Me And Willie

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[Verse 1]
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Me and Willie played in a country 
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band
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Seven long years together playing 
those one-night stands
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We used to say the booze and bars 
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were going to wear him out
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"Hold On", a song he wrote will tear
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 your heart right out

[Verse 2]
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We traveled the northern route 
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from the Great Lakes to Montreal
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Hitting all the honky tonks I bet we
 played them all
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Willie played to ease his soul and
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 he drank to ease his mind
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I never understood how he played 
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so good drinking himself half-blind

[Chorus]
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And you wouldn't think a man so 
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weak could be so strong
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Take a crowd of rowdy drunks and 
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hush them with a song
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And I'd rather be singing my heart
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 out in a dark and dingy bar
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Hitting those high notes with 
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Willie's sad guitar
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And I'd rather be singing a blues 
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song singing sweet and high
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Willie standing right by my side 
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playing country slide

[Verse 3]
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Me and Willie watched a lot of 
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dreams die young
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Plans we made how quick they fade 
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fumbling one by one
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Willie never let it bother him and
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 if he did it didn't show
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You know he had a way of letting 
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go and making the blue turn gold

[Chorus]
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And you wouldn't think a man so 
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weak could be so strong
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Take the blues right out of you 
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and put them in a song
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And I'd rather be singing my heart
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 out in a dark and dingy bar
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Hitting those high notes with 
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Willie's sad guitar
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And I'd rather be singing a blues 
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song, singing sweet and high
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Willie standing right by my side 
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playing country slide

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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I left Willie in a bar in Mariett
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Couldn't stand to watch the man I
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 love drink himself to death
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And I'm working in Ottawa and I'm 
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doing well, I guess
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The good life don't look so good 
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from behind a desk

[Reprise]
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I'd rather be singing my heart out
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 in a dark and dingy bar
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Hitting those high notes with 
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Willie's sad guitar
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And I'd rather be singing a blues 
D            Em        C
song singing sweet and high
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Willie standing right by my side 
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playing country slide