Story Behind The Song
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Song Description
Rocking country.
| Song Length |
3:21 |
Genre |
Country - General, Country - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Sociable, Pleased |
Subject |
General, Famous People |
| Similar Artists |
Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
HE ROLLED 'EM WITH WILLIE
It was back in the '60s when he first came around
He was rugged and handsome and he sure laid 'em down
You'd see him backstage with his Fender guitar
He ran with the big boys but he ran twice as hard
Chorus
Yeah, he rolled 'em with Willie
Traded good lines with Merle
He drank Jones's whiskey
He stole Kris's girl
Crawled barrooms with Paycheck
Ran all night with Cash
And he wrote songs with Waylon
About living too fast
He made memories and mayhem in those old glory days
In the Music Row attics and the joints on Broadway
And he burned like a rocket nobody could steer
'Til they thought they might lose him to the madness & the beer
Chorus
Bridge:
In his buckskins and shades he just looked like a star
They wondered how far he could go
Down at Tootsie's they say he got lost at the end
What happened then they don't know
In north Alabama on a small working farm
There's a man with a past doin' nobody harm
He's in church on Sunday and he means what he prays
But from inside that farmhouse those old songs still play
Second Chorus
When he rolled em with Willie
Traded good lines with Merle
He drank Jones's whiskey
He stole Kris's girl
These days they don't know him
He was gone before Vince
Yeah, he walked off with Jesus
And they ain't seen him since
©2003 Rob Simbeck and Frank Michels
Sweetest Peach Music/Frank Michels Music