Willie Got There First

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[Verse 1]
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Well it struck me how cold the rain 
was
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but I didn't look for cover at all
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I just stood there face to face with
 my love
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watching her tear drops fall
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And sad as it was, her blue eyes 
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inspired me
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switched on a light in my mind
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and when she was gone, I wrote down 
a song
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to claim the moment as mine

[Chorus]
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But Willie got there first
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put heartache and heartbreak into
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 reverse

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  like an alchemist turning his sorrow to gold
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   lyrics like maps for a soul
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Eloquent truth  and a common man's 
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words
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I have such a good idea for a song
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But Willie got there first

[Verse 2]
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The phases and stages of life 
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they've been changing
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and I was sure changing too
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the rivers of whiskey and Bloody 
Mary mornings
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were causing my plans to fall 
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through
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But when I was down I met me an 
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angel
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flying too close to the ground
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and we rose up together and the 
victory moved me
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to make a musical sound

[Chorus]
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But Willie got there first
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but falling in love to a beautiful 
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verse

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  like the brush strokes of a renaissance master so bold
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   still lifes of cold black and 
gold
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breath taking country side, 
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landscapes of words
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I have such a good idea for a song
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But Willie got there first

[Bridge]
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The rhymes are already written
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the rhythm laid down by the band
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the melodys already been brought to 
life
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by the piano players right hand
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Bobby play it pretty
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leave that harp solo in
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and Mickey take us, home one more 
time then lets
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get on the road again

[Verse 3]
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I'm crazy for feeling so lonely 
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with my family
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and so many friends
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I know how it is with life as with 
love
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when one ends another begins
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to live well you must be tougher 
than leather
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and tender as a babe in a manger
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lets lift up a glass of yesterdays 
wine
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and cheers to the red headed 
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stranger

[Chorus]
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Cause Willie got there first
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put God and the devil into the 
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same verse

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  like a preacher man letting his Sermon unfold
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   a tune like a cure for a soul
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the truth in a cowboys words
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I have such a good idea for a song
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But Willie got there first
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Yeah Willie got there first