The Songwriters
Willie Nelson
Play along at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cci1iBplMgA [Intro] [Verse] We get to break out of prison Make love to our best friend’s wife Have a beer for breakfast in Boston Drink rum in Jamaica that night [Verse] We get to tell all our secrets In a code no one understands We get to shoot all the bad guys But never get blood on our hands [Chorus] We’re heroes we’re schemers We’re drunks and we’re dreamers We’re lovers and sometimes we’re fighters We’re students we’re teachers We’re the devil we’re preachers We’re true love but mostly one nighters We’re the songwriters [Verse] Half the world thinks we’re crazy The other half wants to be us And they’re jealous because we get to hang out In the back of some big stars tour bus [Bridge] We’re old boots and tee shirts and blue jeans We’re capos and strings and E Chords We only dress up in November C Gaug C When they hand out some writers awards [Chorus] We’re heroes we’re schemers We’re drunks and we’re dreamers We’re lovers and sometimes we’re fighters We’re the truth we’re the lies We’re stupid we’re wise We’re true love but mostly one nighters We’re the songwriters [Verse] We ride bridges we cross ’em and burn ’em Teach lessons but don’t bother to learn ’em Our mamas don’t know what we’re doing Why we stay out all night long I told mine I was a drug dealer She said thank god you ain’t writin’ songs [Chorus] We’re heroes we’re schemers We’re drunks and we’re dreamers We’re lovers and sometimes we’re fighters We’re the truth we’re the lies We’re stupid we’re wise We’re true love but mostly one nighters We’re the songwriters [Outro] We’re the songwriters