Willie Nelson

Released: January 29, 2008

Songwriter: Buddy Cannon

Producer: Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney

[Verse]
Front porch sitting in an old rocking chair
The sun is hot in the Texas sky
Garden growing clothes out on the line
Dusty road when a car goes by
Story telling of days long ago
And the only place she'd ever been
Singing softly This World Is Not My Home
Memories take me back again

[Chorus]
When I was young and Grandma wasn't old
When she guided me as I watched life unfold
Anything we didn't have we didn't really need to hold
When I was young and Grandma wasn't old

[Verse 2]
She'd throw a party and all of her friends
Would gather around the quilting frames
They'd always call out for me to come inside
And give me nickels and dimes to sing
It makes me happy that I can still go back
My memories are so clear
Of how It used to be when I never dreamed
Of ever looking back from here

[Chorus]

[Outro]
When I was young and Grandma wasn't old

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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