Hands On The Wheel
By: Bill Callery

Original Performance: Willie Nelson
Written by: Bill Callery

Versions:
  1. Hands On The Wheel
    Credits
    Gabe Witcher: Fiddle
    Beck Hansen: Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
    Mickey Raphael: Harmonica
    Benmont Tench: Piano
 
Lyrics:
Hands On The Wheel [Version (a)]:

At a time when the world seems to be spinnin'
Helplessly out of control
There's deceivers and believers and old in-betweeners
That seem to have no place to go

Well, it's the same old song
It's right and it's wrong
And this livin' is just somethin' that I do
And with no place to hide
I looked in your eyes
And I've found myself in you

Well, I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars
And I've nearly gone up in smoke
Now my hand's on the wheel of something that's real
And I feel like I'm goin' home

In the shade of an oak down by the river
Sat an old man and a boy
Settin' sails, spinnin' tales, and fishin' for whales
With a lady that they both enjoy

Well, it's the same damn tune
It's the man in the moon
It's the way that I feel about you
And with no place to hide
I looked in your eyes
And I've found myself in you

And I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars
And I've nearly gone up in smoke
Now my hand's on the wheel of something that's real
And I feel like I'm goin' home
 
The Song:

"Hands on the Wheel" is a track from Willie Nelson's 1976 album, Red Headed Stranger.

Beck covered it at the first night of the big 90th Birthday Concert for Willie Nelson, with the house band. (On the second night, Beck did a different song.)

 
Live:

Played live once:
April 29, 2023

Beck has just performed this the one time, and you can watch it here: