Well, I've had a wonderful career But I think it's quite queer So I'm writing this down in a song I just couldn't resist 'Cause it's a nice little twist And I think you'll agree this is just wrong I ain't never got to sing one with Willie And I've held it inside long enough Now I ain't too proud, I'm gonna shout it out loud I ain't never got to sing one with Willie Now I've heard him with Merle, Waylon, and Cash Jones and Toby, that man is totally gracious But I'm thinking: damn, why not me? We could even sing it on TV Just like him and old Julio Iglesias I ain't never got to sing one with Willie And I've held it inside long enough Now I ain't too proud, I'm gonna shout it out loud I ain't never got to sing one with Willie We've traveled back and forth Up and down all the highways Wherever our big buses can go But I think that it's great To finally sing one with Strait And our friends will all love it, I know (But I'm loving it, too, Willie) I finally get to sing one with Strait Well, I think that it's been long enough I'm mighty proud, just listen to the crowd I finally got to sing one with George Strait Look at me now, I'm singing with Willie Thank you, man, you just made my career Well, you shoulda said something, Strait I always thought we would sound great And I finally got to sing one with old George Yeah, I am really proud So I'm shouting it out loud I finally got to sing one With old George With old Willie

Touch me, touch the hand of a man who once owned all the world And touch me, touch the arms that once held all the charms of the world's sweetest girl Touch me, maybe someday you may need to know how it feels when you lose And so touch me, and you'll know how you feel with the blues Watch me, watch the eyes that have seen all the heart breaking pain in the land And be thankful you're happy though standing so close to the world's bluest man Don't forget me, take a good look at someone who's lost everything he can lose And then touch me and you'll know how you'd feel with the blues Don't forget me take a good look at someone who's lost everything he can lose And then touch me and you'll know how you'd feel with the blues

Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it 'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do I'll start to spend my money callin' everybody honey And wind up singin' the blues I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck And brother I can name you a few Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it 'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do I gotta get drunk, I can't stay sober There's a lot of good people in town That'd like to see me holler, see me spend my dollar And I wouldn't think of lettin' 'em down There's a lot of doctors tell me That I'd better start slowing it down But there's more old drunks than there are old doctors So I guess we better have another round Well now I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it 'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do I'll start to spend my money callin' everybody honey And wind up singin' the blues I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck And brother I can name you a few Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it 'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do Well now I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it 'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do I'll start to spend my money callin' everybody honey And wind up singin' the blues I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck And brother I can name you a few Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it 'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do

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"Wrecking balls, downtown construction Bottles breaking, jukebox buzzing Cardboard sign says 'The Lord is coming' Tick tick tock Rumors turn the mills back home / Parking lot kids with the speakers blown We didn't turn it on, But we can't turn it off off off Sometimes I wonder how did we get here Seems like all we ever hear is Noise, Yeah we scream, we shout til we don't have a voice In the streets, in the crowds, It ain't nothing but noise Drowning out all the dreams of this Tennessee boy Just trying to be heard in all this noise Twenty four hour television Gets so loud that no one listens Sex and money and politicians Talk, talk, talk But there really ain't no conversation Ain't nothing left to the imagination Trapped in our phones and we can't make it stop, Stop this Noise, Yeah we scream, we shout til we don't have a voice In the streets, in the crowds, It ain't nothing but noise Drowning out all the dreams of this Tennessee boy Just trying to be heard in all this noise Every room, every house, every shade of noise All the floors, all the walls, they all shake with noise We can't sleep, we can't think, Can't escape the noise We can't take the noise, so we just make ... Noise, Yeah we scream, we shout til we don't have a voice In the streets, in the crowds, It ain't nothing but noise Drowning out all the dreams of this Tennessee boy Just trying to be heard in all this noise All this noise Can't tame the noise Can't tame the noise Can't tame the noise

For me it's a beach bar Or on a boat underneath the stars Or with my band up on a stage For a while everything's okay For some it's a fast car Moonshine in a mason jar And everybody has their way Somehow to escape Reality, yeah, sometimes life Ain't all that it's cracked up to be So let's take a chance and live this fantasy 'Cause everybody needs to break free from reality, oh yeah Yeah, some days it's a bitch, it's a bummer We need a rock 'n' roll show in the summer To let the music take us away Take our minds to a better place Where we feel that sense of freedom Leave our worries behind, we don't need 'em All we need is a sunny day and an old tailgate And we'll escape Reality, yeah, sometimes life Ain't all that it's cracked up to be So let's take a chance and live this fantasy 'Cause everybody needs to break free from reality Everybody raise your hands and voice tonight Set your soul free, let's take a carpet ride We'll leave it all behind, oh yeah Oh, reality, yeah, sometimes life Ain't all that it's cracked up to be So let's take a chance and live this fantasy 'Cause everybody needs to break free from reality Yeah, oh yeah Come on everybody, break free Come on everybody, break free

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Wrap your presents to your darling from you Pretty pencils to write I love you And Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Crowded streets, busy feet, hustle by him Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh And there he sits all alone on the side walk Hoping that you won't pass him by Should you stop? Better not, much too busy You better hurry, my how time does fly And in the distance the ringing of laughter And in the midst of the laughter he cries Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Wrap your presents to your darling from you Pretty pencils to write I love you Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Wrap your presents to your darling from you Pretty pencils to write I love you Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Oh, pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

There's two lost souls finding love in Times Square There's a rumble of a train running down a track Lights are turning on the great wide wave Cold beer here, pinstripes aren't bad Piano man's holding court at the garden All the street corner preachers are back Faith believes what it can't see And who we are, and who we're gonna be Angels ring a cathedral bell And on the streets of New York All is well The eastern sun is rising over sunset Tourists taking selfies at the Hollywood sign Watching up the boards down in Venice At Nicky's house, they're all gathering in line, give it time 'Cause faith believes what it can't see And who we are, and who we're gonna be City of Angels rising through the ashes of hell And on the streets of LA All is well There's a pickup rolling through the Heartland And the shotgun seat rides her daddy's old six-string Tonight she'll be singing in a bar on Broadway She'll play some Willy, and everybody sings Faith believes what it can't see And who we are, and who we're gonna be Music cities got some tales to tell And on the streets of Nashville All is well Faith believes what it can't see And who we are, and who we're gonna be Our Lady in the harbor shining like a citadel And on the streets of America All is well And on the streets of America All is well