| On the day that I left Nashville in the dust
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| I thought I’d laid my final dream to rest
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| Then I picked up a trail that I can trust
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| Turns out Willie really does know best
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| Now I’m rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| Livin' for my music, and those moments on the stage
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| Singin' the truth and livin' free, like I was born to be
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| Like a country music Johnny Appleseed
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| He spread his love of music near and far
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| The cowboys and the hippies all agreed
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| Willie Nelson sure had a way with that guitar
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| Life he loves is makin' music with his friends
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| And I have to say, I know just how that feels
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| When that song comes on, I always grin
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| And sing along with the spinnin' of the wheels
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| 'Cause we’re rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| Livin' for my music, and those moments on the stage
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| I don’t know where it’s all headed, but I never have regretted
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| Sometimes it’s almost like he was just there
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| I even caught a whiff of funny smellin' smoke upon the air |
| There’s a faded poster hangin' up backstage
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| From a night that Willie played here long ago
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| In that picture, he will never age
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| Just like all his classic songs, that never will grow old
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| And we’re rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| Pourin' out our hearts in every smoky bar onstage
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| Heaven knows that it ain’t perfect, but I’d have to say it’s worth it
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| Billy Bob’s and JT floors, you know we’ve played them all
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| We ought to buy an old silver eagle and fill it up on biodiesel
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| Gee, someday we might get rich if we can keep it out of the ditch
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| When you play it Willie style, the crowd always goes Willie wild
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| Everything in Texas is bigger, like the legend of Willie and trigger
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved
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| You know I could keep this up forever, one more time boys all together
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| Rollin' down the road that Willie paved |
| Thank you, Willie |