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Country Willie

This version of Country Willie was released by Willie Nelson in 1972.

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You called me Country Willie
The night you walked away
With the one who promised you a life of joy
You thought my life too simple
And your was much too gay
To spend it living with a country boy
I’m writing you this letter
I write you every day
I hope that you’ve received the ones before
But I’ve heard not one word from you
And every day I pray
That you will not forget your country boy
While you’re living in the city
With riches round your door
Is this your love
Is this your kind of joy
Or do you find
There’s something missing
Does your heart cry out for more
And do you sometimes miss your country boy

A cottage in the country
With roses round the door
Could not compete
With flashing city lights
But it’s all I have to offer
Except for one thing more
A heart so filled with love
That it could die
Well it’s time to end this letter
The light of dawn is near
A lonely night has passed
But there’ll be more
Just one more thing in closing
For all the world to hear
Come home I love you
Signed your country boy

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The lyrics to Country Willie are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Willie Nelson used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Country Willie have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Willie Nelson and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Country Willie by Willie Nelson. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Country Willie" means the words set to the music of Country Willie, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Willie Nelson. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Country Willie and the lyrics to Country Willie are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Willie Nelson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Country Willie, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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