Lyrics
CRAZY WILLIE
(J.P. CONLEY – B.M.I.)
© 2001
THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN NAMED WILLIE, I’D SAW HIM ALL OF MY LIFE
I NEVER KNEW MUCH ABOUT HIM, IF HE HAD CHILDREN OR A WIFE
WILLIE’S JUST A BUM THEY’D SAY, BETTER WATCH OR HE’LL STEAL YOU BLIND
WE ALL CALLED HIM CRAZY WILLIE, AND LAUGH AS HE WALKED BY
NEVER ONCE DID I SPEAK TO HIM, THOUGHT HE WASN’T WORTH THE TIME
IN RAIN OR SNOW I’D SEE HIM WALKIN’, BUT I’D JUST DRIVE ON BY
IF HE KNEW THE WAY WE TALKED ABOUT HIM, OR THE WAY WE PAID HIM NO MIND
HE NEVER ONCE LET IT SHOW, HE ALWAYS WORE A SMILE
WILLIE, CRAZY WILLIE, DON’T YOU KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY
WILLIE, CRAZY WILLIE, WHY DO YOU SMILE AND WALK AWAY
THEN ON DAY, AND I DON’T KNOW WHY, I SAW HIM SITTIN’ BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
IT WAS REALLY HOT THAT DAY, AND WILLIE’S CLOTHES WERE SOAKED
I STOPPED AND ASK IF HE WAS ALRIGHT, HE SAID I’LL BE JUST FINE
I JUST STOPPED TO CATCH MY BREATH, THEN I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES
I ASK HIM TO GET INTO THE CAR, THEN I ASKED HIM WHERE HE WANTED TO GO
HE LOOKED AT ME IN DISBELIEF AS HE DUSTED OFF HIS CLOTHES
HE SAID MY PLACE IS OVER THERE, AS HE POINTED TO HIS SHACK
THEN HE SMILED, SAID GOD BLESS YOU SIR, I SAID IS THAT A FACT
WILLIE SAID COME SIT A SPELL, THAT SHADE TREE’S MIGHTY NICE
WE TALKED UNTIL THE EVENING CAME, THE TIME JUST FLEW ON BY
I LEARNED SO MANY THINGS ABOUT HIM, ALL I’D HEARD BEFORE,
IT WERE LIES
WILLIE WAS THE KINDEST MAN, I COULD SEE IT IN HIS EYES
WILLIE, CRAZY WILLIE, I GUESS THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW
WILLIE, CRAZY WILLIE, THE KIND OF MAN BENEATH THOSE RAGGED CLOTHES
WILLIE NEVER HAD NO MONEY, HE DIDN’T HAVE A CAR TO DRIVE
HE LIVED IN A LITTLE RUN DOWN SHACK, JUST BARELY GETTIN’ BY
EVERYONE THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY, THEY SAID HE’S LOST HIS MIND
BUT WHEN I SAT AND TALKED TO WILLIE I COULDN’T HELP BUT CRY
WILLIE KNEW ABOUT JESUS, WHY HE CAME, AND WHY HE DIED
AND AS HE HELD MY TREMBLIN’ HAND, HE TOLD ME WITH A SMILE
SON, THIS LIFE DON’T MEAN NOTHIN’, WE’RE ONLY HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE
THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY MATTERS IS JESUS IN YOUR LIFE
WILLIE, CRAZY WILLIE, I’M AMAZED AT THE WAY YOU CARE
WILLIE, CRAZY WILLIE, I’M SO GLAD THAT YOU FOUND ME THERE
WILLIE DIED THE VERY NEXT DAY, BUT NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE
I COULDN’T HELP BUT THINK OF ALL THE YEARS WE COULD HAVE SHARED
ALONE I CAME TO SEE HIM OFF, FROM THE BIBLE I READ A VERSE
THEN I SAID THANK YOU WILLIE, I FOUND JESUS IN YOUR WORDS
WILLIE, CRAZY WILLIE, I KNOW YOU’RE IN THAT HEAVENLY HOME
WILLIE, CRAZY WILLIE, I’LL MEET YOU BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
