Remove Ads DThere were wackoes and weirdoes
AAnd dingbats and dodoes
EAnd athletes and movie stars
AAnd David Allan Coe
DThere was leather and lace
AAnd every minority race
E AWith a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show
A EKristofferson got an offer for a movie
APromoters closed another deal or two
DWaylon got a call from his son Shooter
B EAnd he went home the minute he was through
A EI moved with the mob at intermission
ATo the green room where you see who you can see
DThere were has-been's and would-be's and never-were's
A E APaupers punks and millionaires and me
DAnd there were wackoes and weirdoes
AAnd dingbats and dodoes
EAnd athletes and movie stars
AAnd David Allan Coe
DThere was leather and lace
AAnd every minority race
E AWith a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show
A EHells Angels blocked the traffic to the building
AIn order for the beer truck to come through
DAnd waitin' in the wings to sing with Willie
B EWere hopeful stars of flickering magnitude
A EThere was a singer Willie knew back in the fifties
AWho once paid him fifty dollars for a song
DThere were women who once did and some who still would
A E AI heard one ask "did Connie come along ?"
DAnd there were wackoes and weirdoes
AAnd dingbats and dodoes
EAnd athletes and movie stars
AAnd David Allan Coe
DThere was leather and lace
AAnd every minority race
E AWith a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show
AI wish you could've been there
AWell maybe you were !
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