Raise a glass for Pete Hegseth. He’s probably already raised a few himself.
Willie Nelson recorded this in 1970, before he became an outlaw, though he does look a lot like Johnny Cash in that cover photo for “Both Sides Now.” It didn’t help; the album failed to chart.
Willie Nelson wrote the song back in 1963, when it was recorded by Joe Carson and made No. 27 on Billboard’s country chart. Carson was a promising singer and songwriter who died in a car wreck the next year at age 27.