I WAS LOST
IN TROUBLE AND STRIFE
I HEARD A VOICE
AND IT CHANGED
MY LIFE
AND NOW
IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY
AND I AIN'T ASHAMED
TO SAY
YOU'RE NOT LONELY
WHEN YOU'RE DOWN
AND OUT
I THINK YOU KNOW
WHO I'M
TALKIN' ABOUT
WHEN I DON'T KNOW
HOW I'LL GET THROUGH
I ASK MYSELF
WHAT WOULD
'OL WILLIE DO
LONG AGO
HE CAME UNTO US
HIS WORDS WERE
SIMPLE
BUT THEY WENT RIGHT
THROUGH US
AND THE WHOLE WORLD
SANG ALONG
BUT THEN THEY DIDN'T
WANNA HEAR HIS SONGS
HE WAS GONE
AND WE THOUGHT
WE'D LOST HIM
BUT HE JUST
GREW HIS HAIR
AND HE MOVED
TO AUSTIN
AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE
SMILED
THEY CAME
TO HEAR HIM SING
FROM MILES
LIKE A MIRACLE
ALL THE REDNECKS
AND THE HIPPIES
FROM NEW YORK CITY
DOWN
TO MISSISSIPPI
STOOD TOGETHER AND
RAISED A BREW
SO WHEN IT'S ALL GONE
WRONG
WHAT WOULD
OL' WILLIE DO
4 BAR
BREAK
YOU KNOW
SOMETIMES I WONDER
WHEN I AIN'T GETTIN'
NOWHERE
WHAT WOULD
OL' WILLIE DO
WHEN THINGS GET
TOO MUCH TO BEAR
AND I SEE HIM SITTIN'
ON HIS LONELY OL' BUS
AND HE'S GOT
HIS PROBLEMS
JUST LIKE ANY OF US
AND I BET
HE'D JUST TAKE
A DEEP BREATH AND
LET 'EM ALL GO
AND THEN HE'D
TAKE ANOTHER
DEEP BREATH AND
LET 'EM ALL GO
AND THEN HE'D
TAKE ANOTHER
DEEP BREATH AND
AND HE'D HOLD IT
THEN I BET
HE'D FEEL HUNGRY
IN A WAY
THAT SEEMS STRANGE
YES HUNGRY
FOR ALL THE THINGS
HE JUST CAN'T CHANGE
LIKE THE TIME
HE PASSED OUT
IN HIS OWN BEDROOM
AND HIS EX-WIFE
SEWED HIM UP
IN THE SHEET
AND SHE BEAT HIM
WITH A BROOM
AND HE FORGAVE HER
AND YOU THINK
THAT THAT'S ROUGH
WELL THEN THE I.R.S.
CAME
AND THEY TOOK AWAY
ALL HIS STUFF
THEY TOOK
HIS GOLF COURSE
AND HIS RECORDING
STUDIO
AND HE JUST WENT ON
OUT
AND DID ANOTHER SHOW
SO WHEN IT'S ALL
COMING DOWN ON YOU
I THINK YOU BETTER
ASK YOURSELF
WHAT WOULD
OL' WILLIE DO
WHAT WOULD WILLIE DO
HE TRAVELS AFAR
WITH NOTHIN' BUT
A SONG
AND AN OLD GUITAR
AND A TOUR BUS
AND SOME SEMI TRUCKS
AND THIRTY CREW MEN
AND A LITTLE BIT
OF LUCK
HE LOVES ALL THE PEOPLE
THE RANK
AND THE RANDY
HEY IF YOU DON'T
BELIEVE IT
TAKE A LOOK AT
THE FAMILY
THEY'LL TELL YOU
THAT IT'S TRUE
WHEN IT'S ALL
TOO MUCH
WHAT WOULD WILLIE DO
WHAT WOULD WILLIE DO
HE'D TAKE A LITTLE TIME
AND HE'D TALK
TO OLD ROOSTER
AS THEY DRIVE DOWN
THAT LINE
THERE'S MILLIONS
DOWN THAT ROAD
AND WITH A WORD
HE'S GONNA LIGHTEN
THEIR LOAD
HE LOVES ALL
THE PEOPLE
NO MATTER THEIR RACES
HELL HE EVEN MADE
A HIT COUNTRY SONG
WITH JULIO IGLESIAS
AND THAT AIN'T EASY
TO DO
SO WHEN IT'S ALL
TOO MUCH
WHAT WOULD OL' WILLIE
WHEN THE GAME
GETS ROUGH
WHAT WOULD OL' WILLIE
WHEN THEY CALL
YOUR BLUFF
WHAT WOULD OL' WILLIE
DO