Hands on the Wheel

Written by Bill Callery
From Willie Nelson's 1975 album The Red Handed Stranger

At a time when the world seems to be spinnin'

Hopelessly out of control
There's deceivers and believers and old in-betweeners
That seem to have no place to go
 

Well it's the same old song, it's right and it's wrong
And livin' is just somethin' that I do
And with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes
And I found myself in you
 

I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars
And I've nearly gone up in smoke
Now my hand's on the wheel, of something that's real
And I feel like I'm goin' home

And in the shade of an oak down by the river
Sat an old man and a boy
Settin' sails, spinnin' tales and fishin' for whales
With a lady they both enjoy
 

Well it's the same damn tune, it's the man in the moon
It's the way that I feel about you
And with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes
And I found myself in you
 

And I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars
And I've nearly gone up in smoke
Now my hand's on the wheel, of something that's real
And I feel like I'm goin' home