List of songs written by Willie Nelson

See also: Willie Nelson albums discography and Willie Nelson singles discography

Nelson in 1974

This list contains songs written by American country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson, including those where he is credited as co-author. The 344 songs are arranged alphabetically.

Contents:

* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

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* A Moment Isn't Very Long
* A Penny For Your Thoughts
* Alice in Hulaland (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* Albania Albania
* Always Now
* American Dream (co-written With Bob Dylan)
* Amnesia
* And So Will You My Love
* Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
* Annie
* Any Old Arms Won't Do (co-written With Hank Cochran)
* Are You Ever Coming Home (co-written With Hank Cochran)
* Are You Sure (co-written With Buddy Emmons)
* Ashamed
* Au Jardin De Mes Reves (Albert Babin, rearranged)

## B

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* Bach Minuet In G (rearranged)
* Back On The Road (co-written With Nathan Mackey)
* Back to Earth
* Baja Oklahoma (co-written With Dan Jenkins)
* Band of Brothers
* Bandera
* Bird (co-written With Robert Braddock, Hal Coleman, Barry Etris, Claude Putman, Jr. And John Bush Shinn III)
* Bird Medley
* Blame It On The Times
* Bloody Mary Morning
* Blue Rock Montana
* Blue Sar (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* Both Ends Of The Candle
* Broken Promise
* Bring it On
* Buddy

## C

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* Changing Skies
* Christmas Blues (co-written With Booker Jones)
* Christmas Prayer
* Cling To The Spark
* Cold Empty Spark
* Color of Sound (co-written with Micah Nelson)
* Come On Back Jesus
* Congratulations
* Country Willie
* Crazy
* Cry Softly Darling
* Crying In The Heart

## D

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* Darkness On The Face Of The Earth
* Darling Are You Ever Coming Home
* December Day
* Denver
* Devil In A Sleeping Bag
* Did I Ever Love You
* Do Your Thing You're A Cowboy
* Don't Say Love Or Nothing
* Don't Touch Me There (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* Down At The Corner Beer Joint
* Dream Come True
* Driving the Herd (co-written with Buddy Cannon)

## E

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* Ehrbares Madchen
* El Niño
* Electric Horseman
* Eleven Dixie Mudcats
* End Of Understanding
* Energy Follows Thought (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* Everybody's Baby
* Everything But You
* Everywhere I go

## F

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* Face of a Fighter
* Family Bible
* Follow Me Around
* Following Me Around
* Forgiving You Was Easy
* Funny
* Funny How Time Slips Away

## G

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* Ghost
* Go Away
* Goin' Home
* Good Hearted Woman (co-written With Waylon Jennings)
* Good Times
* Guitar in the Corner
* Great Divide

## H

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* Half a Man
* Half Black Half Leopard
* Happiness Lives Next Door
* Hard Edge Texas (co-written With Kris Kristofferson)
* He's Not For You
* Healing Hands Of Time
* Heartaches Of A Fool
* Heartland
* Heaven And Hell
* Heebie Jeebie Blues No. 2
* Hej Meddig
* Hello Darling
* Hello Fool
* Hello Wall Number 2
* Hello Walls
* Hero
* Hint Of Song
* Hold Me Tighter
* Home Is Where You're Happy
* Home Motel
* Homecoming In Heaven
* Hot Blooded Woman
* Hot Time In Music City Blues
* How Does It Feel
* How Long Is Forever
* How Much Does it Cost (co-written with Buddy Cannon)

## I

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* I Am The Forest
* I Can Cry Again
* I Can Get Off On You
* I Can Still Reach Yesterday
* I Can't Find The Time
* I Didn't Sleep A Wink
* I Don't Feel Anything
* I Don't Go To Funerals (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* I Don't Know Where I Am Today
* I Don't Know a Thing About Love
* I Don't Understand
* I Feel Sorry For Him
* I Gotta Get Drunk
* I Guard The Canadian Border
* I Guess I've Come To Live Here
* I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
* I Just Don't Understand
* I Just Stopped By
* I Let My Mind Wander
* I Live One Day At A Time
* I Never Cared For You
* I Should Have Kissed Her More
* I Still Can't Believe You're Gone
* I Thought About You
* I Thought I Left You
* I Want A Girl
* I Want To Be Alone
* I Write You Letters
* I'd Already Cheated On You
* I'd Rather You Didn't Love Me
* I'll Stay Around
* I'm A Memory
* I'm Building Heartaches
* I'm Falling In Love Again
* I'm Gonna Lose A Lot Of Teardrops
* I'm Not Trying To Forget You
* I'm So Ashamed
* I'm Still Not Over You
* I'm Waiting forever
* I’ve Got A Wonderful Future
* I’ve Just Destroyed The World
* I’ve Loved You All Over The World
* I’ve Seen All This World I Care to See
* If You Could Only See
* If You Really Loved Me
* In God's Eyes
* In The Car Again
* Is The Better Part Over
* Is There Something On Your Mind
* Island In The Sea
* It Could Be Said That Way
* It Should Be Easier Now
* It's A Dream Come True
* It's Not For Me To Understand
* It's Not Supposed To Be That Way
* It's Only Money (co-written with Buddy Cannon)

## J

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* Jimmy's Road
* Jingle Bells (James Pierpont, rearranged)
* Just As I Am (Charlotte Elliott, William B. Bradbury)
* Just For The Moment

## K

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* Kiss Me When You're Through (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus

## L

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* Laying My Burdens Down
* Laws of Nature
* Lear And A Limo (co-written With Mickey Raphael)
* Leave Alone
* Let Me Be A Man
* Let My Heart Be Broken
* Let's Pretend We’re Strangers
* Little Old Fashioned Karma
* Little Things
* Live Every Day (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* Local Memory
* Loco
* London
* Lonely Little Mansion
* Looking For A Place To Fall (co-written With Merle Haggard And Freddy Powers)
* Love Just Laughed (co-written with Buddy Cannon)

## M

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* Makin's Of A Song (co-written With Max Barnes, Waylon Jennings And Troy Seals)
* Man With the Blues
* Mariachi
* Matador
* Me And Paul
* Mean Old Greyhound Bus
* Message
* Misery Mansion
* More Than One Way To Cry
* Mr. Record Man
* My Heart Was A Dancer (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* My Kind Of Girl
* My Love
* My Love For The Rose
* My Own Peculiar Way

## N

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* New Way To Cry
* Night Life
* No Love Around
* No Place for Me
* No Tomorrow In Sight
* Nobody Said It Was Going To Be Easy
* Nobody Slides My Friend

## O

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* O’er The Waves (Juventino Rosas, rearranged)
* Old Age And Treachery
* On the Road Again
* On The Road Too Long
* Once Along
* Once Upon a Yesterday (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* One Day At A Time
* One In A Row
* One Step Beyond
* Opportunity To Cry
* Our Chain Of Love
* Over You Again

## P

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* Pages
* Part Where I Cry
* The Party's Over
* Permanently Lonely
* Pet Wrangler
* Phases, Stages, Circles, Cycles
* Pick Up The Pieces
* Pick Up The Tempo
* Place To Fall Apart (co-written With Merle Haggard And Freddy Powers)
* Pretend I Never Happened
* Pretty Paper
* Pride Wins Again
* Promises Promises
* Pullamo

## R

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* Rainy Day Blues
* Raysha's Theme
* Remember The Good Times
* Ridge Top
* Right From Wrong
* Road Happy (co-written With Dolly Parton)
* Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die
* Run Jody Run

## S

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* Sad Songs And Waltzes
* Save Your Tears
* Send Me a Picture
* Shall We Gather
* She Always Comes Back To Me
* She Is Gone
* She Might Call
* She's Gone (co-written With Fred Foster)
* She's Not For You
* She's Still Gone (Shirley Nelson)
* Shelter Of My Arms
* Shotgun Willie
* Sister's Coming Home
* Sit On My Lap
* Sitting Here In Limbo (Written by Jimmy Cliff and Guilly Bright)
* Slow Down Old World
* So Much To Do
* So You Think You're A Cowboy
* Solidarity
* Some Other Time
* Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
* Someone Waiting For You
* Something To Think About
* Sometimes She Lies (Harlan Howard, rearranged)
* Somewhere In Texas
* Songwriter
* Sorrow Tearing Me Apart
* Sound In Your Mind
* Spirit I-iii
* Spirit Of E Nine
* Stage Coach Score (co-written With David Alan Coe)
* Still Is Still Moving To Me
* Storm Has Just Begun
* Storm Within My Heart
* Suffer In Silence
* Summer Of Roses

## T

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* Take My Advice (co-written With David Alan Coe)
* Take My Word
* Talk To Me
* Tell It To Jesus
* Ten with a Two
* Texas
* That's What Children Are For
* That's Why I Love Her
* The Wall
* There Are Worse Things Than Be
* There Goes A Man
* There Is No Easy Way
* There shall be showers of blessing (written by Daniel Webster in 1883)
* There's A Way
* There's Gonna Be Love In My Home
* There's No Tomorrow In Sight
* There's Worse Things Than Being Alone
* These Are Difficult Times
* They're All The Same
* Things To Remember
* Three Days
* Time Of The Preacher
* To Make A Long Story Short (She's Gone)
* Today's Gonna Make A Wonderful
* Too Sick To Pray
* Too Young To Settle Down (co-written With Jack Rhodes)
* Touch Me
* Tougher Than Leather
* Truth Will Set You Free
* Turn Out The Lights (co-written By Hank Craig)
* Twice The Man (co-written With Edwin Griens And Maribeth Murray)
* Two Different Roads (Hank Cochran, Jan Crutchfield; rearranged)
* Two Sides To Every Story
* Two Stories Wide

## U

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* Uncloudy Day ( THE UNCLOUDED DAY - Original Lyrics & Music: Josiah K. Alwood, circa 1880)
* Undo The Right (co-written With Hank Cochran)
* Used to Her

## V

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* Valentine
* Vir Ewig Is Ek Joune

## W

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* Waiting Forever For You
* Waiting Time
* Wake Me When It's Over
* Walking
* Wanted On Mother (co-written With Harlan Howard)
* Wasted/Revenge
* We Don't Run
* We Look For Love
* We Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
* What a Way to Live
* What Can You Do To Me Now (co-written With Hank Cochran)
* What Do You Think Of Her Now (co-written With Hank Cochran)
* What Do You Want Me To Do
* What If I'm Out of My Mind (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* What Right Have I
* When I’ve Sung My Last Hillbilly
* When We Live Again
* Where Do You Stand
* Where Dreams Come to Die (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
* Where My House Lives
* Where's The Show
* White Cadillac Convertible Blue
* Who Do I Know In Dallas (co-written With Hank Cochran)
* Who'll Buy My Memories (co-written With Eddie Noack)
* Why Are You Picking On Me
* Why Do I Have To Choose
* Wilie Tuning
* Will You Remember
* Will You Remember Mine
* Within Your Crowd
* Wives and Girlfriends
* Wonderful Future
* Words Don't Fit The Picture
* Write Your Own Song

## Y

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* Yesterday's Wine
* You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore
* You Dream About Me
* You Left Me A Long, Long Time Ago
* You Memory Won't Die
* You Ought To Hear Me Cry
* You Took My Happiness Away
* You'll Always Have Someone (co-written With Hank Cochran)
* Your Country Boy
* You Wouldn't Cross The Street

## References

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* "Willie Nelson Song Catalog". Songwriters Hall of Fame.com. The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 10, 2012.

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Willie Nelson

* Albums
* Singles
* Songs
* Filmography
* Awards

Studio albums|

| 1960s|

* ...And Then I Wrote
* Here's Willie Nelson
* Country Willie: His Own Songs
* Country Favorites – Willie Nelson Style
* Make Way for Willie Nelson
* The Party's Over
* Texas in My Soul
* Good Times
* My Own Peculiar Way

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1970s|

* Both Sides Now
* Laying My Burdens Down
* Willie Nelson and Family
* Yesterday's Wine
* The Words Don't Fit the Picture
* The Willie Way
* Shotgun Willie
* Phases and Stages
* Red Headed Stranger
* The Sound in Your Mind
* The Troublemaker
* To Lefty from Willie
* Waylon & Willie
* Stardust
* One for the Road
* Sings Kristofferson
* Pretty Paper
* The Electric Horseman

1980s|

* San Antonio Rose
* Honeysuckle Rose
* Family Bible
* Somewhere Over the Rainbow
* Always On My Mind
* In the Jailhouse Now
* WWII
* Pancho & Lefty
* Tougher Than Leather
* Take It to the Limit
* Without a Song
* Angel Eyes
* City of New Orleans
* Music from Songwriter
* Me & Paul
* Partners
* The Promiseland
* Island in the Sea
* Seashores of Old Mexico
* What a Wonderful World
* A Horse Called Music

1990s|

* Born for Trouble
* The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?
* Clean Shirt
* Across the Borderline
* Moonlight Becomes You
* Six Hours at Pedernales
* Healing Hands of Time
* Just One Love
* Augusta
* Spirit
* How Great Thou Art
* Teatro
* Night and Day

2000s|

* Tales Out of Luck (Me and the Drummer)
* Milk Cow Blues
* Rainbow Connection
* The Great Divide
* Nacogdoches
* It Always Will Be
* Countryman
* You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
* Songbird
* Last of the Breed
* Moment of Forever
* Willie and the Wheel
* American Classic

2010s|

* Country Music
* Remember Me, Vol. 1
* Heroes
* Let's Face the Music and Dance
* To All the Girls...
* Band of Brothers
* December Day
* Django and Jimmie
* Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
* For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price
* God's Problem Child
* Willie Nelson and the Boys
* Last Man Standing
* My Way
* Ride Me Back Home

2020s|

* First Rose of Spring
* That's Life
* The Willie Nelson Family
* A Beautiful Time
* I Don't Know a Thing About Love
* Bluegrass
* The Border
* Last Leaf on the Tree

Live albums|

* Country Music Concert
* Willie Nelson Live
* Willie and Family Live
* VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
* All of Me – Live in Concert
* Willie Nelson & Friends – Stars & Guitars
* Live and in'
* Live at Billy Bob's Texas
* Outlaws and Angels
* Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia
* Two Men with the Blues
* Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles

Compilations|

* Columbus Stockade Blues
* Country Winners
* The Best of Willie Nelson
* Spotlight on Willie Nelson
* Country Willie
* What Can You Do to Me Now
* The Longhorn Jamboree Presents: Willie Nelson & His Friends
* Willie – Before His Time
* Face of a Fighter
* There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
* Sweet Memories
* Always
* Willie Nelson: His Very Best
* Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
* The Minstrel Man
* The Best of Willie Nelson
* 20 of the Best
* Collector's Series
* Half Nelson
* Love Songs
* Yours Always
* The Hungry Years
* Any Old Arms Won't Do
* Super Hits
* Super Hits, Volume 2
* Revolutions of Time...The Journey 1975/1993
* Willie Standard Time
* 16 Biggest Hits
* Good Ol' Country Singin'
* All the Songs I've Loved Before: 40 Unforgettable Songs
* Crazy: The Demo Sessions
* The Essential Willie Nelson
* Songs
* 16 Biggest Hits, Volume II
* One Hell of a Ride
* Playlist: The Very Best of Willie Nelson
* Legend: The Best of Willie Nelson
* Naked Willie
* Lost Highway

Books|

* Willie: An Autobiography
* The Facts of Life: And Other Dirty Jokes
* Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road
* It's a Long Story: My Life
* Pretty Paper

Related articles|

* Trigger
* The Family
* Farm Aid
* Fourth of July Picnic
* Willie Nelson statue
* BioWillie
* Willie's Reserve
* Willie's Place
* Willie's Roadhouse
* Luck Films
* Pedernales Country Club
* The Highwaymen
* Outlaw country
* Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award
* The Western Express
* Bobbie Nelson
* Shirley Collie Nelson
* National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
* Come and Toke It
* Wanted! The Outlaws

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