Short Haired Willie

from Meridian by Miles Gannett

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Written by Miles Gannett

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Short haired Willie got no place to go; he just
stay in bed, scratch his head, tell the walls hello.
Oh, Willie, you’re strummin’ to a different tune.
Just roll another, brother, and I hope it make you feel better soon.

Short haired Willie tryna figure what’s the dilly, float
on a whiskey river, an’ he smoke himself silly.
Oh, Willie, you’re strummin’ to a different tune.
Just roll another, brother, and I hope it make you feel better soon.

He’s a red headed stranger, gonna be a big star soon.
But now he’s stuck in Nashville, tryna pen a popular tune.

Short haired Willie think he’s washed and dried,
so he lie down in the street, and he try to catch a ride.
Oh, Willie, you’re strummin’ to a different tune.
Just roll another, brother, and I hope it make you feel better soon.

Short haired Willie went back down to the ranch,
sitting round in his underwear. Willie, where’s your pants?
Oh, Willie, you’re strummin’ to a different tune.
Just roll another, brother, and I hope it make you feel better soon!

He’s a red headed stranger; won’t be a stranger long.
But now he’s stuck in Nashville, tryna write a hit song.

Short haired Willie!
Short haired Willie!
Short haired Willie!
Short—Wooo!
Willie, you’re strummin’ to a different tune.
Just roll another, brother, and I hope it make you feel better soon.
Just roll another, brother, and I hope it make you feel better soon.

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from Meridian, released April 16, 2021
Miles Gannett – guitar and vocals
Sean P. Finn – fiddle
Eric Selby – drums
Joe Martone – upright bass
Dave Hadley – pedal steel
Doc Pine – banjo and vocals
Ahren Buchheister – mandolin

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Miles Gannett Baltimore, Maryland

Miles Gannett doesn’t sit still creatively. The Louisiana native, who now calls Maryland home, hears the seamless character of all music, blending and balancing strains of bluegrass with psychedelic folk textures, classic country phrasing with the propulsive notes of acid rock, and earthy blues with spectral ambience. ... more

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