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Willie, Waylon and Me Lyrics
I heard the burritos out in California
could fly higher than the birds
Roger McGinn had a twelve-string guitar
it was like nothing I'd ever heard
and the eagles flew in from the west coast
like the birds, they were trying to be free
while in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws
like Willie and Waylon and me
hey,
well, they say Texas music's in the make
and we've been making' music that is free
doing' one-night stands,
playing' with our bands
Willie, Waylon and me
oh mad dog
they say the beatles were just the beginning
of everything music could be
just like the Stones I was rolling along
like a ship lost out on the sea
and Joplin would die for the future
and Dylan would write poetry
and in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws like
Willie and Waylon and me
recitation:
hey, my name is David Allan Coe and I'm from Dallas, Texas
they say Texas music's in the make
and we've been making' music that is free
doing' one-night stands,
playing' with our bands
Willie, Waylon and me
Big Jim
I heard the burritos out in California
could fly higher than the birds
Roger McGinnis had a twelve-string guitar
it was like nothing I'd ever heard
and the eagles flew in from the west coast
like the birds, they were trying to be free
while in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws like
Willie and Waylon and me
could fly higher than the birds
Roger McGinn had a twelve-string guitar
it was like nothing I'd ever heard
and the eagles flew in from the west coast
like the birds, they were trying to be free
while in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws
like Willie and Waylon and me
well, they say Texas music's in the make
and we've been making' music that is free
doing' one-night stands,
playing' with our bands
Willie, Waylon and me
oh mad dog
of everything music could be
just like the Stones I was rolling along
like a ship lost out on the sea
and Joplin would die for the future
and Dylan would write poetry
and in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws like
Willie and Waylon and me
hey, my name is David Allan Coe and I'm from Dallas, Texas
and we've been making' music that is free
doing' one-night stands,
playing' with our bands
Willie, Waylon and me
Big Jim
could fly higher than the birds
Roger McGinnis had a twelve-string guitar
it was like nothing I'd ever heard
and the eagles flew in from the west coast
like the birds, they were trying to be free
while in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws like
Willie and Waylon and me
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Correction on song to Roger McGuinn from McGuinis
Correction on song to Roger McGuinn from McGuinis
Correction on song to Roger McGuinn from McGuinis
Correction on song to Roger McGuinn from McGuinis
Correction on song to Roger McGuinn from McGuinis
Correction on song to Roger McGuinn from McGuinis
This song is full of incredible references and flat out lies. He is writing about the "Outlaw Country " and country rock of the 70's.
I heard the burritos out in California could fly higher than the birds Roger McGinnis had a twelve-string guitar it was like nothing I'd ever heard
This verse references The Flying Burrito Brothers and Specifically Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman who were also members of The Byrds. He also references Roger McGuinn not McGinis the main Byrd.
and the eagles flew in from the west coast like the birds, they were trying to be free while in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws like Willie and Waylon and me
This verse is obviously about The Eagles and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
The rest is pretty self explanatory he writes about Bob Dylan , The Beatles , The Rolling Stones , and Janis Joplin.
@russellptucker IDK what you are talking about but the lyrics here read McGinis but if you are listening to the song he clearly says McGuin. No mistake he says McGuin! James Roger McGuinn’ There was an Outlaw movement going on in Texas where country music was concerned! David Allan Coe is an extrovert he didn’t pretend to be anyone but who he knows he is. Yes the Burritos and the Byrds were the same that is the reference like the birds they were just trying to be free. Still just trying to be free by whatever name they called themselves. It...
@russellptucker IDK what you are talking about but the lyrics here read McGinis but if you are listening to the song he clearly says McGuin. No mistake he says McGuin! James Roger McGuinn’ There was an Outlaw movement going on in Texas where country music was concerned! David Allan Coe is an extrovert he didn’t pretend to be anyone but who he knows he is. Yes the Burritos and the Byrds were the same that is the reference like the birds they were just trying to be free. Still just trying to be free by whatever name they called themselves. It is a wonderful song! You could even say a parody! While all these other folks were singing about being free, Beatles, Dylan and ect. Like the Rolling Stone he was rolling along like a ship lost because he was not doing songs like the others he was writing and singing songs about Outlaws!!!!! Waylon’s nickname is Outlaw. Coe and Johnny Cash had been to prison, and Willie and Waylon were doing outlaw shit that could have gotten them thrown in jail anytime and did and wrote a song about “Don’t You Think This Outlaw shits Done Got Out on Hand?” Bank Kr was doing the same. Come on buddy keep up! There is not a lie in this song just people who don’t know enough to give a good interpretation. Outlaw Country…. Ok. They were Outlaws though! On the outer edge of what others were doing and what was legal! Outlaws with pen, paper, guitars and talent!