What do you do when you kicked out The Mothers of Invention for writing a song their leader says is "too good"...? Ask Lowell George, or so the legend goes... But here are a few facts:
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/little-feat/willin
This is the first version (from the first album), not the more "popular" one from 'Sailin' Shoes'.
Willin' - Little Feat - Little Feat (1970)
I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, oh I'm still
Out on the road late at night, I seen my pretty Alice in every head light
Alice, Dallas Alice
I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Now I driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine
and you show me a sign
I'll be willin', to be movin'
Now I smuggled some smokes and folks from Mexico
baked by the sun, every time I go to Mexico, and I'm still
And I've been kicked be the wind, robbed by the sleet
Had my head stoved in and I'm still on my feet and I'm willin', oh I'm willin'
And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine
and then you show me a sign
I'll be willin', to be movin'
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We are fortunate to live in a time with so much incredible and obtainable music, the richest in the entire history of humanoids.
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