Willie chords by Michael Kelly Blanchard
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Willie, his cousin said won't
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you come along
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I packed a lunch
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cause I got a hunch that it might be long
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The man is a freaky dude,
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they say he's got a power
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It takes an hour to get there,
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Willie come on
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Betty, the matchmaker lady,
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says he has an eye
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He picks you out
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and without a doubt, you have to cry
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The crippled and the dumb
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are dancing and shouting out loud
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You should see the crowds,
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Willie, you'll hate yourself
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Down by the water,
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people began to gather
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Small talk and endless chat ter
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are all you could hear
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And then on the beach,
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the man began to preach
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Found themselves a seat at the rear
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Oh, somebody said he's
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got such dreamy eyes
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He must be a mystic
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or someone artistic, you realize
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His cousin whispers in his ear,
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Willie, ain't you glad you came?
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Yeah, the dude's a name,
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a Wilby, and that's for sure
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Maybe his cousin said
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as they were walking home
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The Joker is right,
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we don't have to fight to get along
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I mean it sure works for him,
he's got a meeting right
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out of his hands
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Yeah, he's quite a man,
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Willie, what's troubling you?
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Years tumble by,
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they watch the preacher die
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I was wrong, he was a lie,
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his cousin said
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Willie, he's gone, no point in hanging on
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Can't last much longer
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now that he's dead
Where does Willie go?
No one seems to know
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Out most every night
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Oh, well it don't seem right
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He says he's a new man,
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but he don't say why
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There's a smile on his face,
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but a tear in his eye
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Says he loves to live, but he needs to die
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Willie, his cousin cried
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and he was fighting tears
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You don't understand,
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we can't help you man,
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we must get out of here
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The dude thinks you're one of them,
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Willie, tell him it's not true
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There's nothing we can do
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if you won't help yourself
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Listen, what good is it all if
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you end up dead?
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The people out there,
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they don't listen or care about
a word that he said.
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The beasts are half stark,
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Willie, they will pick your bones.
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Cousin, go home,
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is all that Willie said.
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They tore him apart,
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Jesus, you're breaking my heart
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Look what you started
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with your crazy line
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Willie is dead,
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he believed in what you said
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He was over his head and
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out of his mind
Where can Willie be?
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Bones are all I see
Bones and a bumper screen
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What they want with me
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Willie, I hear you didn't
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even cry
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You're a fool who chose to lose,
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or a fool who died
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And I'm a fool to be here weeping
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With you goodbye
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