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The Things I Might Have Been

Willie Nelson
Track 43 on The Early Years - The Complete Liberty Recordings Plus More [Box Set] 

Producer

Tommy Allsup
Jul. 19621 viewer

The Things I Might Have Been Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I might have been a helpless soul with nothing much in store
I might have been without a goal, just dreams and nothing more
I might have known a life alone, but that's where you came in
Your loving arms have saved me from the things I might have been

[Verse 2]
I might have been the kind who roams, a stranger everywhere
Just one of those poor stay-at-homes with no one's lips to share
But your sweet kiss has changed all this and made my life begin
So keep loving me, don't let me be the things I might have been

[Outro]
The things I might have been
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The Early Years - The Complete Liberty Recordings Plus More [Box Set] (1994)
  1. 1.
    Nite Life
  2. 2.
    Rainy Day Blues
  3. 3.
    Touch Me
  4. 4.
    Wake Me When It’s Over
  5. 5.
    Hello Walls
  6. 6.
    Funny How Time Slips Away
  7. 7.
    Crazy
  8. 8.
    The Part Where I Cry
  9. 9.
    Mr. Record Man
  10. 10.
    Three Days
  11. 11.
    One Step Beyond
  12. 12.
    Undo the Right
  13. 13.
    Darkness on the Face of the Earth
  14. 14.
    Where My House Lives
  15. 15.
    How Long Is Forever
  16. 16.
    Country Willie
  17. 17.
    Go Away
  18. 18.
    Waiting Time
  19. 19.
    You Wouldn’t Cross the Street (To Say Goodbye)
  20. 20.
    There’s Gonna Be Love in My House
  21. 21.
    Take My Word
  22. 22.
    There Goes a Man
  23. 23.
    Columbus Stockade Blues
  24. 24.
    Chain of Love
  25. 25.
    Willingly
  26. 26.
    Columbus Stockade Blues (Version #2)
  27. 27.
    You Dream About Me
  28. 28.
    Is This My Destiny
  29. 29.
    Together
  30. 30.
    Columbus Stockade Blues (Version #3)
  31. 31.
    How Long Is Forever (Version #2)
  32. 32.
    You Took My Happy Away
  33. 33.
    Roly Poly
  34. 34.
    Half a Man
  35. 35.
    Lonely Little Mansion
  36. 36.
    The Last Letter
  37. 37.
    Second Fiddle
  38. 38.
    Take My Word (Version #2)
  39. 39.
    Right or Wrong
  40. 40.
    Feed It a Memory
  41. 41.
    Let Me Talk to You
  42. 42.
    The Way You See Me
  43. 43.
    The Things I Might Have Been
  44. 44.
    Home Motel
  45. 45.
    Opportunity to Cry
  46. 46.
    You Took My Happy Away (Version #2)
  47. 47.
    I Hope So
  48. 48.
    River Boy
  49. 49.
    At the Bottom (Missing Lyrics)
  50. 50.
    This Cold War with You
  51. 51.
    Seasons of My Heart
  52. 52.
    Blue Must Be the Color of the Blues
  53. 53.
    Am I Blue
  54. 54.
    There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight
  55. 55.
    Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go)
  56. 56.
    Tomorrow Night (You’ll Have Another Sweetheart)
  57. 57.
    I’ll Walk Alone
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July 1962
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