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Last Man Standing is full of both lively beauty and hard truth, but it also offers grace notes. We live until we dieвЂЉ-вЂЉyou, me, Willie Nelson, everybodyвЂЉ-вЂЉand will go through loving and harsh realities that donвЂ™t hesitate. He does something rather different that digs deeper: He demonstrates that every new season, every new night, offers a way forward with fresh promisesвЂЉ-вЂЉmaybe joyous, maybe hurtfulвЂЉ-вЂЉuntil the end. Willie Nelson doesnвЂ™t preach or chide he doesnвЂ™t even claim the wisdom of his years as an exemplar for us all. Perhaps no other American artist unifies so many disparate listeners across a troubled land in this time. NelsonвЂ™s perseverance is not only extraordinary but heartening. He still performs something like one hundred shows per year, and records and releases an average of two top-rate albums per year. The song is a wry concession to an overshadowing truth that accompanies Willie Nelson and his music every step at this stage of his life: HeвЂ™s an 84-year-old man who is one of AmericaвЂ™s most preternaturally active and creative artists, and he keeps on going. After a momentвЂ™s consideration, he adds: вЂњOn second thought, maybe I do.вЂќ Willie Nelson doesnвЂ™t want to be the last man standing, he declares on the title track of this new album, comprising songs co-written with producer Buddy Cannon.