Lyrics

Well it struck me how cold the rain was But I didn't look for cover at all I just stood there face to face with my love watching her tear drops fall And as sad as it was, her blue eyes inspired me and switched on a light in my mind and when she was gone, I wrote down a song to claim the moment as mine But Willie got there first put heartache and heartbreak into a verse like an alchemist turning his sorrow to gold lyrics like maps for a soul Eloquent truth and a common man's words I had such a good idea for a song But Willie got there first Well the phases and stages of life they were changin' and I was sure changing too rivers of whiskey, Bloody Mary mornings were causing my plans to fall through but when I was down I met me an angel flying too close to the ground we rose up together and the victory moved me to make a musical sound But Willie got there first put falling in love to a beautiful verse like the brush strokes of a renaissance master so bold still lives of cold black and gold breath taking country side, landscapes of words I have such a good idea for a song but Willie got there first The rhymes are already written the rhythm laid down by the band the melodys already been brought to life by the piano players right hand Bobby play it pretty leave that harp solo in and Mikey take us home one more time then lets get on the road again I'm crazy for feeling so lonely with my family and so many friends I know how it is with life as with love when one ends another begins to live well you must be tougher than leather and tender as a babe in a manger lets lift up a glass of yesterday's wine and cheers to the red headed stranger Cause Willie go there first fit god and the devil into the same verse Like a preacher man letting his sermon unfold a tune like a cure for a soul the truth in a cowboys words I have such a good idea for a song But Willie got there first Yeah Will got there first