[Verse 1: Willie Nelson]
It's the time and the place
Every line on your face
It’s the truth and the lie
It's to live and to die

[Refrain: Willie Nelson & Rodney Crowell]
Oh, what a beautiful world

[Verse 2: Willie Nelson]
It's the girl and a boy
And that first taste of joy
And it’s that old photograph
Of two hearts torn in half

[Refrain: Willie Nelson & Rodney Crowell]
Oh, what a beautiful world

[Bridge: Rodney Crowell]
We build our hopes up high
Perchance to someday fly
Across a clear blue sky
To someplace new

[Verse 3: Willie Nelson]
It's the walk in the park
Or a shot in the dark
It's the thief in the night
Or the first ray of light
[Refrain: Willie Nelson & Rodney Crowell]
Oh, what a beautiful world

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge: Rodney Crowell]
We live our legends down
Wake up in lost and found
Become that highway sound
And roll on through

[Verse 4: Willie Nelson]
It's the rise and the fall
Of the clocks all on the wall
And it's the first and the last
Of your days flyin' past

[Outro: Willie Nelson & Rodney Crowell]
Oh, what a beautiful world
Oh, what a beautiful world