When Willie's Gone

He's always been there with me

Every mile out on the road

Me? I did the driving

Willie? He sang on the radio

Oh, you love him or you hate him

But, a hundred million records can't be wrong

Whiskey River will never be the same

When Willie's gone

The red-headed stranger

Lived a life that's written in his songs

He's the last of the outlaws

And even though his music will live on

I wonder how the world is gonna be

And what's country music gonna mean

And who's gonna smoke all of the weed

When Willie's gone

A young man in Atlanta

Standin' in the pouring rain

I'd traveled halfway 'round the world

Just to watch old Willie play

I was feeling cold and lonesome

When he sang Always On My Mind

And I thought about you home, all alone

With tears in my eyes

The red-headed stranger

Lived a life that's written in his songs

He's the last of the outlaws

And even 'though his music will live on

I wonder how the world is gonna be

And what's country music gonna mean

And who's gonna smoke all of the weed

When Willie's gone

Old Bill James is gonna have to smoke all the weed

Oh, the red-headed stranger

Lived a life that's written in his songs

He's the last of the outlaws

And even though his music will live on

I wonder how the world is gonna be

And what's country music gonna mean

And who's gonna smoke all of the weed

When Willie's gone