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Willie Nelson’s Take on the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??”

“Do You Realize??,” from Willie Nelson's newest album "Last Leaf on the Tree' coming November 1.

Willie Nelson /Vevo


Do you realize
That you have the most beautiful face?
Do you realize
We're floating in space?
Do you realize
That happiness makes you cry?
Do you realize
That everyone you know someday will die?

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Do you realize?
Ah-ah-ah

Do you realize
That everyone you know someday will die?

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Do you realize
That you have the most beautiful face?
Do you realize?

Songwriters: Steven Gregory Drozd / Wayne Michael Coyne

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