time+charlies+got+the+blues_20204383.html | Everybody's gone away said they're moving to LA
There's not a soul I know around everybody's leavin' town
Some caught a freight some caught a plane find the sunshine leave the rain
They said this town'll waste your time I guess they're right it's wastin' mine
Some gotta win some gotta lose good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
You know my heart keeps telling me you're not a kid at thirty-three
You play around you lose your wife you play too long you lose your life
I got my pills to ease the pain can't find a thing to ease the rain
I'd love to try and settle down but everybody's leavin' town
Some gotta win some gotta lose good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
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Willie Nelson | Good Times | /w/willie+nelson/good+times_20204411.html | When I ran to the store with a penny
And when youth was abundant and plenty
Classify these as good times good times
When I rolled rubber tires in the driveway
Pulled a purse on a string across the highway
Classify these as good times good times
Good times are coming humming hmm
Good times are coming humming hmm
Go to school
Fight a war
Working steady
Meet a girl
Fall in love
For I'm ready
Classify these
As good times
Good times
Here I sit with a drink and a mem'ry
But I'm not cold I'm not wet and I'm not hungry
So classify these as good times good times
Good times are coming humming hmm good times
Good times are coming humming hmm good times
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Willie Nelson | Hallelujah | /w/willie+nelson/hallelujah_20818044.html | All the years combine, they melt into a dream,
A broken angel sings from a guitar.
In the end there's just a song comes cryin' up the night
Through all the broken dreams and vanished years.
Stella blue. Stella blue.
When all the cards are down, there's nothing left to see,
There's just the pavement left and broken dreams.
In the end there's still that song comes cryin' like the wind.
Down every lonely street that's ever been
Stella blue. Stella blue.
I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel, can't win for trying.
Dust off those rusty strings just one more time,
Gonna make them shine, shine
It all rolls into one and nothing comes for free,
There's nothing you can hold, for very long.
And when you hear that song come crying like the wind,
It seems like all this life was just a dream.
Stella blue. Stella blue
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Willie Nelson | Happiness Lives Next Door | /w/willie+nelson/happiness+lives+next+door_20217693.html | I'm sorry but you come to the wrong house
But I know who those flowers are for
The flowers that you have are for
Someone who's happy
And happiness lives next door
Someone sends her flowers each evening
And her young heart is flooded with joy
So don't keep her waiting
Deliver her flowers to happiness
Who lives next door
The only one who would send flowers to you
Is gone to return no more
But there's some consolation to know
Someone is happy
And happiness lives next door
The only one who would send flowers to you
Is gone to return no more
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Willie Nelson | Hark The Herald Angels Sing | /w/willie+nelson/hark+the+herald+angels+sing_20821836.html | Hark the Herald angels sing
Glory to the new born King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the Herald angels sing
Glory to the new born King
Hail the Heaven born Prince of peace
Hail the Son of righteousness
Light and life to all He brings
Risen with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that Man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark the Herald angels sing
Glory to the new born King
Hark the Herald angels sing
Glory to the new born King
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Willie Nelson | Have I Stayed Away Too Long | /w/willie+nelson/have+i+stayed+away+too+long_20221954.html | Have I stayed away too long
Have I stayed away too long
If I came home tonight
Would you still be my darling
Or have I stayed away too long
The love light that shone so strong
Sweet love light that shone so strong
If I came home tonight
Would that same light be shining
Or have I stayed away too long
I'm just outside of town
And I'll soon be at your door
But maybe I'd be wrong
To hurry there
I'd best keep out of town
And worry you no more
Maybe someone else
Has made you care
Have all of my dreams gone wrong
My beautiful dreams gone wrong
If I came home tonight w
Would you still be my darling
Or have I stayed away too long
If I came home tonight
Would you still be my darling
Or have I stayed away too long
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Willie Nelson | Have I Told You Lately That I Love You | /w/willie+nelson/have+i+told+you+lately+that+i+love+you_20221937.html | Have I told you lately that I love you
Could I tell you once again somehow
Have I told you how with all my heart
And soul I need you
Well darling I'm telling you now
My heart would break in two if I should lose you I'm no good without you
anyhow
Have I told you lately that I love you
Well, darling, I'm telling you now
Have I told you lately when I'm sleeping
Every dream that I dream is you somehow
And have I told you how my every thought
Is in your keeping
Well, darling, I'm telling you now
My world would end today if I should lose you
'Cause I'm no good without you anyhow
Have I told you lately that I love you
Well, darling, I'm telling you now
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Willie Nelson | He Was A Friend Of Mine | /w/willie+nelson/he+was+a+friend+of+mine_20727734.html | He was a friend of mine
Every time I think of him
I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine
He died on the road
He died on the road
He just kept on moving
Never reaped what he could sow
And he was a friend of mine
I stole away and cried
I stole away and cried
'Cause I never had too much money
And I never been quite satisfied
And he was a friend of mine
He never done no wrong
He never done no wrong
A thousand miles from home
And he never harmed no one
And he was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
Every time I hear his name Lord
I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine
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Willie Nelson | Healing Hands Of Time | /w/willie+nelson/healing+hands+of+time_20214742.html | They're working while I'm missing you those healing hands of time
And soon they'll be dismissing you from this heart of mine
They'll lead me safely through the night and I'll follow as though blind
My future tightly clutched within those healing hands of time
They let me close my eyes just then those healing hands of time
And soon they'll let me sleep again those healing hands of time
So already I've reached mountain peaks and I've just begun to climb
I'll get over you by clinging to those healing hands of time
I'll get over you by clinging to those healing hands of time
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Willie Nelson | Heart Of Gold | /w/willie+nelson/heart+of+gold_20830878.html | I want to live
I want to give
I've been a miner for a heart of gold
Its these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, its such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
Keep me searching for a heart of gold
You keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
I've been a miner for a heart of gold
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Willie Nelson | Heartaches By The Number | /w/willie+nelson/heartaches+by+the+number_20219501.html | Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two was when you came back again
You came back and never meant to stay
Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score
Every day you love me less
Each day I love you more
Yes, I've got heartaches by the number, a love that I can't win
But the day that I'll stop counting
That's the day my world would end
Heartache number three was when you called me
And said that you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door
I waited, but you must have lost your way
Now I've got heartaches by the number
And the day that I'll stop counting
That's the day my world will end
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Willie Nelson | Heartaches Of A Fool | /w/willie+nelson/heartaches+of+a+fool_20825544.html | Started out with the dreams
And the plans of a wise man
And ended up with the heartaches of a fool
As a boy I would walk through the valley
Gazed at the world all around
Made a vow that somehow I would find fame and fortune
I found it but look at me now
I had a sweetheart who would love me forever
Didn't need her, I would reign all alone
And look at me, I'm the king of cold lonely castle
The queen of my heart is gone
So get around me, you fools for a dollar
Listen to me, a lesson you'll learn
Well there's happiness and love sent from heaven above
And the fires of ambition will burn
Started out with the dreams
And the plans of a wise man
And ended up with the heartaches of a fool
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Willie Nelson | Heartland | /w/willie+nelson/heartland_20219699.html | There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
And the bankers are taking my home and my land from me
There's a big achin' hole in my chest now where my heart was
And a hole in the sky where God used to be
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
There's a well where the water's so bitter nobody can drink
Ain't no way to get high and my mouth is so dry that I can't speak
Don't they know that I'm dyin' why's nobody cryin' for me
My American dream fell apart at the seams
You tell me what it means you tell me what it means
There's a home place under fire tonight in a heartland
And bankers are taking the homes and the land away
There's a young boy closin' his eyes tonight in a heartland
Who will wake up a man with some land and a loan he can't pay
His American dream fell apart at the seams
You tell me what it means you tell me what it means
My American dream...
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
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Willie Nelson | Hello Walls | /w/willie+nelson/hello+walls_20214548.html | Hello walls (hello hello) how things go for you today
Don't you miss her since she upped 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 well (hello hello) I see that you're still here
Aren't you lonely since our darling 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
Yes we'll have to learn to get along without her if we can
Hello ceiling (hello hello) I'm gonna stare at you a while
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 feeling she'll be gone a long long time (hello hello)
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Willie Nelson | Help Me Make It Through The Night | /w/willie+nelson/help+me+make+it+through+the+night_20214892.html | Take the ribbons from your hair shake 'em loose and let 'em fall
Let 'em fall against your chin like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light
All I'm taking is your time help me make it through the night
Well I don't care who's right or wrong and I won'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
Well I don't care who's right or wrong...
I can't stand to be alone help me make it through the night
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Willie Nelson | Here Comes Santa Claus | /w/willie+nelson/here+comes+santa+claus_20218173.html | Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane
Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer pulling on the reins
Bells are ringing children singing all is merry and bright
So hang your stockings and say your prayers cause Santa Claus comes tonight
Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane
He's got a bag that's filled with toys for boys and girls again
Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle what a beautiful sight
Jump in bed and cover up your head cause Santa Claus comes tonight
Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane
He doesn't care if you're a rich or poor boy for he loves you just the same
Santa knows that we're God's children that makes everything right
Fill your hearts with Christmas cheer cause Santa Claus comes tonight
Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane
He'll come around when the chimes ring out it's Christmas morn again
Peace on earth will come to all if we just follow the light
Let's give thanks to the Lord above cause Santa Claus comes tonight
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Willie Nelson | Hold Me Tighter | /w/willie+nelson/hold+me+tighter_20649364.html | I thought if I could be with you
Maybe I'd feel better
But I'm afraid I took advantage of your love
I thought if you'd just hold me tight
Maybe I'd forget her
But I don't suppose as yet
You've held me tight enough
Please hold me tighter
I still remember
Put your arms around me
Hold me close, hold me tight and long
Please hold me tighter
I still remember
And I can't love again
Until her memory's gone
Please hold me tighter
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Willie Nelson | Home In San Antone | /w/willie+nelson/home+in+san+antone_20215859.html | Haven't got a worry
Haven't got a care
Haven't got a thing to call my own
Though I'm out of money
I'm a millionaire
I still have my home in San Antone
When I greet my neighbor with a hi y'all
I'm as welcome as a king upon a throne
But when I feel like braggin'
I just up and say
I'm a native son of San Antone
Well I travel around the country on my merry way
I've been to crowds and felt I was alone
But when I feel like braggin'
I just up and say
I'm a native son of San Antone
And there's a sweet somebody by the Alamo
Someday she's goin' to be my very own
And we'll buy a high chair in a year or so
For our little home in San Antone
Well I haven't got a worry
Haven't got a care
Haven't got a thing to call my own
And though I'm out of money
I'm a millionaire
I still have my home in San Antone
And there's a sweet somebody by the Alamo
Someday she's goin' to be my very own
And then I'll build a high chair in a year or so
For our little home in San Antone
I'm a native son of San Antone
For our little home in San Antone
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Willie Nelson | Horse Called Music | /w/willie+nelson/a+horse+called+music_20218128.html | High on a mountain in western Montana
A silhouette moves cross a cinnamon sky
Ridin' along on a horse he called Music
With a song on his lips, and a tear in his eye
He dreams of a time and a lady that loved him
And how he would sing her sweet lullabye
But we don't ever ask him, and he never talks about her
I guess its better to just let it slide
And he sings oooh to the ladies
And oooh he makes 'em sigh
Now he rides away on a horse he called Music
With a pain in his heart and a tear in his eye
Now he rode the Music from Boston to Bozeman
For not too much money, and way too much ride
But those were the days when a horse he called Music
Could jump through the moon and sail across the sky
Now all that's left is a old time worn cowboy
With nothing more than the sweet bye and bye
Trailin' behind is a horse with no rider
A horse he calls Memories that she used to ride
But he sang oooh to the ladies
And oooh he damn near laid down and died
Now he rides away on a horse he called Music
With a pain in his heart and a tear in his eyes
High on a mountain in western Montana
Two crosses cut through a cinnamon sky
Marking a place where a horse he called Music
Lays with a cowboy in the sweet bye and bye
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Willie Nelson | How Long Have You Been There | /w/willie+nelson/how+long+have+you+been+there_20649360.html | I've been walking in the shadows for so long that I forgot the sun can shine
I've turned away from everyone and everything that wanted to be mine
Somehow I always shot my eyes and heart to everything that I could share
Now I'm standing still and I'm wondering just how long have you been there
And every path I've taken I have turned around and quickly closed the door
It seems as though I knew if I ever stop to feel I want more
I kept a steady run so my eyes could never focus anywhere
Now I'm standing still and I'm wondering just how long have you been there
How long have you been standing there protecting me from love that shouldn't
be
Knowing all alone that I could realize that you were meant for me
Now I've got to mend every broken fence and bridge that I have burned
I've got to clear away the cobwebs in my heart so I can start to learn
For I realize that you've been waiting just to teach me how to care
Now I'm standing still and I'm wondering just how long have you been there
And now I'm standing still and I'm wondering just how long have you been there
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Willie Nelson | How Long Is Forever | /w/willie+nelson/how+long+is+forever_20727692.html | I fell too hard and much too deep in love with you
I let you come and go at will it seems
You're back again this time you say forever
But I wonder just how long forever means
How long is forever this time
How long until one night you don't come home again
How long is forever this time how long until I'm all alone again
People say I'm foolish when I take you back
And it could be they're right but who can say
You'll be welcome here within my arms forever
Even when forever ends for me today
How long is forever this time...
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Willie Nelson | I Almost Lost My Mind | /w/willie+nelson/i+almost+lost+my+mind_20649358.html | When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
My head is in a spin since she left me behind
I pass a million people I can't tell who I meet
I pass a million people don't know tell who I meet
Cause my eyes are full of tears where can my baby be (make it son)
I went to see a gypsy and I had my fortune read
I went to see a gypsy had my fortune read
Then I hung my head in sorrow when she said what she said (what she said
honey)
Now I can tell you people the news was not so good
Now I can you people the news was not so good
She said your baby's done and quit you this time she's gone for good
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Willie Nelson | I Am The Forest | /w/willie+nelson/i+am+the+forest_20253926.html | I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees
I'm empty without you so come grow within me
For I am the forest and you are the trees
And the heavens need romance so love never dies
You'll be the stars dear and I'll be the sky
And should any of this find us let them all be forewarned
That you are the thunder and I am the storm
And I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest and you are the trees
I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees
I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees
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Willie Nelson | I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train | /w/willie+nelson/i+been+to+georgia+on+a+fast+train_20158315.html | On a rainy Wednesday morning that's the way that I was born in
That old sharecropper's one room country shack
They said my mommie left me the day before she had me
Said she hit the road and never once looked back
And I just like to mention my grandma's old age pension
Is the reason why I'm standing here today
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 wouldn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raisin' and an eight grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way
Now sweet Carolina I don't think I'll ever find
Another woman put together like you are
I like your wiggle in your walking and your big city talking
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 everytime
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
I been to Georgia on a fast train
There ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way
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Willie Nelson | I Can Cry Again | /w/willie+nelson/i+can+cry+again_20649357.html | It's good to see that I can cry again
Now I return to life and live again
As the teardrops wash the heartaches from a man
I'm glad to say that I can cry again
So long my pride would not let my tears to fall
I walk walk to burning hell and never cry at all
As the teardrops wash the heartaches from a man
I'm glad to say that I can cry again
So long my pride would not let my tears to fall
I walk walk to burning hell and never cry at all
As the teardrops wash the heartaches from a man
It's good to know that I can cry again
I'm glad to say that I can cry again
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