I Never Got To Say Goodbye To Willie Guy

Contact: Roger Wilson
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I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO WILLIE GUY

I MET WILLIE GUY, IN THE SOUMME OF SEVENTY-FOUR
HE WAS AN OLD BLACK MAN FROM A LITTLE TOWN IN GA
HE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO READ OR WRITE
BUT HE WAS A KIND SOUL, HE’D ALWAYS TREAT YOU RIGHT
WHEN WILLIE DIED, I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE

I USED TO SIT AND LISTEN TO WILLIE TELL ME OF HIS LIFE
WHILE WE PLAYED OUR GUITARS, SIITIN’ OUT ON HIS PORCH
WE’D PLAY THE BLUES AND LAUGH AND SING
AND TIME WOULD JUST FLY BY
I NEVER HAD A FRIEND THAT I LOVED MORE

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I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO WILLIE GUY
THOUGH AT LEAST I TOLD HIM HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE
AND I KNOW HE FOUND HIS REWARD, WAY UP IN THE SKY
THOUGH I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO WILLIE GUY

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WILLIE GUY HAD A GOOD LONG LIFE, 82 YEARS ON EARTH
WHEN HE GAVE ME ADVICE
I CAN’T TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS WORTH
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS UP IN YEARS, HE WAS 21 AT HEART
HIS HUMBLE LIFE IN ME HAS LEFT A GREAT MARK

ONE DAY I WAS READING, IN THE LOCAL NEWS
IT SAID A MAN IS GONE THAT SANG THE BLUES
RIGHT THEN AND THERE, TEARS CAME TO MY EYES
THAT I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO WILLIE GUY

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