Willie was a sailor

he sailed on the sea

and Willie said 

a sailor's life is the life for me

but they sent him into battle

for him to lay down his life

and Willie said 

a sailor's life is not for me

so Willie joined the air force

he learnt how to fly

and Willie said 

he was flying in the sky

but they sent him into battle

for him to lay down his life

and Willie said

the air force is no life for me

now Willie got to thinking

people were plotting for his life

so he bought himself a watch tower

and locked himself inside

but the tower looked over a battlefield 

where men lay down their lives

and Willy

he just had to laugh

but then he cried

gentle willie, meandering loss (leslie low)

every time this song plays (which is often these days, the same songs on loop)
some voice in my heart sings along with the lyrics
some will see Willie as just wanting to live his life to the fullest, peacefully, not forcing himself to do what he does now like,
but others will see Willie as a coward, not challenging himself, running away every single time responsibility is handed to him
either way, my heart goes out to him
cries with him as he opens his watch tower windows to a sea of dead bodies
as the base of his home