Mr. Record Man / Hello Walls / One Day at a Time - Live

Panther Hall ballroom

Long noted as the country and western capital of the great Southwest

Takes great pleasure in bringin' to it's stage, tonight for your pleasure

One of the finest song stylists in contemporary country and western music

Let's make him welcome then, with a great big Texas sized welcome

Willie Nelson

Thank you very much

Before I get started, let me introduce the orchestra to you

Most of you are familiar with 'em already

Not too familiar, I hope

Back here on the drums from San Antonio, Texas

A boy who's very outstanding in his field

And, uh, in fact that's where I found him, he was out standing in a field

He's very, uh, talented, he's a good writer, a good singer

He's gonna be on of the big names in the country music business before very long

A nice hand, if you will, for Mr. Johhny Bush

And over here on my extreme left

We have John Birch, no that's not right

No, we have one of the very best entertainers, musicians, singers

That's ever graced the bandstand anywhere, of any club or stage

And I'm very honored to have him with the Willie Nelson show

Would you make welcome none other than Mr. Wade Ray

Just between you and me he's a dirty old man, but we're not...

Mr. Record Man, I'm looking for a song I heard today

There was someone blue singin' about someone who went away

Just like me his heart was yearnin' for a love that used to be

It's a lonely song about a lonely man

Like me

There was something about a love that didn't treat him right

And he'd wake from troubled sleep and cry her name at night

Mr. Record Man, get this record for me, won't you please?

It's a lonely song about a lonely man

Like me

I was drivin' down the highway with the radio turned on

And the man that I heard singing sounds so blue and all alone

As I listen to his lonely song I wonder could it be?

Could there somewhere be another lonely man

Like me?

There was something about a love that didn't treat him right

And he'd wake from troubled sleep and cry her name at night

Mr. Record Man, get this record for me, won't you please?

It's a lonely song about a lonely man

Like me

Hello, walls

How'd things go for you today?

Don't you miss her?

Since she up and walked away

And I'll bet you dread

To spend another lonely night with me

But, lonely walls, I'll keep you company

Hello, window

Well, I see that you're still here

Aren't you lonely?

Since our darlin' disappeared

Well, look here

Is that a teardrop in the corner of your pane?

Now don't you try to tell me that it's rain

She went away

And left us all alone

The way she planned

Guess we'll have to learn to get along

Without her if we can

Hello, ceiling

I'm gonna stare at you a while

You know I can't sleep

So won't you bear with me a while?

We've gotta all stick together

Or else I'll lose my mind

I got a feelin' she'll be gone a long, long time

I live one day at a time

I dream one dream at a time

Yesterday's dead and tomorrow is blind

And I live one day at a time

Guess that you're surprised to see me back at home

But you know how much that I miss you when I'm gone

But don't ask how long I plan to stay

It never crossed my mind

'Cause I live one day at a time

See that sparrow fly across the cloudy sky

Searchin' for a patch of sunlight

So am I

Wish I didn't have to follow

And perhaps I won't in time

But I live one day at a time

I live one day at a time

I dream one dream at a time

Yesterday's dead and tomorrow is blind

And I live one day at a time

I live one day at a time