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  • How in  the flying sam hell does he get that 6 string contraption that's strapped around his neck to sound so freaking "angelic" ?? Its gotta be the cannabis and his legendary- ness

  • angel flying to close to the ground. sounds like ""moma""

  • Sinus rhyme's with Linus :) QC

  • RIP Scratch Ga. 9/4/67-11/02/11

    GBNF SYLO~SYLBP

  • my son committed suicide on the1/1/2010 this song I play in memory of him forever loved never to be forgotten he would have been 21 this year,

  • Willy says: Love is the greatest healer...There should be an angel for each of us, but fly on, fly on...my angel left me

  • I always think of my first grandbaby, Amanda, when I here this song, and I want to

    dedicate it to her, she put up a good fight to live but passed away at the tender age of 3 months due to complications from a premature birth.

  • How does one pick a "favorite" Willie Nelson song? I have to say that this one caught my attention in a big way several years ago!

  • when a song becomes a prayer for those that cannot hear...or choose not to, in their busy workaday lives:~"ah'd rather c u up than c u down

  • when a song becomes a prayer for those that cannot hear...or choose not to, in their busy workaday lives:~

  • when a song becomes a prayer for those that cannot hear

  • check this out with shelby lynn at willie's birthday bash

  • Awesome, as Willie always is! I wonder how much they'll get for Willie's old Martin when he leaves us. Anybody guess it'll fetch a quarter mill?

  • Even though our dialects are very different as with any other language, the Scottish knew a pretty song when they heard it. Willie, I don't think I will ever get over saving my money to get to Columbia, SC from Augusta, GA 70 -plus whole miles. Emmy was supposed to be there too. The three of us could not believe it, we kept driivng around the marquee hoping it would say, just kidding, concert not cancelled. Thank you for sending us our money back and all, but dang, we were so heartsick.

  • The story of my lovelife...I always end up hurt and alone.

  • <3 You forever, Willie.  DrNatalie's offer still stands.

  • Willie, you are a legend.

  • It's amazing to me how Willie has performed this song thousands of times and still puts All his heart into it........

  • I can't get enough of willie

  • I'm not at all what someone would confuse for a fan of country music...But Willie Nelson transcends genre. A true artist.

  • @doug1119 You are right! He is soooo musical in his timing and phrasing, and his guitar is superb. I could listen to Willie all day, he is right up there with the great tenors of opera! He takes you to his special place.......

  • 3 people are flopping around with broken wings.

  • wow, this is beautiful... willie is simply amazing.

  • I heard Willie sing this song way back in the early 80's in Austin, Texas at the Austin Opry House. It was just him, his guitar and a bar stool on stage. Hearing his voice, hearing the sounds from that ole guitar....closing my eyes -- and listening.....was just spellbinding! That night -- that song -- became my favorite Willie song....... "from an angel who was flying too close to the ground......."

  • my grandma was my favorite person in my family and we played this at her funeral and this songs hits me hard everytime

  • Damn I miss my girl friend . Anna , We helped each through so much . But guess the lord needed you more . I will always love you and miss you

  • my paps favorite song .... he passed 21 years ago

  • Willy Nelson for President 2012

  • God bless Theresa "Tessa' Sweeden of Hockley, Texas.

    14 JUL 1992 - 23 APR 2011

  • For Shelby Woo Shiloh...i miss you more and more each day...you were my "angel

    flying too close to the ground" xxx

  • Remembering my once homeless feline friend Fong, who passed on to the big catnip patch in the sky last night... Thanks Willie.

    Peace

    Gill

  • favorite willie nelson song.

  • my second Cousin Tommy used to sing this song he passed away two years ago and everytime i hear this song i think of him

  • I love you Dad, I think of you everyday!

  • Mom, I miss you so much and I think of you every time I hear Willie Nelson. I'll always love you.

  • For my last and the one that only matter'd. Fly on

  • willie nelson, much love from Wisconsin

  • he is the man

  • For my son Kevin Stuart Mauchin......SIDS took you away from me....

  • My Mothers favorite song.Sure do miss you MOM,but we will spread our wings together for one more ride.I LOVE YOU MOM!!! R.I.P.

  • My boyfriend Bill Rapp said this was our song...but he didn't tell me he was dying and soon he was gone, at age 50 from a heart problem. We had 5 months, one week and ten hours together, and that was better than nothing. But at the funeral, his friends and relatives and co-workers all told me that he had told them he was going to ask me to marry him in the next month. He hadn't had the money for a ring because the print shop kept laying him off. He stood 6'7" and his heart was even bigger.

  • @RosemaryCAnderson bless your heart. i'm so sorry for your loss.

  • @RosemaryCAnderson Thats heartbreaking !My heart goes out to you!As my mama would have said "It's better to have loved and lost,Than to never have loved at all!"Doesn't ease the pain though!Hang in there babygirl!He's with you!and I too have had my love ripped away from me! Sincerely Rhonda

  • @RosemaryCAnderson God bless you.

  • @RosemaryCAnderson

    i have found in my life that everthing happens for a reason. There is no death, only a life transition. the love you shared is there forever.

  • @RosemaryCAnderson That is such a touching story Rosemary, and brought a tear to my eye, darlin. But yer right .. at least ya had that time . .which will last forever .. and only his sick, tired body is gone .. his spirit . .and the memories . .will be always at yer side. I always liked and admired Willie . .he was one of my idols when I was singing years ago .. and today this song also has special memories for me .. :-)

  • @RosemaryCAnderson I'm so very sorry for your loss, but so appreciate your havin shared your beautifulstory with us. God bless. Peace. :)

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  • This song was played at my grandmother's funeral. To me, it will always be her song and every time I hear it, I think of her and miss her so.

  • A.F.F.A. <3

  • I miss you so bad I can hardly breathe. I miss you my angel.

  • This song goes to my Southern Sweetie, "Mortisha", who will always be in my lil lonesome heart. May your rides on your "trike", always be un-eventful and may be the wind be at your back while riding. Remember, there is no life, like LOW life.! Love ya girl, Trash

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  • Willie is a country master . Trigger , his guitar is his main guitar he has . Its been his main guitar for some 40 years . its a 1969 Martin Classical . I love that guitar . He is a great guitar player . Thats why Eric Clapton has him perform on his Cross Roads tour.

  • WILLIE IS THE BEST!

  • great love song...one of the greatest. also applies to our (USA) military and those who take care. God bless!

  • @FloridaFFEMT; if you took all the problems away, there would be no songs

  • two idiots i guess

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  • 81 forever

  • Martin offered to replace his guitar gratis > He passed.

  • willies gutair rules.

  • i love it even though it's sad. i guess most of us have had the experience of an angel flying too close to the ground. now they are fond but sad memories.

  • @54jreid remember not long ago he was caught with a bag of pot. the feds tried to make a big thing out of it. he said, " i'm sure glad it wasn't spinache, i'd be dead by now ". he made his point.

  • Willie is one of the very very best. Love his music, love how he looks, so real, so earthy. Wonderful.

  • AWESOME

  • dang he rich get a nicer guitar to play on lol

  • @hto1971 if it aint broke dont fix it

  • one of the best songs ever!

  • There is nothing that i know in the world that is as cool as "Good old sweet Willie." his you may find hard to believe yet this guy does not really know how great he is! forget even the songwriting and the singing and watch the man play his guitar.There is not another guitarist on Earth that can do that.Marvel mystery oil..honestly so.

  • He is awesome!

  • no one compares to willie,,,,,hes the greatest

  • Angel flyin too close to the ground and Blue eyes cryin in t he rain are my two favorite songs. Thank you for posting,

  • willie picking can he play or what no one but willie play like that no one

  • I still have the record to this movie.

  • he is amazing. if only we could put a teeny bit of his essence in everyone the world would be a better place--a willie nelson vaccine!

  • @Lavxtee that is a terrific comment..i love it ...you are so right !!!

  • hthis song was made for the HELLS ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB A.F.FA

  • @MrShroom1  YOUR RIGHT,, A.F.F.A, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HAMC

  • Song goes out to my biker babe, Nancy, who loves her "Trike", who does everythingrity runs.for "charity run's', etc. May the rest of the biker world learn from her for charity runs. Thanks,,, G.

  • Another Wille Fav!

  • chills man!!! what a love song for everyone that loves music....

  • Great tune by a great musician....

    my band had a set a while back, and one of the members did this tune solo in memory of a friend who had been killed that morning in a hit-and-run..... very heart wrenching.

  • What else can be said about this song? wakes, weddings, and everything in between. It's a beautiful song.

  • this was played at my friend seans funeral yesterday its heart wrenching

  • @MrMartinkirby I'm so sorry for your loss honey.

  • willie puts all his heart and soul into his singing

    i love you willie

  • Someone very close to me committed suicide and this song has helped me greatly in the grieving process. Thank you Willie!

  • Beautiful ballad from a LEGEND...

  • Dad you served our country so well in the USAF 527TH figther bomber squardon

    Every time i hear this gorgeous song it i think of you...you were an angel flying to close to the ground....Leave me if you need too i will ALWAYS remember an angel flying to close to the ground

  • beautiful man/beautiful song

  • I too love Willie ... his music has feeling and passion.

  • My Mom loved this song. She passed away a coupe weeks ago...I am glad I can listen to this song and think of her.

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  • I think this song was written in Memory of his son who passed away many years ago. Willie is the best. Such a down to earth good ol boy from Texas. Love you Willie

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  • I am so sorry. I know how you feel. My cat is my best friend too. She is getting old and I dread the day she leaves me. I send you my deepest sympathy.

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  • If their was a love song ever written as beautiful as this. Let me know. Because i thought i heard them all until i heard this one.

  • blue eyes crying in the rain

  • God bless ya Willie. Thanks for the great tunes and poetry. When your time has come... know that you were a positive influence on many.

  • great song,fortunate to see willie in glasgow last year

  • great song,had good fortune to see willie in glasgow

  • Been said before, Willie is one of all time great songwriters in any era and genre. I agree! Fantastic*********************­*****

  • Fantastic I love Willie nelson

  • love willie....often see him driving around in austin tx...

  • this song makes me think of my brother.....RIP Bro.....you are not forgotten.

  • This song always leaves me with a catch in my throat...

  • Peace

  • Bring on the ballet dancers. He has Prokofiev influence. The best combined.

  • This is a great song !

  • Man, how many memories flood the mind and vanish with every note and pluck of the strings. silence and then another thought, oh how I wish I could hold every cord at once. Thank you Willie.

  • wish i could see him in real life before he passes

  • i love willie's story teller voice perfect song i love every different way he sings it and the way he bends them strings song gives me chills everytime i hear it

  • Haven't you felt all this at leat ones in your life|?This is what the llife is worth for !

  • Willie, I wish I could take all life's problems away and leave you to sing your blessings across this world of ours! Bless you my friend!

    Peace

  • @FloridaFFEMT if you took all the problems away there would be no songs

  • Great song..

  • This song goes right to your heart

  • An angel is watching over me and this song make me cry.

    Thanks Willie and may your son rest in peace.

  • Donna. I miss you so much. I will get justice for you. Promise

  • RIP Linda..... Now you are free to fly all over. <3

  • I agree with mamashipley . to me,... It reminds me of an angel. When ever I hear the song I think of her and I trust she's in a good place now. She also died by her own hand. Anita April 5 1995 still in my heart.

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  • I'd like to think he wrote this for his friend Emmylou Harris. Not right i know , but i think of her whenever this song is sung .

    Beautiful.

  • saw willie in Maui...luv him and this song...love is the greatest healer...surfer girl was here!

  • you're hot and awesome

  • teach a young man how to surf!

  • You can tell the sadness in his face and eyes. Just the year before this video Willie's som Billy commited suicide on Christmas 1991. Seem the wound is still fresh. It will be a year this month that my best friend Melissa killed her self and this song makes me think of her. Just to see her face, hear her voice, just to touch her on more time. I'd give anything just to get into an argument with her again. But I'll see her again someday.

  • It took losing my dad and brother to figure out ghost are not things that go bump in the night. But the memories of lost love one and friends that haunt us.

  • Just beautiful.

  • I'm not much of a country guy, but I LOVE this. <3

    Thanks for the upload.

  • One of his best....

  • Awesome !!! 5 stars

  • I love every thing Wilie does, but this is my all time favorite.

  • mine too

  • this song makes me sad, amazing performance

  • This is such a beautiful, beautiful song..... sigh....

    Sunshine :)

  • Very talented. Great songwriter, and above all, very generous and charitable.

  • good stuff

  • A mighty fine song, & this performance is awesome! Thank you for sharing!

    *****

  • An ultimate love song.

  • His guitars should be buried with him. Just doesnt seem right any other way!

  • I was just wondering what would ever happen to that guitar willie plays when something happens to him. It should be placed in some museum. It should be pricless

  • this song always makes me remember  a time of misspent youth and several of thepeople that were in my life then

  • ooooh misspent youth, is there any other kind?????

  • This song gives you chill bumps.

  • RIP Bea. Rob is proud

  • wow what a beautiful song and amazing voice. thankyou my friend floyd for sharing with me. too many stars to send for this wonderful performance.

    love kelly

  • Willie is the consumate artist; he writes like no on one else; he plays the guitar like no one else; he sings lie no one else; and this song is ACE; oh, only if I could crawl into Willie's head and steal a smidgen of his talent; bet it would be beautiful in there; I 'd want to live there forever.

  • Isn't Willie amazing? a master song writer.

    Thank you for posting one of his most perfect songs.

    All the best,

    Debby

  • WHAT A VOICE LOVE HIM X

  • Beautiful song....thanks for posting it so we could enjoy it!

  • what the hell are you talking about? willie hasn't been sober since 1950 :D

  • Willie Nelson,What Can I Say He's An Awesome Guitar Player,Songwriter ,Singer.He's Wrote Thousands Of Songs Crazy,Night Life,Etc.. Outlaw All The Way He And Waylon Made Nashville Set Up And Listen!

  • Is it possible to listen to this song without tears coming -- or at least stinging one's eyes? This beautiful song is a classic fav for me... but it always moves me that way.

  • Amen to that!

  • double amen

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  • VIVA WILLIE!!

  • donna lynn miley died 5-15 77 killed by drunk driver.angel flying too close too the ground i miss you every day

  • The man is an example of greatness. All the parts that make the sum-total of Will Nelson = more than 100%. This song is a masterpiece. He delivers it better than anyone can. His guitar playing is hypnotic. Fantastic!

  • The stories that old six string could tell...

    XO Willie.

  • Willie + Guitar + Angel = Heaven !

  • I love this......5/5 T.....

  • willie is the man righton ^5

  • He has the best sounding guitar ever lol

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  • This was played at my 14yr old daughters funeral. She was murdered with six of her friends by an off duty police officer in Wisconsin in 2007. The song ran out beautiful as that wonderful little girl lay in her casket. She was an angel flying too close to the ground. Love ya Willie!