Willie Nelson

[fox69]

"Drinking Champagne"

"Drinking Champagne"



I'm drinking champagne feeling no pain till early morning
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
And I'm having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
Knowing tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind

Guilty conscience I guess though I must confess
I never loved you much when you were mine
So I'll keep drinking champagne...
Guilty conscience I guess...
So I'll keep drinking champagne...
Knowing tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind

 

[fox69]

"Dry Lightning"
(originally by Bruce Springsteen)
(with Emmylou Harris)

"Dry Lightning"
(originally by Bruce Springsteen)
(with Emmylou Harris)



I threw my robe on in the morning
Watched the ring on the stove turn red
Stared hypnotized into a cup of coffee
Pulled on my boots and made the bed
Screen door hangin' off its hinges
Kept bangin' me awake all night
As I look out the window
The only thing in sight

Is dry lightning on the horizon line
Just dry lightning and you on my mind.

I chased the heat of her blood
Like it was the holy grail
Descend beautiful spirit
Into the evening pale
Her appaloosa's kickin'
Kickin' in the corral smelling rain
There's a low thunder rolling
'Cross the mesquite plain

But there's just dry lightning on the horizon line
It's just dry lightning and you on my mind

I'd drive down to Alvarado Street
Where she'd dance to make ends meet
I'd spend the night over my gin
As she'd talk to her men

The piss yellow sun
Comes bringin' up the day
She said "Ain't nobody can give nobody
What they really need anyway."

Well you get so sick of the fightin'
You lose your fear of the end
But I can't lose your memory
And the sweet smell of your skin

And it's just dry lightning on the horizon line
Just dry lightning and you on my mind

 

[fox69]

"Dusty Skies"

"Dusty Skies"



Dusty skies I can't see nothing in sight
Good old Dan you'll have to guide me right
For we lose our way the cattle will stray
And we lose them all tonight
With all of the grass and water's gone
We'll have to keep the cattle moving on
Sand blowing I just can't breathe in this air
Thought it would soon be clear and fair
But the dust storms were bad they took all we had
I've got to be moving somewhere

I hate to leave the old ranch so bare
But I've got to be moving somewhere
So get along doggies we're moving off of this range
Never thought as how I'd make the change
But the blue skies have failed we're on our last trail
Underneath these dusty skies
These ain't tears in my eyes just sand from these dusty skies

 

[fox69]

"Each Night At Nine"

"Each Night At Nine"


A thousand miles dear a thousand more across the water across the shore
I'll say a prayer dear for yours and mine please think of me dear each night at nine

I hold your picture close to my heart it takes your place dear while we're apart
Helps remind me that you're still mine to feel your nearness night at nine
[guitar - piano]
The bugle's playing out go the lights even it's lonely these army nights
Go tell kids I'm doing fine give them my love dear each night at nine
A thousand miles dear...
I'll say a prayer dear for yours and mine please think of me dear each night at nine

 

[fox69]

"Eight More Miles To Louisville"

"Eight More Miles To Louisville"


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
[banjo - keyboards]
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...
[banjo - keyboards]
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...

 

[fox69]

"End Of Understanding"

"End Of Understanding"



Each time you hurt me you say you're sorry I try to understand and say okay
But there must be an end to understanding and the end of mine can't be too far away
I try to understand 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
And I know someday I'll reach the end of mine

 

[fox69]

"Every Time He Drinks He Thinks Of Her"
(feat. Lukas Nelson)

"Every Time He Drinks He Thinks Of Her"
(feat. Lukas Nelson)



Every time he drinks he thinks of her
But every morning her memory fades away
Living is easy now, but it just might get worse
Cause every time he drinks he thinks of her

But in the morning he wakes up with a smile
And the road still has him coming every mile
But the party life is dangerous, when you left your love behind
Cause it hides in every bottle that you find

Every time he drinks he thinks of her
And every morning her memory fades away
Living is easy now, but it might get worse
Cause every time he drinks he thinks of her

He thinks that he can live his life without her
And leave her love as easy as it came
If he keeps on drinkin', then his mind will keep on thinkin'
And his heart will die rememberin' her name

Every time he drinks he thinks of her
But in the morning her memory drains away
Living is easy now, but it might get worse
Cause every time he drinks he thinks of her

And every time he drinks he thinks of her
But in the morning her memory drains away
Living is easy now, but it might get worse
Cause every time he drinks he thinks of her

 

[fox69]

"Everybody's Talkin'"

"Everybody's Talkin'"


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

[guitar]

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

 

[fox69]

"Everywhere I Go"

"Everywhere I Go"



I'll take you with me everywhere I go
I'll put you in my pocket who will know?
Right next to my heart at every show
I'll take you with me everywhere I go

No matter where our tails will finally wind
Our paths will just keep crossing yours and mine
Until then and in my pocket you must go
I'll take you with me everywhere I go

No matter where our tails will finally wind
Our paths will just keep crossing yours and mine
Until then and in my pocket you must go
I'll take you with me everywhere I go
Until then and in my pocket you must go
I'll take you with me everywhere I go

 

[fox69]

"Everywhere You Go"

"Everywhere You Go"


Everywhere you go
Sunshine follows you
And everywhere you go
Skies are always blue
Children love you
They seem to know
That you bring the roses
Out of the snow
And the whole world says hello
Everywhere you go
Everywhere you go...

[guitar - piano]

Children love you
They seem to know
That you bring the roses
Out of the snow
And the whole world says hello
Everywhere you go