[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Well it struck me how cold the rain was
but I didn t look for cover at all
I just stood there face to face with my love
watching her tear drops fall
And sad as it was, her blue eyes inspired me
switched on a light in my mind
and when she was gone, I wrote down a song
to claim the moment as mine
[Chorus]
But Willie got there first
put heartache and heartbreak into reverse
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like an alchemist turning his sorrow to gold
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lyrics like maps for a soul
Eloquent truth and a common man s words
I have such a good idea for a song
But Willie got there first
[Verse 2]
The phases and stages of life they ve been changing
and I was sure changing too
the rivers of whiskey and Bloody Mary mornings
were causing my plans to fall through
But when I was down I met me an angel
flying too close to the ground
and we rose up together and the victory moved me
to make a musical sound
[Chorus]
But Willie got there first
but falling in love to a beautiful 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
breath taking country side, landscapes of words
I have such a good idea for a song
But Willie got there first
[Bridge]
The rhymes are already written
the rhythm laid down by the band
the melodys already been brought to life
by the piano players right hand
Bobby play it pretty
leave that harp solo in
and Mickey take us, home one more time then lets
get on the road again
[Verse 3]
I m crazy for feeling so lonely with my family
and so many friends
I know how it is with life as with love
when one ends another begins
to live well you must be tougher than leather
and tender as a babe in a manger
lets lift up a glass of yesterdays wine
and cheers to the red headed stranger
[Chorus]
Cause Willie got there first
put God and the devil into the 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
the truth in a cowboys words
I have such a good idea for a song
But Willie got there first
Yeah Willie got there first