By the late 1970's, Fred Foster had run into financial difficulties. Dolly and Willie Nelson ( who'd also once been on Fred's Monument Records label) volunteered to make a record that would save him from bankruptcy. So did Kris Kristofferson and Brenda Lee, who also did duets with Dolly on the resulting album, "The Winning Hand". Willie's duet became the collection's biggest hit, a #7 country smashing a Top 20 hit on the adult contemporary charts.
Everything's Beautiful (in it's own way)
(Dolly)
When I look out over a green field of clover
Or watch the sunset at the end of the day,
I get kind of moody when I see such beauty,
And Everything's Beautiful in it's own way.
(Willie)
When I see a fountain flow from a mountain
Or see April showers bring May flowers,
I can't help but ponder, life is such a wonder,
And Everything's Beautiful in it's own way.
DUET CHORUS
Words can't describe what I feel inside
When I see the beauty in each coming day.
What my eyes behold can't be bought or sold,
And Everything's beautiful in it's own way.
(Dolly)
When I see clouds form a black summer windstorm
That uproots the harvest and hurls it away,
In the midst of such anger, destruction and danger,
The storm's even beautiful in it's own way.
(Willie)
When I see the leaves drop from off of the treetops
Or see the snow fall on a cold winter's day,
My thoughts seem to wander into the blue yonder.
God made all things beautiful in their own way.
REPEAT CHORUS
Dolly Parton & Willie Nelson
From the book, "Dolly Parton Songteller" My Life In Lyrics BY: Dolly Parton with Robert K. Oermann