What Would Willie Do

This is not the Bob and Tom show version that you hear a lot of! It is a different live version as I hear clapping at the end of it. I was lost in trouble and strife I heard a voice and it changed my life Now it's a brand new day and I ain't afraid to say You're not alone when you're down and out I think you know who I'm talking about When I don't know how I'll get through, I ask myself, what would Willie do Long ago he came unto us His words were simple but they went right through us And the whole world sang along But then they didn't want to hear his songs He was gone and we thought we'd lost him But he just grew his hair and he moved to Austin All of the people smiled They came to hear him sing from miles And like a miracle all the rednecks and the hippies From New York City down to Mississippi Stood together and raised a brew When your skies are grey, what would Willie do You know, sometimes I wonder when I ain't gettin' nowhere What would old Willie do when things get too much to bear And I see him on sittin’ his lonely old bus And he's got his problems just like any of us And I bet he’d just take a deep breath and he’d let em all go Then he'd take another deep breath and he’d let ‘em all go Then he'd take another deep breath...then he'd hold it And then I bet he’d feel hungry in a way that seems strange Yes, hungry for all the things he just can't change Like the time he passed out in his own bedroom And his ex-wife sewed him up in the sheet and she beat him with a broom And he forgave her, and you think that's rough Then the IRS Came and they took away all of his stuff They took his golf course and his recording studio And he just went on out and did another show When it's all coming down on you, I think you better ask yourself, what would Willie do What would Willie do, well he'd travel so far With nothing but a song and an old guitar And a tour bus and some semi-trucks And thirty crewman and a little bit of luck He loves all the people, the rank and the randy If you don't believe it, take a look at the family And they'll tell you that it's true When your skies are gray, what would Willie do? Key Change to F: What would Willie do, he'd take a little time And he’d talk to old Rooster as they drive on down the line There's millions down that road And with a word he's gonna lighten their load He loves all the people no matter their races Hell, he even made a hit country song with Julio Iglesias And that ain't easy to do When it's all too much, what would Willie When the game gets tough, what would Willie When they call your bluff, what would Willie do