Willie Deadwilder



( Lyrics written by Chan Marshall / Music written by M. Ward )

Bonus track included on Speaking for Trees bonus CD 



Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca

They knew that they loved one another

He said fuck this cabby life

She said fuck this old trailer

He said I want you for my wife



Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca

They saw the same things at once

They shared the kind of stuff everybody dreams of

Finding out about, it's all about love



Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca

They got a few more years to go

Gonna have some good old times

No more sad, sad bad times

It's all that they've been waiting for

Someone to knock at the door

I tell you there are some people living alone

There are some people with nowhere to go

There are some people who don't believe in love

But Willie and Rebecca prove they're all wrong



First time I saw him he smiled at me

And the first time I saw her she was beautiful

Sixty-two plus forty-six equals one hundred and eight

Possible years they'll live long to

That's almost half of the rest of his life

That's over half for her



Willie was shot once in his mind

His cry out saved his life

Second time through the heart

The doctor pulled the bullet from his side

He had a job to do, he thought

That's his way of life

To take that car and pick her up

To be a man for her

Broken down and cut in two

She had been married for most her life

Now she's finally free for awhile



Long enough to see this man and what he means

When he tells her that God in on his side

No matter what, and will you marry me



Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca

They want to live a life

I wish I had a million dollars

So we could throw it all away

I wish I had a million dollars

So we could light it aflame

I wish I had one million dollars

So we could spend it every day



I'm on the same side as you

I'm just a little bit behind

And please don't bring me down

Please don't let me go

I'm looking for a new kind of thing

A place that makes my heart sing

Another question answered from above



Please don't let it worry you now

Please don't let it worry you now

I've seen inside your heart and soul

It's beautifully jacketed

An open hand and a mind to lend

There's nothing more romantic

Than a distant place behind your smile

Tells my eyes that I am coming home

Please don't bring me down

Please don't let me go



My heart is a worried thing

Memories have planted

Seeds of a field I now want to reap and sow

Maybe when i'm sixty-two, maybe when i'm forty-six

Maybe when i'm thirty maybe the next time I see you

We will have our universe for the first time, again

Rings around our sweet friendship

Will tear up in into a run

Galloping forever more until tomorrow is gone



I deeply say to you now

I deeply say to you now

I deeply say to you now

There's another question answered from above

You're the kind of friend of mine I never had

You're the kind of love I had that I never thought there was

Saint saint saint saint Augustine

Far far far away Georgie Koontz (?)

We gotta stake this thing out

We gotta laugh the whole day through

We gotta live the way that we want to



As long as God is willing, I am too

And as long as you are here, I am too

As long as he and she can forgive and love again and still love us too

You take my heart and you give it to me

You show me love i've never seen

You take my heart and give it to me



When Dylan sang Ramona in the taxi that night

I knew it right away would either be hard or be right

'Cause I'm not Ramona, and you didn't write that song

'Cause you're not Dylan, and I know we really do get along

Get along and get on with what it is you got to do

Go on get along with whome'er you choose

This is your life

But if God is willing, then I'm willing too, oh

I'll be in the front, back and side of you

Just many happily waiting for you

Saint saint saint saint saint Augustine

Far away far way Georgie Koontz (?)

You know what it is

You know what it is you got to do



A young little girl named Jennifer gave me a turquoise ring

A native sentiment of joy love and peace, I thank you for this ring

It's beautiful to me

A lady future journalist gave to me a lucky sweater to wear

Stains she had since eighteen, amazing that she did that

It would have been hard to do for me



A man named John wrote a song for me to sing

Also the most unbelievable flowers I have ever seen

He is a very good man

And he has been an even very good man to me

I hope that one day that song I will sing

Another love named Jennifer gives her care to me

A radiant heart with holy power, she believed in me

And with that gift I cry right now

But a memory of her laughing kills the beast



Another love I still love, a familiar face to me

A standing arch above my heart I've never been to reach

He's laid my head on the bed

And told me Sweet, I'm not crazy like the others say

No he's not crazy like me



This is a four hour song

And it will go on and on

A moment in time traveling on even if it is too long

I don't care

I love to share

I love to sing along

I know you do too

Feel the same way so come along

Sing your song

It's all that you have to do



I'm looking for that kind of mind

I never thought i'd find

I'm looking for that kind of love

I never thought was real

I'm looking for your heart

My dear are you

Looking for me

Please don't bring me down

Please don't let me go



With your love I have foothold

I can carry on

But please don't let me worry you now

Please don't let me worry you now

There's nothign i am saying

That could ever be made wrong

I love you, love you so

I love you so strong

Please remember your heart in me

Please remember it's not anatomically correct

Please know there's no boundary

And if God is willing to protect

Our love, a world of love

I think you'd be willing too



Where are you from

And where are you going to

We have so much to do

Where you are going is

Where you do come from

And where i will be is with you

We have so much to do

We have so much to do

We have so much to do

Hurry, hurry, hurry let's go

Hurray, hurray, things are gonna be okay

Hurry, hurry let's go

All them children are waiting

It's time and they are ready

We got so much to do

And if God is willing

We have got so much

We have got so much