YOU SOUND JUST LIKE WILLIE

YOU SOUND JUST LIKE WILLIE

I’M A FAN OF THE RED HEADED STRANGER
AND THE WAY HE LIVES LIFE ON HIS BUS
LAUGHIN’ AND LOVIN’...SINGIN’ AND PLAYIN’
AND WHEN YOU MEET HIM…HE’S JUST LIKE ONE OF US

FROM NASHVILLE TO THE BADLANDS OF TEXAS
WAYLON AND CASH AND KRIS BY HIS SIDE
HIGHWAY MEN ON THEIR MUSICAL HORSES
BUT WILLIE’S VOICE STANDS OUT WHEN THEY RIDE

CHORUS
WHEN I SING PEOPLE SAY “YOU SOUND JUST LIKE WILLIE”
I DON’T TRY TO DO IT...IT JUST COMES OUT THAT WAY
HOW OFTEN I HEAR “YOU SOUND JUST LIKE WILLIE”
BUT I’M A TENNESSEE HILLBILLY AND I SMILE WHEN FOLKS SAY
“YOU SOUND JUST LIKE WILLIE”

SO WHEN YOU HEAR ME SING “I’M ON THE ROAD AGAIN”
OR “ANGEL FLYIN’ TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND”
ITS JUST ME PLAYIN’ SONGS ON MY SIX STRING
BUT I’M TOLD THAT MY VOICE MAKES A SOUND

LIKE THE SANDS OF TIME SLIPPIN’ THRU AN HOUR GLASS
HELD IN THE HANDS OF A MAN WE HOLD DEAR
I SURE HOPE YOU FOLKS LIKE MY MUSIC
CAUSE THE RED HEADED STRANGER AIN’T HERE
AND HE AIN’T GONNA BE HERE

CHORUS
WHEN I SING PEOPLE SAY “YOU SOUND JUST LIKE WILLIE”
IT COULD BE ALL THAT WEED OR THE SHINER BOCK BEER
AND WHEN I GO TO HEAVEN I’M SURE A FEW ANGELS
WILL LAND ON MY SHOULDER AND WHISPER IN MY EAR

AND THEY’LL SAY “BOB…HAS ANYBODY EVER TOLD YOU
WHO YOU SOUND LIKE...YOU SOUND JUST LIKE WILLIE”


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May 2013