As the 83-year-old veteran country singer Willie Nelson continues to produce good quality new music with his most recent single, “It Gets Easier”, the country legend offers us a different perspective on death, aging, and the inevitable challenges in life that we’ll face in the future.

Willie Nelson, 89, has over six decades worth of experience in the music business, so he knows a thing or two about country music, as well as about life and the people around him.

In this song, Nelson takes his guitar Trigger by his side and he is buffeted by a traditional honky-tonk arrangement – adding slide guitar, organ, and even an accordion to the mix – bringing to life the song’s touching lyrics that are written by fellow musician Buddy Cannon.

It’s impossible to hear a Willie Nelson performance without recognizing it as one in which he performs, thanks to his charm and eccentric vocal delivery; it’s impossible to hear a Willie Nelson performance without recognizing it as such, thanks to his charmingly eccentric vocal delivery.

With the advancing years that come along with aging, Nelson conveys a sense of freedom as well as the inevitable challenges that come our way, “I don’t have to do/ One damn thing I don’t want to do/ Except for missing you/ And that won’t go away…”

Willie Nelson – It Gets Easier 

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