Gary Allan – What Would Willie Do (Guitar)

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I was lost in trouble and strife

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I heard a voice and it changed my life

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Now it's a brand new day

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and I ain't afraid to say

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You're not alone when you're down and out

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and I think you know who I'm talking about

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When I don't know how I'll get through

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I ask myself What would Willie do?

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What would Willie do, well he'd travel so far

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with nothing but a song and his old guitar

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And a tour bus and some semi-trucks,

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Thirty crew men and a little bit of luck

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Well he loves all the people, the ugly and the randy

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if you don't believe me take a look at the family

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and they'll tell you that it's true

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When skies are gray what would Willie do?

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Well long ago he came unto us,

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his words were simple but they went right through us

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and the whole world sang along

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but then they didn't want to hear his songs.

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He was gone and we thought we'd lost him

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but he grew his hair and he moved to Austin,

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and all of the people smiled,

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they came to hear him sing from miles.

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Like a miracle all those rednecks and hippies

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from New York city down to Mississippi

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stood together and raised a brew

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When it's all gone wrong what would Willie do?

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You know sometimes I wonder when I ain't getting nowhere

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just what would old Willie do when it all gets too much to bear

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I can see him on his lonely old tour bus

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he's got problems just like any of us

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Well he'd just take a deep breath and then he'd let it all go,

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then he'd take another deep breath and let it all go,

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and he'd take another deep breath and he'd hold it.

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Aaah and I'd bet he'd feel hungry in a way that seems strange,

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yeah hungry for all the things that he just can't change.

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Like the time he passed out in his own bedroom

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and his wife sewed him up the sheets and beat him with a broom and he forgave her

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And you think that's rough

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well then the IRS came and they took away all of his stuff

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They took his golf course, his recording studio

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and he just went out and did another show

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So when it's all coming down on you

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better ask yourself what would Willie do?

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What would Willie do well he'd take a little time

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and talk to old Rooster as he'd drive on down the line

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and there's millions down that road

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and with a word he's gonna lighten their load

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He loves all the people no matter their races,

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hell he even had a hit country song with Julio Iglesias

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and that ain't easy to do

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So when it's all too much what would Willie

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when the game gets tough what would Willie

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when they call your bluff what would Willie do?