Stay away from lonely places And follow the crowd Stay around familiar faces And play the music loud Be seen at all the parties And dress yourself in style Stay away from lonely places for a while Stay away from lonely places 'Til you learn to live alone Someone's outstretched arms are waiting To stay with you at least 'til dawn Remember that sorrow prospers in a heart that never smiles So stay away from lonely places for a while Stay away from lonely places It takes time to learn to live alone And someone's outstretched arms are waiting To stay with you at least 'til dawn And remember that sorrow prospers in a heart that never smiles So stay away from lonely places for a while

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

Lord I need a spliff Oh jah I need a lift yeah Nothing so sweet as your homegrown Nothing so sweet as your own homegrown Nothing so sweet as your homegrown Nothing so sweet as your own homegrown So green, so clean You been there on the scene Even since you was a little seed So green, so clean Youll be there on the scene Even if it's time to reap yeah Deserve this irie healing It give I such an irie feeling Deserve this irie healing It give I such an irie feeling Nothing so sweet as your homegrown Nothing so sweet as your own homegrown Nothing so sweet as your homegrown Nothing so sweet as your own homegrown So green, so clean You been there on the scene Even since you was a little seed yeah So green, so clean You been there on the scene Even when it's time to reap yeah Now some say that it's the Maui Waui, And some say that it's Jamaican Cali, Some say amsterdam Sensi's the best, Some say you can't taste the west, But I say, I say, I say, I say Nothing so sweet as your homegrown Nothing so sweet as your own homegrown Nothing so sweet as your homegrown Nothing so sweet as your own homegrown So free up the herbs, man Free up the earth Free up the herbs, man Free up the earth yeah Free up, free up, free up jah, my marijuana Aaah Free up, free up, free up all the flora and fauna It would be an honour yeah Nothing so sweet as your homegrown Nothing so sweet as your own homegrown Nothing so sweet as your homegrown Nothing so sweet as your own homegrown So green, so clean You been there on the scene Even since you was a little seed yeah So green, so clean You been there on the scene Even when it's time to reap yeah Nothing so sweet as your homegrown

She told me lies, now they were special I wanted to hear all those lovely words I heard her one night in a club down in Texas She called herself the little songbird Songbird, sing me to sleep and ease my worried mind Songbird, can you repeat it, say it one more time Songbird, sing me to sleep and ease my worried mind Songbird, can you repeat it, say it one more time She sang it so so sweet, my ears're still ringin' She didn't mean to deceive me, now that I know She made it all up, that she was just singin' And they weren't lies, just part of the show Songbird, sing me to sleep and ease my worried mind Songbird, can you repeat it, say it one more time Songbird, sing me to sleep and ease my worried mind Songbird, can you repeat it, say it one more time

Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear Bitin' on a bullet, pullin' out all of his hair A shotgun Willie has got all of his family there Well, you can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say You can't play music if you don't know nothin' to play A shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear Bitin' on a bullet, pullin' out all of his hair Shotgun Willie has got all of his family there Now, John T. Fours was workin' with the Klu Klux Klan The six foot five John T. was a hell of a man Made a lot of money sellin' sheets on the family plan A shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear Bitin' on a bullet and pullin' out all of his hair A shotgun Willie has got all of his family there