Merle Haggard LYRICS

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Merle Haggard - Big City - lyrics

I'm tired of this dirty old city.
Entirely too much work and never enough play.
And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks.
Think I'll walk off my steady job today.
Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montanna.
And gimme all I got comin' to me,
And keep your retirement and your so called social security.
Big City turn me loose and set me free.
Been working everyday since I was twenty.
Haven't got a thing to show for anything I've done.
There's folks who never work and they've got plenty.
Think it's time some guys like me had some fun.
Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montanna.
And gimme all I got comin' to me,
And keep your retirement and your so called social security.
Big City turn me loose and set me free

Merle Haggard - All Of Me Belongs To You - lyrics

All of me belongs to you all the time
You're the only one that's ever on my mind
There's no way that I would ever be untrue
There's not one single part of me
That don't miss you through and through
Cause all of me belongs to you
Eyes are worthless cause you're not here to see
Lips're so forgotten since you forgotten me
My arms ached from reaching out to you the way they do
There's not one single part of me
That don't miss you through and through
All of me belongs to you
Fingers claw the darkness in my dreams
Searching for a love I lost but can't redeem
I'm yours and I can't give my heart to someone new
There's not one single part of me
My heart don't inclue cause all of me belongs to you
Fingers claw the darkness in my dreams
Searching for a love I lost but can't redeem
I'm yours and I can't give my heart to someone new
There's not one single part of me
My heart don't inclue cause all of me belongs to you
All of me belongs to you

Merle Haggard - A Place To Fall Apart - lyrics

I'll Prob'ly Never See You Eye To Eye A-gain
This Letter's Meant To Be My Last Fare-well
But You Need To Under-stand I'm Nearly Crazy
You Need To Know My Life Has Gone To Hell
Write Me Back And Tell Me Why It Ended
Send A Letter That I Can Show My Heart
I'll Be Somewhere Between I Love You And What You're Feeling Now
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part
Looking For A Place To Fall A-part
Trying To Find A Place That I Can Leave My Heart
I Need To Be Somewhere Hidin' When I Feel The Teardrops Start
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part
I Can't Seem To Justify Your Leavin' Me
I'm Be-wildered As To How It All Came Down
I Thought Everything Was Fine Until Your Phone Call
The Call That Turned My World A-round
Send Me Word And Tell Me Why It Ended
I Need Some Final Proof To Show My Heart
I'll Be Somewhere Between I Love You And What You're Feelin' Now
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part

Merle Haggard - 5:01 Blues - lyrics

I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
I'll punch out and put in
Another long night again, missin' you
I got these 5:01 blues
I used to watch that old clock on the wall
Wishin' I could make time fly
But ever since you walked out on me
Quittin' time just make me wanna cry
I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
I'll punch out and put in
Another long night again, lovin' you
I've got these 5:01 blues
I could go out and find somebody new
I'd only spoil her fun
My mind still says that it's time to love you
When the clock says the workday is done
I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
I'll punch out and put in
Another long night again, missin' you
I've got these 5:01 blues
I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
And I'll punch out and put in
Another long night again, missin' you
I've got these 5:01 blues
(spoken)
Oh man, I got no place to go
No one to go to (fade

Merle Haggard - Am I Standing In Your Way - lyrics

If he ever gets to you I know he'll ignite the flame
And it hurts to know how close he really came
Last night you both kept dancing when the music ceased to play
Is it all over do you still love me or am I standing in your way
Tell me the way feel I've got to know
Should I stay and keep trying or should I go
Last night he almost made it he's still on your mind today
Is it all over do you still love me or am I standing in your way
[ guitar - horns - steel ]
Tell me the way feel I've got to know
Should I stay and keep trying or should I go
Last night he almost did it he's still on your mind today
Is it all over do you still love me or am I standing in your way

Merle Haggard - Are The Good Times Really Over - lyrics

I wish a buck was still silver and it was back when the country was strong.
Back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along.
Before the Beatles and yesterday when a man could still work and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now and are the good times really over for good ?
Are we rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell?
I wish a Ford or a Chevy would still last ten years like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now and are the good times really over for good?
I wish Coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be.
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.
Before Microwave ovens when a girl could still cook, and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now and are the good times really over for good ?
Are we rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell?
I wish a Ford or a Chevy would still last ten years like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now and are the good times really over for good?
Stop rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell.
Standup for the flag, and let's all ring the liberty bell.
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy that'll still last ten years like they should...
The best of the free life is still yet to come and the good times ain't really

Merle Haggard - Billy Overcame His Size - lyrics

BILLY NEVER MADE THE FOOTBALL TEAM
CAUSE BILLY'S SIZE WAS SMALL
BUT BILLY'S BROTHER WAS A MIGHTY LAD
AND PLAYED A LOT OF HIGHSCHOOL BALL
AND BILLY'S DADDY NEVER FAVORED HIM
HE CATERED TO THE BIGGER GUYS
BUT LATER ON IN A BIGGER WAY
BILLY OVERCAME HIS SIZE
THE YEARS FLEW BY AND BILLY GREW
BUT HE NEVER GOT VERY BIG
WE CALLED HIM SHORTY BUT HE NEVER GOT MAD
HE WAS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A DIG
AND WE PAID NO MIND WHEN HE FELL IN LINE
AND LEFT WITH THE OTHER GUYS
AND THE SARGENT LAUGHED AT HIS SKINNY FRAME
BUT BILLY OVERCAME HIS SIZE
BILLY OVERCAME HIS SIZE
YEAH BILLY OVERCAME HIS SIZE
LATER ON IN A BIGGER WAY
BILL OVERCAME HIS SIZE
BILLY'S BROTHER MADE A FOOTBALL STAR
AND THE BIGGEST MAN IN TOWN
AND THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT KEPT HIM HOME
NEVER SEEMED TO BRING HIM DOWN
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND HIS BROTHER BILL
PUT PRIDE IN HIS DADDY'S EYES
WHEN HE DIED TO SAVE THOSE OTHER MEN
BILLY OVERCAME HIS SIZE
BILLY OVERCAME HIS SIZE
BILLY OVERCAME HIS SIZE
WHEN HE DIED TO SAVE THOSE OTHER MEN
BILLY OVERCAME HIS SIZE

Merle Haggard - Always Wanting You - lyrics

Always wanting you, but never having you,
Makes it hard to face tomorrow 'cause I
Know I'll be wanting you again.
Always loving you, but never touching you,
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand.
I'd been better off if I'd turned away and never
Looked at you the second time.
'Cause I really had my life all together till your eyes meet mine.
And there I say a yearning and a feeling 'cross
The room that you felt for me.
Wish I'd had a way of knowing that the things we had in
Mind could never be.
Always wanting you, but never having you,
Makes it hard to face tomorrow 'cause I
Know I'll be wanting you again.
Always loving you, but never touching you,
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand.

Merle Haggard - (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers - lyrics

Oh, the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well, it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone
From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I'm all through ever trusting anyone
the only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believing in you, now you are gone
It amazes me, not knowing any better
than to think I had a love who would be true
Why, I should be taken out, tarred and feathered
to have let myself be taken in by you

Merle Haggard - Back To The Barrooms Again - lyrics

Now it's back to the barrooms right back to drinking again
Maybe someday you'll love me enough to stay with me
And whisky won't be my best friend
Now it's back to the barrooms again
The bartender knows me he knows how you do me
And he knows why I'm back here again
He should be given a prize for his patience
Cause bartenders do understand
So it's back to the barrooms again
With the loud music roaring the bartender pouring
And my shaky legs trying to stand
It's over and over I've tried to stay sober
But look what a failure I've been
Cause now it's back to the barrooms again
Yes now it's back to the barrooms right back to drinking again
Maybe someday you'll love me enough to stay with me
And whisky won't be my best friend
Now it's back to the barrooms again
Oh yes it's back to the barrooms again
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