Greatest Songs, #471: “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson
Album: Honeysuckle Rose (Columbia Records)
Year: 1980
Written by: Willie Nelson
Billboard Hot 100: #20
From Rolling Stone:
On a plane trip, the executive producer of Nelson’s movie Honeysuckle Rose asked him to contribute a tune about life on tour. He quickly scrawled down the lyrics for “On the Road Again.” “I like to show off occasionally,” said Nelson, who still spends some 200 days a year on tour.
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