The Facts of Life: and Other Dirty JokesIf you had to give America a voice, it’s been said more than once, that voice would be Willie Nelson’s. For more than fifty years, he’s taken the stuff of his life-the good and the bad-and made from it a body of work that has become a permanent part of our musical heritage and kept us company through the good and the bad of our own lives. Long before he became famous as a performer, Willie Nelson was known as a songwriter, keeping his young family afloat by writing songs-like “Crazy”-that other people turned into hits. So it’s fitting, and cause for celebration, that he has finally set down in his own words, a book that does justice to his great gifts as a storyteller. In The Facts of Life, Willie Nelson reflects on what has mattered to him in life and what hasn’t. He also tells some great dirty jokes. The result is a book as wise and hilarious as its author. It’s not meant to be taken seriously as an instruction manual for living-but you could do a lot worse. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 4 |
Section 3 | 19 |
Section 4 | 48 |
Section 5 | 73 |
Section 6 | 77 |
Section 7 | 83 |
Section 8 | 95 |
Section 13 | 136 |
Section 14 | 137 |
Section 15 | 142 |
Section 16 | 150 |
Section 17 | 168 |
Section 18 | 184 |
Section 19 | 200 |
Section 20 | 226 |
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