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Me And Willie
Emmylou Harris
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Me and Willie played in a country band
7 long years together playin' those one-night stands
Used to say the booze and bars were gonna wear him out
"Hold On", a song he wrote, tear your heart right out
We traveled the northern route from the Great Lakes to Montreal
Hittin' all the honky tonks, bet we played them all
Willie played to ease his soul and drank to ease his mind
I never understood how he played so good while drinking himself half-blind
And you wouldn't think a man so weak
Could be so strong
Take a crowd of rowdy drunks
Hush 'em with a song
And I'd rather be singing my heart out
In a dark and dingy bar
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar
And I'd rather be singing a blues song
Singin' sweet and high
Willie standing right by my side, playing country slide
Me and Willie, oh, we watched a lot of dreams die young
Plans we made, how quick they fade, fumbling one by one
Willie never let it bother him, and if he did, well it didn't show
You know, he had a way of letting go, making the blue turn gold
And you wouldn't think a man so weak
Could be so strong
Taking the blues right out of you
Put 'em in a song
And I'd rather be singing my heart out
In a dark and dingy bar
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar
And I'd rather be singing a blues song
Singin' sweet and high
Willie standing right by my side, playing country slide
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I left Willie in a bar in Marietta
Couldn't stand to watch the man I love drink himself to death
Now I'm working in Ottawa and I'm doing well, I guess
To know the good life don't look so good from behind a desk
And I'd rather be singing my heart out
In a dark and dingy bar
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar
And I'd rather be singing a blues song
Singin' sweet and high
Willie standing right by my side, playing country slide
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