Willie Nelson

Released: October 15, 2013

Featuring: Emmylou Harris

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Buddy Cannon

[Verse 1]
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 hanging off its hinges
Kept banging me awake all night
As I look out the window
The only thing in sight

[Chorus 1]
Is dry lightning on the horizon line
Just dry lightning and you on my mind

[Verse 2]
I chased the heat of her blood
Like it was the holy grail
Descend beautiful spirit
Into the evening pale
Her appaloosa's kicking
Kicking in the corral smelling rain
There's a low thunder rolling
'Cross the mesquite plain

[Chorus 1]

[Verse 3]
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 bringing up the day
She said "Ain't nobody can give nobody
What they really need anyway

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

[Chorus 1]

Willie Hugh Nelson (April 29, 1933) is a singer-songwriter and musician. He was born in Abbott, TX and raised by his grandparents during the great Depression.

He achieved some success in the early 60’s as a crooner, a la Bobby Darin, but turned away from popular music to Country in the late 60s. His albums Shotgun Willie (1973), Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978) made him one of the most recognized artists in country music.

Nelson has released over 70 studio and live albums in his career, and still records and performs today.

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