Wonderful Future (feat. Willie Nelson) - Gene Watson

I see trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world (what a wonderful) I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky Are also on the faces Of people going by I see friends shaking hands Saying, how do you do? They're really saying I love you I hear babies cry I watch them grow They'll learn much more Than I'll ever know And I think to myself What a wonderful world And I think to myself What a wonderful world.

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

Give me something I can hold With that something I will grow Make me crazy with your arms It's all gone hazy, it's all gone wrong How can you decline such grand designs? And I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward, but Olympian, framed by God So bring me water to cool off How can you decline such grand designs? And I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward How can you survive my blatant lies? I'm flattered that you thought So come taste my good reward Formidable, but not afraid Of the next world, just delayed I... I'm wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-oh Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-hou, nah, na-ra-nah Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-hou, no, no You I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I'm taking your life for you Olympian, framed by God Never it close, you'll be gone

Woke up in Beijing With someone else's arms in me Through someone else's life That I'm not sure belongs to me It was the sound of a city Speaks to me It was the sound of a city Sang me a song For the lonely moments Through someone else's eyes Strangers, they don't look like mine Through someone else's words Just to take a break from mine It was the sound of a city Speaks to me It was the sound of a city Sang me a song For the lonely moments It was the sound of a city Speaks to me It was the sound of a city Sang me a song For the lonely moments

Walk across and talk to me 'Cause it's late And it's midnight Know I need you now Just a little sound to keep me going It could be easy Oh, it could be easy Walk across and talk to me Little whispers Just a little sound Say what you're thinking Tell me where you're going 'Cause I need you now Well, it could be easy It could be easy But we keep on trying so hard But I don't even We keep on trying so hard But I don't hear anything But all I want to hear is you Walk across and talk to me Just a little whisper in my ear Tell me what you're thinking Thinking about It could be easy It could be easy We keep on trying so hard But I don't hear anything We keep on trying so hard But I don't hear anything And all I want to hear is you And all I want to hear is you And all I want to hear is you And all I want to hear is you What you saying What you doing Keep on talking Louder and louder What you saying Keep on talking Keep on talking Louder and louder Keep on talking Louder and louder Keep on talking Louder and louder Keep on talking Louder and louder It could be easy

Drive, drive drive, drive You want to drive all night Follow the yellow lines Don't stop or look behind And you don't want to know where you're going Just want to get lost sometimes together Drive, drive drive, drive Get lost together Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah Want to get lost? You don't want to know where you're going Stepping through a hallway of trees Getting lost to nowhere's good to me Wild eyes in the high high beams Staring back at me Into endless night Wild eyes staring back at me Wild eyes staring back at me Wild eyes staring back at me

There was a time Where our years still just feel alive Then the world started to change And it never quite felt the same And the sky turned to fire And the people cried, oh why, oh why So they looked far and wide When the answer was in front of their eyes Little children started to cry, oh Screaming, Mama and Papa, oh why, oh why So they told them a lie Just to silence them Say goodnight And the people started to die He's singing, what a shame They've been waiting for the moment when they're finally dead Singing ooh, what a shame (Shame, shame, shame) Ooh, what a shame Ooh, what a shame (Shame, shame, shame) Ooh, what a shame What a shame What a shame Ooh, what a shame What a shame We built a shuttle Flew to a new world Just to start over Learn how to kill We built a shuttle Flew to a new world Just to start over Learn how to kill He's singing, what a shame No, no, no, no, no, no He cried, what a shame He cried, what a shame No, no, no, no, no, no He sang, what a shame