Texas Monthly.

Hey there, I'm John Spong with Texas Monthly magazine, and this is One by Willie,

a podcast in which I talk each week to one notable Willie Nelson fan about one Willie song that they really love.

This week, we visit with one of Willie's go-to duet partners, Nora Jones, a nine-time Grammy-winning

singer-songwriter and jazz vocalist par excellence, about another of his old pamper demos,

permanently lonely. It's a song she calls both poetic and

harsh, and in a first for the show, she actually plays a little piano to illustrate what's so

interesting to her about the way Willie put it together. Referring to the song is a beautiful

puzzle. She'll also recall the way she leaned on Willie's music when she first left Texas

for New York City,

the first time she ever got to sing with Willie, and the wonderfully weird way she came to appear on our show. And a hint as to that last thought, like all Willie's stories, it's about

family. So let's do it.

It's hard.

Don't be concerned. What's time? What's so cool about the Willie song Permanently Lonely?

Oh, hey.

I pick this song because it's just one of my favorites.

I mean, it's a devastating song in so many ways, I feel like.

And also, so clever.

It's got his sense of humor in it.

And it's just musically one of the most interesting chord progression.

So it's got all those things, you know.

That's every bass with a runner on it.

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