Explain The Lyrics

If you had not have fallen
Then I would not have found you
Angel flying too close to the ground
And I patched up your broken wing
And hung around a while
Tried to keep your spirits up
And your fever down
I knew someday that you would fly away
For love’s the greatest healer to be found
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground
Fly on, fly on past the speed of sound
I’d rather see you up
Than see you down
Leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground

This song is commonly believed to have been written about a friend of Nelsons who was a Hells Angel, who died in a motorcycle crash. This has never been confirmed or denied by Nelson who usually says he’s not going to argue with a load of bikers. He did once claim the song was about his wife Connie.

I’m just trying to be a father,
Raise a daughter and a son,
Be a lover to their mother,
Everything to everyone.
Up and at ‘em bright and early,
I’m all business in my suit,
Yeah, I’m dressed up for success from my head down to my boots,
I don’t do it for the money, there’s bills that I can’t pay,
I don’t do it for the glory, I just do it anyway,
Providing for our futures, my responsibility,
Yeah I’m real good under pressure, being all that I can be,
And I can’t call in sick on Mondays when the weekend’s been too strong,
I just work straight through the holidays,
And sometimes all night long.
You can bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at the door,
Hey, I’m solid, hey I’m steady, hey I’m true down to the core,
And I will always do my duty, no matter what the price,
I’ve counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice,
Oh, and I don’t want to die for you,
But if dying’s asked of me,
I’ll bear that cross with an honor,
‘Cause freedom don’t come free.
I’m an American Soldier, an American,
Beside my Brothers and my Sisters I will proudly take a stand.
When liberty’s in jeopardy I’ll always do what’s right.
I’m out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight.
American Soldier,
I’m an American Soldier.

Yeah, an American Soldier,
An American.
Beside my Brothers and my Sisters I will proudly take a stand,
When liberty’s in jeopardy I’ll always do what’s right,
I’m out here on the front lines, so sleep in peace tonight.

American Soldier,
I’m an American,
American,
American Soldier.

“American Soldier” is about a soldier who is headed off to war, willing to take a stand and do what’s right. He is prepared to die “because freedom don’t come free.”  Michael Salomon directed the video, filmed in part at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Toby says that the song was written “for all the times that I get to meet the troops on these USO tours, and since “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” (Angry American song) P.O.W. and the families that have come and brought me back my old CD covers and stuff that they had and shown how much support they had (for me), this is my support for the American fighting men and women.”

Amarillo by morning, up from San Antone.
Everything that I’ve got is just what I’ve got on.
When that sun is high in that Texas sky
I’ll be bucking at the county fair.
Amarillo by morning, Amarillo I’ll be there.

They took my saddle in Houston, broke my leg in Santa Fe.
Lost my wife and a girlfriend somewhere along the way.
Well I’ll be looking for eight when they pull that gate,
And I hope that judge ain’t blind.
Amarillo by morning, Amarillo’s on my mind.

Amarillo by morning, up from San Antone.
Everything that I’ve got is just what I’ve got on.
I ain’t got a dime, but what I got is mine.
I ain’t rich, but Lord I’m free.
Amarillo by morning, Amarillo’s where I’ll be.
Amarillo by morning, Amarillo’s where I’ll be.

This was written by Terry Stafford, who thought up the lyrics after attending a rodeo in San Antonio.

Maybe I didn’t love you
Quite as often as I could have
Maybe I didn’t treat you
Quite as good as I should have

If I made you feel second best
Girl I’m sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn’t hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I’m so happy that you’re mine

Little things I should have said and done
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I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me
Tell me that your sweet love hasn’t died
And give me
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
I’ll keep you satisfied

Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

This song, a tribute to country music haven Luckenbach, Texas, was written by Bobby Gene Emmons and Chips Moman and performed by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.

The only two things in life that make it worth livin’

Is guitars to tune good and firm feelin’ women
I don’t need my name in them marquis lights
I got my song and I got you with me tonight
Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love

Comments: The recurring theme for the duration of the entire song begins here in the first verse.  The writer/singer doesn’t care about material things in life anymore, as long as he has his music and his girl.

Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we’re livin’ got us feuding
like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams pain songs, Newberry’s train songs
and blue eyes cryin’ in the rain
out in Luckenbach Texas ain’t nobody feelin’ no pain

Comments: The Hatfields and McCoys would definitely make anyone’s list of Top 5 Rivalries in History.  At Luckenbach, the artists don’t care about competition, but only to have a good time and forget about all their troubles.

So baby let’s sell your diamond ring
Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away
This coat and tie is choking me
In your high society you cry all day
We’ve been so busy keepin’ up with the Jones
Four car garage and we’re still building on
Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love

Comments: All the luxuries and assets they own are immaterial and insignificant when compared to truly living life.  They’re saying here that riches do not always equal true comfort.

Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we’re livin’ got us feuding
like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams pain songs, Newberry’s train songs
and blue eyes cryin’ in the rain out
in Luckenbach, Texas ain’t nobody feelin’ no pain

::Chorus::

Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas with Willie and Waylon and the boys
This successful life we’re livin’ got us feuding
like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams pain songs, Jerry Jeff’s train songs
and blue eyes cryin’ in the rain out
in Luckenbach, Texas ain’t nobody feelin’ no pain

::Chorus::