Long Live Willie Nelson

long live Willie Nelson
may you sing forever more
you’ve made a hundred records
may you make a hundred more
may the music keep resounding
from your old wood guitar
singin’ songs and writin’ songs to sing
is what’s worth livin’ for

I tip my hat to ya Willie, and then I step aside
this music life we’re livin’ is quite a ride

some lonesome red haired stranger
maybe comin’ into town
seems like no one wants to listen
all the hatches battened down
they say that Nashville
is a hard nut to crack
so he’s goin’ down to Texas
that’s another side of the tracks

I tip my hat to ya Willie, and then I step aside
this music life we’re livin’ is quite a ride

some people go for riches
and some people go for fame
between the wantin’ and the gettin’
there’s a dangerous terrain
you can go to church on Sunday
pray to every god you find
give me a sawdust floor and a wood guitar
and I’ll be fine

I tip my hat to ya Willie, and then I step aside
this music life we’re livin’ is quite a ride

times when I’ve been down
and there was no gettin’ up
then I heard somebody singin’
and that was just enough
and I sang right back
“if you can do it so can I”
and I lived to tell the tale
and I’ll tell it till I die

I tip my hat to ya Willie, and then I step aside
this music life we’re livin’ is quite a ride