Lyrics The Songwriters - Willie Nelson

We get to break out of prison
Make love to our best friend's 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 heroes, 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 'cause we get to hang out
In the back of some big stars' tour bus
We're old boots and t-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 heroes, 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 mamas 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 writing songs"
We're heroes, 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