Willie Nelson - The Songwriters lyrics

We get to break out of prison Make love to our best friends wife Have a beer for breakfast in Boston Drink rum in Jamaica that night We get to tell all our secrets In a code no one understands We get to shoot all the bad guys But never get blood on our hands We're hero's, we're schemers, We're drunks and we're dreamers We're lovers and sometimes we're fighters We're students we're teachers We're the devil we're preachers We're true love but mostly one nighters We're the songwriters Half the world thinks we're crazy The other half wants to be us And the're jealous because we get to hang out In the back of some big stars tour bus We're old boots and tee shirts and blue jeans We're cables and strings and E Chords We only dress up in November When they hand out some writers awards We're hero's, we're schemers, We're drunks and we're dreamers We're lovers and sometimes we're fighters We're the truths we're the lies We're stupid we're wise We're true love but mostly one nighters We're the songwriters We ride bridges we cross em and burn em Teach lessons but don't bother to learn em Our mama's don't know what we're doing Why we stay out all night long I told mine I was a drug dealer She said thank god you ain't writin songs We're heros, we're schemers, We're drunks and we're dreamers We're lovers and sometimes we're fighters We're the truths we're the lies We're stupid we're wise We're true love but mostly one nighters We're the songwriters We're the songwriters