Merle Haggard

[fox69]

"I Can't Be Myself"

"I Can't Be Myself"


It's a way of mine to say just what I'm thinking
And to do the things I really want to do
And you want to change the part of me I'm proud of
So I can't be myself when I'm with you

Oh you never liked the clothes I wear on Sunday
Just because I don't believe the way you do
But I believe the Lord knows I'm unhappy
Cause I can't be myself when I'm with you

I can't be myself and be what pleases you
And down deep inside I don't believe that you want me to
And it's not my way to take so long deciding
That I can't be myself when I'm with you

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Get Away"

"I Can't Get Away"


I've been runnin' from life
I keep runnin' from life
Hey, I'm still runnin' from life
But I can't get away

I'd settle down if I could
'Cause there's one thing well understood
We all know run is no good
We can't get away

I'd run my thoughts in a glass
Take any way up for a blast
Hey, to tried to get rid of the past
But I can't get away

There's no way out of it all
And I've got no use for it all
Yes, I will run till I fall
I can't get away

Everyone wants to be free
We always want to be free
But life won't let us be free
We can't get away

So I'll keep runnin' from life
Hey, always runnin' from life
I'd still keep runnin' from life
I can't get away

I'm runnin' from life
I'm always runnin' from life
I'm still runnin' from life
And I can't get away

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Get Started"

"I Can't Get Started"


I've flown around the world in a plane
I've settled revolutions in Spain
The North Pole I have charted
But can't get started with you

Around the golf course I'm under par
And all the movies want me to star
I've got a house, a show place
But I get no place with you

You're so supreme, lyrics I write of you
Scheme, just for a sight of you
Dream, both day and night of you
And what good does it do?

In 1929 I sold short
In England I'm presented at court
But you've got me downhearted
'Cause I can't get started with you

You're so supreme, lyrics I write of you
Scheme, just for a sight of you
Dream, both day and night of you
And what good does it do?

In 1929 I sold short
In England I'm presented at court
But you've got me downhearted
'Cause I can't get started with you

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Hold Myself In Line"

"I Can't Hold Myself In Line"


I'm going off of the deep end
And I'm slowly losing my mind
And I disagree with the way (ha-ha) I'm living
But I can't hold myself in line.

You give me no reason for my drinkin'
But I can't stand myself at times
And you're better off to just leave and forget me
'Cause I can't hold myself in line.

Hey, my weakness is stronger than I am
Guess I've always been the losin' kind
Now I'm full speed ahead down the wrong road of life
And I can't hold myself in line.

Yeah, and I'm going off of the deep end
Hey, I'm slowly losing my mind
And I disagree with the way I've been living
But I can't hold myself in line...

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Stand Me"

"I Can't Stand Me"


I can't stand me since I lost you and I can't stand nobody else
I can't stand me since you went away and I gotta get away from myself

I used to be a high-stepper with a lot on the ball my friends all called me Ace
It took a woman like you to bring a good man down
And make me ashamed to even show my face
I can't stand me since I lost you...
[steel]
Oh when I look in the glass and see a grown man cry it makes me wanna hang my head
I used to feel real proud just to be alive but now I think I'd rather be dead
I can't stand me since I lost you...
[guitar]
I'm gonna find me a river about ten miles wide with a bridge right all way cross
I'm gonna drag myself about half way over and then I'm gonna throw me off
I can't stand me since I lost you...
Yeah I gotta get away from myself

 

[fox69]

"I Could Have Gone Right"

"I Could Have Gone Right"


Oh, I was born a good boy my mama loved me so
She gave me every chance she could to make my life a gold
But I fell in with the wrong crowd and the wrong crowd led me on
But I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong.

I went to the places where sin just waits for you
And I fell in with the wrong crowd like sinners always do
Now here I sit in prison just waiting for the day
When they'll lead me throught that door and burn my life away.

Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own
For I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong.

Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own
For I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong...

 

[fox69]

"I Die Ten Thousand Times A Day"

"I Die Ten Thousand Times A Day"


I come home and I sat down by the door
I just sat and dream my lonely life away
I just can't stand a thought that I won't see you anymore
I guess I die ten thousand times a day.

If that soulful life comes to its end
I ceased to live the night you went away
If you walk through that door then I'll start to live again
I guess I die ten thousand times a day.

I pick up each thing you used to touch
I call to mine each tender word you say
If I've hurt you it's just because I love you much too much
I guess I die ten thousand times a day...

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Have Any More Love Songs"

"I Don't Have Any More Love Songs"


There's been some things that I've wanted to say a long time
Never have I spent a day without you on my mind
I've tried a lot of song and I need to try one that's new
I don't have anymore love songs to try on you.

We just can't ever get it together it seems
Your arms don't hold me the way that they do in my dreams
And it's hard to make up the things that you never do
I don't have anymore love songs to make up bout you.

I don't have anymore love songs to write for you
Too many I wrote before have never come true
It's hard to make up and play the thing that you do
I don't have anymore love songs to sing for you.

And I don't have anymore love songs to write for you
Too many I wrote before have never come true
I borrowed this song from Hank Williams Junior it's true
'Cause I don't have anymore love songs to sing for you...

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Want To Sober Up Tonight"

"I Don't Want To Sober Up Tonight"


I don't want to sober up tonight
I don't want to act like things are alright
And I don't want to change just to make you think I'm happy
That's my right, I don't want to sober up tonight.

I want to keep my mind a little hazy
I don't care if all my friends think I'm crazy
The way I treat myself I might be a little crazy
But that's alright, I don't want to sober up tonight.

I'm here to drown another day of misery
I'm in here to spend one night without a mem'ry
And the way I'm drinkin' now there won't be any memory
But that's alright, I don't want to sober up tonight.

I don't want to sober up tonight
I don't want to act like things are alright
I don't want to change just to make you think I'm happy
That's alright, I don't want to sober up tonight...

 

[fox69]

"I Forget You Every Day"

"I Forget You Every Day"


Mem'ries is a gift man can't live without
And at times we can't control the things we think about
Sometimes I remember you in every way
But for a little while I forget you every day.

Seems like I forget you just in time
'Cause it's always just before I lose my mind
I wake up every morning hurtin' the same old way
But for a little while I forget you every day.

Seems like I forget you every day,just in time
And it's always just before I lose my mind
I wake up every morning hurtin' the same old way
But for a little while I forget you every day...