A Backstage Pass

Uma Entrada de Backstage

A Backstage Pass

Uma noite eu tive uma entrada para o backstage do Willie Nelson ShowOne night I had a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show

Havia malucos e esquisitos e dingbats and dodoesThere were wackoes and weirdoes and dingbats and dodoes
E atletas e estrelas de filmes e David Allan CoeAnd athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe
Havia couro e rendas e cada raça minoritáriaThere was leather and lace and every minority race
Com uma entrada para o backstage do Willie Nelson ShowWith a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show

Kristofferson recebeu uma oferta por promotores de cinema fechou outro acordo ou doisKristofferson got an offer for a movie promoters closed another deal or two
Waylon recebeu um telefonema de seu filho Shooter e ele foi para casa no mesmo momentoWaylon got a call from his son Shooter and he went home the minute he was through
Eu me movi com a multidão no intervaloI moved with the mob at intermission
Para a sala verde onde você vê quem você pode verTo the green room where you see who you can see
Havia um iria e será e nunca foiThere were has-been's and would-be's and never-were's
Indigentes punks e milionários e euPaupers punks and millionaires and me

Havia malucos e esquisitos e dingbats and dodoesThere were wackoes and weirdoes and dingbats and dodoes
E atletas e estrelas de filmes e David Allan CoeAnd athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe
Havia couro e rendas e cada raça minoritáriaThere was leather and lace and every minority race
Com uma entrada para o backstage do Willie Nelson ShowWith a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show

Hells Angels bloqueou o tráfego para o prédioHells Angels blocked the traffic to the building
Para o caminhão de cerveja passarIn order for the beer truck to come through
E esperando nas asas para cantar com Willie eram estrelas de esperança de cintilação magnitudeAnd waitin' in the wings to sing with Willie were hopeful stars of flickering magnitude
Havia um cantor Willie sabia de volta na década de cinquentaThere was a singer Willie knew back in the fifties
Que uma vez pagou cinquenta dólares por uma músicaWho once paid him fifty dollars for a song
Havia uma mulher que fez e uma que ainda fariaThere were women who once did and some who still would
Eu ouvi uma pergunta que Connie viriaI heard one ask did Connie come along

Havia malucos e esquisitos e dingbats and dodoesThere were wackoes and weirdoes and dingbats and dodoes
E atletas e estrelas de filmes e David Allan CoeAnd athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe
Havia couro e rendas e cada raça minoritáriaThere was leather and lace and every minority race
Com uma entrada para o backstage do Willie Nelson ShowWith a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson Show

Eu gostaria que você estivesse lá bem, talvez você estavaI wish you could've been there well maybe you were