Merle Haggard

[fox69]

"I Think I'll Stay"

"I Think I'll Stay"


Could be holding you tonight
Could be doing wrong or doing right
You don't care about what I think
I think, I'll just stay here and drink

Hey, putting you down won't square the deal
A least you'll know what I feel
Hey, take all the money in the bank
I think, I'll just stay here and drink

Hey, listen close and you can hear
That loud jukebox playing in my ear
Ain't no woman gonna change the way I think
I think, I'll just stay here and drink

Hey, hurtin' me know don't mean a thing
Since love ain't here I don't feel a thing
My mind ain't nothing but a total blank
I think, I'll just stay here and drink

 

[fox69]

"I Think I'm Gonna Live Forever"

"I Think I'm Gonna Live Forever"


When you first left me baby I thought I would surely lose my mind
Every day of life was just another day gone by
Well, you really had me down in a deep depression
I wanted real bad just to crawl off and die.

But now I think I'm gonna live forever
Hey, dyin' ain't on my list of things to do
I think I'm gonna live forever
Hey, it feels so good to be out of love with you.

Hey babe, you left me hangin' just tryin' to aggravate me all the way
And you got it done just the way you always do
But all you really did was aggravate me
'Cause I got my health and I got over you.

And now I think I'm gonna live forever
Hey dyin' ain't on my list of things to do
I think I'm gonna live forever
Hey, it feels so good to be out of love with you...

 

[fox69]

"I Think I've Found A Way"

"I Think I've Found A Way"


I Think I've Found a Way to Live

I never thought I'd ever conquer my weakness
'Cause everybody knows that my weakness is you
But the answer came this morning
Ad you should be the first to hear
What a simple little thing I have to do.

I think I've found a way to live without you
I think I've found a way I can get by
I think I've found a way I can be happy, almost
And all I have to do is die.

I know everybody wonders
Why drinking doesn't kill me
And I myself at times have wondered why
But drinking never gave me anything near
That I needed or the nerve it took
For me to say goodbye.

I think I've found a way to live without you
I think I've found a way I can get by
I think I've found a way I can be happy, aw
And all I have to do is die.

I think I've found a way to live without you
And all I have to do is die...

 

[fox69]

"I Think We're Livin' In The Good Old Days"

"I Think We're Livin' In The Good Old Days"


I think we're livin' in the good old days
So cheer up friends and be glad
I think we're livin' in the good old days
The best anybody's ever had.

We think we're doin' now maybe day or less later
So let's live it up all the way
And let's make the life one more night to remember
Tomorrow we'll look back on today.

I think we're livin' in the good old days
So cheer up friends and be glad
I think we're livin' in the good old days
The best anybody's ever had.

Well, when I hear people talkin' bout the good old days
That's one thing I can't understand
Well while I take advantage of today and tomorrow
And let's live it up while we can.

I think we're livin' in the good old days
So cheer up friends and be glad
I think we're livin' in the good old days
The best anybody's ever had...

 

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"I Threw Away The Rose"

"I Threw Away The Rose"


Once I lived the life of wine and roses
And I drank a lot back then for one concern
Success for me lay just around the corner
I thought my social friends would help me make the turn

But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
And I watched my social standings slip away from me
While I watched the bottle slowly take command

And now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

 

[fox69]

"I Want To Be With You Always"

"I Want To Be With You Always"


I lose my blues, honey
When I'm with you
No one else can do
You're in my heart to stay.

But when I'm gone
And I'm all alone
I'll be singing a song
I want to be with you always.

I'd be happy, dear
If you could only be here
And always be near
Forever and a day.

Then we could travel far
To some big shining star
Just me and my guitar
And stay like sweethearts for always.

I hope you feel the same
You really want my name
You'll be the one who's to blame
If it works out wrong that day.

'Cause my love is true
My love is only for you
I'll never be blue
If I can be with you, always...

 

[fox69]

"I Won't Give Up My Train"

"I Won't Give Up My Train"


I pulled into Memphis thirteen minutes early first time in two weeks
That's where she came to meet me
As I stepped down off four-fifty-one, I needed sleep
The baby's over due I know, she need's some things
But the more that we discuss it, it's the same

Long train rollin', got a feelin' and I'm knowin'
She's not waitin' for me
These rails keep gettin' longer, this feelin's gettin' stronger
It won't let me be
I love my woman fire and rain
But I won't give up my train

The baby came in April while I was in Chicago in the pourin' rain
With twelve flat cars, six rusted tankers
three box cars and an empty sack of mail
And though I'll be lonely, some nights I know
There's just no other way to explain

Long train rollin', got a feelin' and I'm knowin'
She's not waitin' for me
These rails keep gettin' longer, this feelin's gettin' stronger
It won't let me be
I love my woman fire and rain
But I won't give up my train

Long train rollin', got a feelin' and I'm knowin'
She's not waitin' for me
These rails keep gettin' longer, this feelin's gettin' stronger
It won't let me be
I love my woman fire and rain
But I won't give up my train
I love my woman fire and rain
But I won't give up my train

 

[fox69]

"I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me"

"I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me"


There's not much a man can do inside a prisoner
Just take his mem'ry trips and fights the pain
And a word from home can mean so much to a prisoner
It's been years since that last letter came.

Not a day goes by that I don't think of mama
And my nights are filled with thoughts of sweet Marie
And old friends I ran around with keep on running through my mind
But I just wonder if they ever think of me.

I wonder if they know that I'm still living
and still proud to be a part of Uncle Sam
I wonder if they think I died of hunger
in this rotten prison camp in Viet Nam.

Not a day goes by that I don't think of mama
And my nights are filled with thoughts of sweet Marie
And I remember daddy sayin' you'll come back a better man
And I just wonder if they ever think of me.

Oh, I just wonder if they ever think of me...

 

[fox69]

"I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving"

"I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving"


I wonder what she'll think about me leaving
Wish I could be there hidden if she cries
'Cause leaving really won't be worth my trouble
If I can see the teardrops fill her eyes.

I wonder what she'll think about me leaving
Wish I could see her standing all alone
If she hurts at all I'd like to know it happened
I wonder if she'll even know I'm gone.

Wish I could be there standing by her window
When she finds the note about me being gone
I'm almost sure her coldness never changes
But still I'd like to know it if I'm wrong.

I wonder what she'll think about me leaving
Wish I could see her standing all alone
If she hurts at all I'd like to know it happened
I wonder if she'll even know I'm gone.

I wonder if she'll notice that I'm gone...

 

[fox69]

"I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight"

"I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight"


I wonder if I'll find you in some honky tonkin' bar
I wonder if I'll find the hidden place you parked the car
I wonder if I'll find you holdin' someone tight
Oh, I wonder where I'll find you at tonight.

I saw a family friend of ours a gal named Martha Lou
She aloud to save my feelings wouldn't tell me what she knew
And there's got to be a reason why you're stayin' out of sight
Oh, I wonder where I'll find you at tonight.

Walking's not the fastest way I know to make a town
But I can't afford no taxi driver drivin' me around
And now I'm slowly walking toward another neon light
Oh, I wonder where I'll find you at tonight.

It's almost closin' time and there's one honky tonk to go
Been checking out Joe's Coffee Shops the only place I know
If I had some clue to follow or just a guiding light
Oh, I wonder where I'll find you at tonight.

I wonder where I'll find you at tonight...