All Of Me Belongs To You ( Merle Haggard )

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 …

Always Wanting You ( Merle Haggard )

Always wanting you but never having you Makes it hard to face tomorrow Cause I know I'll wake up 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 …

Am I Standing In Your Way ( Merle Haggard )

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 …

Back To The Barrooms Again ( Merle Haggard )

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 But now it's back to the barrooms again The bartender knows me he knows how you do …

Big City ( Merle Haggard )

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 Montana Gimme all …

Branded Man ( Merle Haggard )

I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am But they won't let my secret go untold I paid the debt I owed them but they're still not satisfied Now I'm a branded man out in the cold When they …

California Cottonfields ( Merle Haggard )

My drifting memory goes back to the spring of '43 When I was just a child in momma's arms My daddy plowed the ground and promised someday we would leave This run-down mortgaged Oklahoma farm Then one night I heard my daddy saying to my …

Farmer's Daughter ( Merle Haggard )

Tonight there'll be candlelight and roses In this little country chapel that's almost falling down There'll be tears in this old farmer's eyes this evening When I give my one possession to that city boy from town His hair is a little longer than we're …

From Graceland To The Promised Land ( Merle Haggard )

From the Sun years of the Fifties and the birth of rock and roll Millions screamed to see him do his thing Elvis touched the life of every ear that heard him And they couldn't help but listen when he sang It's a long way …

Going Where The Lonely Go ( Merle Haggard )

Rollin with the flow Going where the lonely go Anywhere the lights are low Going where the lonely go Making up things to do Not running in all directions Trying to find you I'm rolling with the flow Going where the lonely go I've got …

High On A Hilltop ( Merle Haggard )

High on a hilltop over looking the city I can see the bright lights as they gleam And somewhere you're dancing in some dingy barroom And the lure of the gayness takes the place of our dream High on a hilltop my heart cries oh …

Honky Tonk Night Time Man ( Merle Haggard )

I'm a honky tonk night time man I can't stand no light I'm a honky tonk night time man I can't stand no light I get my rest in the daytime I make my running round at night I had the blues this morning I …

House Of Memories ( Merle Haggard )

My house of memories is all I own I live in misery now that you're gone A constant reminder of what used to be Is torturing me in my house of memories My house is a prison where memories surround me There's no place to …

Hungry Eyes ( Merle Haggard )

A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labor camp Stand out in this memory I revived Cause my daddy raised a family there with two hard working hands And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes He dreamed of something better and my mama's faith …

I Came So Close To Living Alone ( Merle Haggard )

I came close so close to failure I came close to living alone I know the kids still love me and their mommy But I came so close to losing my home I felt small enough to drown in each teardrop But big enough to …

If I Could Only Fly ( Merle Haggard )

Almost felt you touching me just now I wish I knew which way to turn and go I feel so good and then I feel so bad I wonder what I ought to do If I could only fly if I could only fly I´d …

If We Make It Through December ( Merle Haggard )

If We Make It Through December every thing's gonna be alright I know It's the coldest time of winter and I shiver when I see the falling snow If We Make It Through December Got plans to be a warmer town come summer time Maybe …

If You See My Baby ( Merle Haggard )

If you see my baby while making your rounds In some crowded nightspot or cafe in town Tell her I miss her and I'm still around If you see my baby in this lonesome old town Tell her to call me when she's all alone …

I Knew The Moment I Lost You ( Bob Wills, Merle Haggard )

A man may have his trials and tribulations And at times he feels so low and so blue But from now on I will be entirely different And I knew the moment I lost you Well to all my worries and my disappointments There is …

In My Next Life ( Merle Haggard )

The blood red sun beat down and baked the red clay ground Dust kicked up around his John Deere wheels No trace of rain in sight again he'll lose the fight And have to watch his crops die in the fields They stood there both …

I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am ( Merle Haggard )

Things I learned in hobo jungle Were things they never taught me in a class room Like where to find a hand out While bumming through Chicago in the afternoon Hey I'm not bragging or complaining I'm just talking to myself man to man This …

I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me ( Merle Haggard )

There's not much a man can do inside a prison Just take his memory trips and fight the pain And a word from home can mean so much to a prisoner It's been years now since that last letter came Not a day goes by …

Long Black Limousine ( Merle Haggard )

There's a long line of mourners headed down our street Their fancy cars are such a sight to see They're all of your new friends who knew you in the city And now they've finally brought you back to me The paper told of how …

Mama Tried ( Merle Haggard )

The first thing I remember knowing was a lonesome whistle blowing And a youngun's dream of growing up to ride On a freight train leaving town not knowing where I'm bound And no one could change my mind but Momma Tried One and only Rebel …

No More You And Me ( Merle Haggard )

Today something told me not to call you But with trembling hands I dialed the telephone And as it rang the seventh time I knew I'd lost what once was mine There'll be no more you and me from now on There'll be no more …

No Reason To Quit ( Merle Haggard )

There's a circle of people Where I'm no longer welcome I'm ashamed to say that I no longer fit I could sober up tomorrow and face my friends again But I've got No Reason To Quit No I've got no reason for living right And …

Okie From Muskogee ( Merle Haggard )

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee We don't take our trips on LSD We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street We like living right, and being free We don't make a party out of lovin' We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo …

Old Man From The Mountain ( Merle Haggard )

The old man from the mountain's coming home home home Thought I'd better warn you So I called you on the phone Get rid of Joe the grinder you better be there alone Cause the old man from the mountain's coming home I've been a-working …

Reasons to Quit ( Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson )

Reasons to quit the smoke and beer don't do me like before And I'm hardly ever sober and my old friends Don't come round much anymore Reasons to quit the low is always lower than the high And the reasons for quitting don't outnumber all …

Shopping For Dresses ( Merle Haggard )

Down through the ages men have died for their women And they've done so so many times But each time I loved one I always lost one And I guess the right one is so hard to find So I'm shopping for dresses with no …

Silver Wings ( Merle Haggard )

Silver wings shining in the sunlight Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight They're taking you away and leaving me lonely Silver wings slowly fading out of sight Don't leave me I cry Don't take that airplane ride But you locked me out of your mind …

Sing Me Back Home ( Merle Haggard )

The warden led a prisoner Down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest I heard him tell the warden Just before he reached my cell Let my guitar playing friend do my request Let him sing me …

Someone Told My Story ( Merle Haggard )

I played the brand new record on the jukebox And I scarcely could believe the song I've heard It told of how you left me for another It was almost like I'd written every word Someone told my story in a song The words told …

Sometimes I Dream ( Merle Haggard )

There's no magic way for me to get over you There's not much left to say and not a thing left to do Seldom I laugh and seldom I ever cry But there's times I drink too much and there's times when I lie Sometimes …

Swinging Doors ( Merle Haggard )

This old smoke filled bar is something I'm not used to But I gave up my home to see you satisfied And I just called to let you know where I'll be living It's not much but I feel welcome here inside And I've got …

Thats the Way Love Goes ( Merle Haggard )

I've been throwing horseshoes Over my left shoulder I've spent most all my life Searching for that four leaf clover When you run with me Chasing my rainbows And honey I love you too That's the way love goes That's the way love goes babe …

The Bottle Let Me Down ( Merle Haggard )

Each night I leave the barroom when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight you memory found me much too sober Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind Tonight the bottle let down And let you memory come around …

The Emptiest Arms in the World ( Merle Haggard )

I only call when I've had that one too many And my lonely room goes spinning in a whirl And tonight I couldn't even find my pillow I've got the emptiest arms in the world I no longer wear the gold band on my finger …

The Legend Of Bonnie and Clyde ( Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens )

Bonnie was a waitress in a small cafe Clyde Barrow was the rounder that took her away They both robbed and killed until both of them died So goes the Legend of Bonnie and Clyde The poems that she wrote of the life that they …

The Way I Am ( Merle Haggard )

Wish I was down on some blue bayou With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand But the road I'm on don't seem to go there So I Just dream keep on being the way I am Wish I enjoyed what makes my living Did …

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