What Would Willie Do??  written by Bruce Robison 
 
Album: Alright Guy 
 
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I was lost in trouble and strife.  I heard a  
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voice and it changed my life.  Now it?s a brand new 
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day and I ain?t afraid to say.  You?re not  
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alone when you?re down & out and I think you know 
           
who I?m talking about.  When I don?t know how I?ll get 
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through I ask myself what would Willie do?  
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 What would Willie do, well he?d travel so far with 
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 nothing but a song and his old guitar.  And a  
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tour bus and some semi-trucks, thirty crew men and 
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a little bit of luck.  Well he loves all the 
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people, the ugly and the randy if you don?t 
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believe me take a look at the family and they?ll  
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tell you that it?s true.  When skies are gray what 
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would Willie do? 
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 Well long ago he came unto us, his words were 
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simple but they went right through us and the  
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whole world sang along but then they didn?t want 
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to hear his songs.  He was gone and we thought 
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we?d lost him but he grew his hair and he moved to 
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Austin, and all of the people smiled, they came to 
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hear him sing from miles.  Like a miracle all 
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those rednecks & hippies from New York city 
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down to Mississippi stood together and raised 
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a brew.  When it?s all gone wrong what would 
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 Willie do? 
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 You know sometimes I wonder when I ain?t getting 
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nowhere just what would old Willie do when it all 
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gets too much to bear.  I can see him on his 
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lonely old tour bus he?s got problems just like 
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any of us.  Well he?d just take a deep breath and 
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then he?d let it all go, then he?d take another 
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deep breath and let it all go, and he?d take 
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another deep breath and he?d hold it.  Aaah and 
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I?d bet he?d feel hungry in a way that seems 
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strange, yeah hungry for all the things that he 
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just can?t change.  Like the time he passed out in 

his own bedroom and his wife sewed him up the sheets 
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 and beat him with a broom and he forgave her.   
         
And you think that?s rough well then the IRS came and 
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they took away all of his stuff.  They took his 
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golf course, his recording studio and he just went 
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out and did another show. 
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So when it?s all coming down on you better  
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ask yourself what would Willie do?  

What would Willie do well he?d take a little time and 
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 talk to old Rooster as he?d drive on down the line 
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and there?s millions down that road and with a  
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word he?s gonna lighten their load.  He loves all 
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the people no matter their races, hell he even had 
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a hit country song with Julio Iglesias and that 
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ain?t easy to do.  So when it?s all too much  
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what would Willie. . .when the game gets tough 
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what would Willie. . .when they call your 
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bluff what would Willie do?