Merle Haggard

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"If You've Got Time (To Say Goodbye)"

"If You've Got Time (To Say Goodbye)"

If you've got time to say goodbye
Have mercy on a guy that's gonna miss you
I know you're in a hurry
But consider all the hurt I'm going through

Let me brace my heart so I can face the part
That I've been dreading for so long

If you've got time to say goodbye
Then I promise I won't cry till you're gone

I know a man should never show his feelings
And I should pretend I'm glad you're leaving

If you've got time to say goodbye
Have mercy on a guy that's gonna miss you
I know you're in a hurry
But consider all the hurt I'm going through

Let me brace my heart so I can face the part
That I've been dreading for so long

If you've got time to say goodbye
Then I promise I won't cry till you're gone

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"In The Ghetto"

"In The Ghetto"

As the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago morn
A poor little baby child is born in the Ghetto and his mama cries
Cause there's one thing that she don't need
Is another little hungry mouth to feed in the Ghetto.

People don't you understand the child needs a helping hand
He'll grow to be an angry young man someday
Take a look at you and me are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way
As the world turns.

A hungry little boy with a running nose
Plays in the streets as the cold wind blows in the Ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in the Ghetto.

Then one night in desperation the young man breaks away
And he buys a gun and he steals a car and he tries to run
But don't get far and his mama cries.

As a crowd gathers round and the angry young man
Paces down the street with a gun in his hand in the Ghetto
As the young man dies.

On a cold and gray Chicago morn
Another little baby child is born in the Ghetto
And his mama cries
(In Ghetto, oh, oh...)

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)"

"In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)"

We got up before sunup to get the work done up
We'd work in the fields till the sun had gone down
We've stood and we've cried as we helplessly watched
A hailstorm a beatin' our crops to the ground
And I've gone to bed hungry many nights as a lad
In the good old days when times were bad.

I've seen daddy's hands break open and bleed
And I've seen him work till he's stiff as a board
I've seen mama lay and suffer in sickness
In need of a doctor we couldn't afford
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad.

No amount of money could buy from me
The mem'ries that I have of them
No amount of money could pay me
To go back and live through it again.

We've got up before we found ice on the floor
Where the wind would blew snow through the cracks in the wall
And I've walked many miles to an old country school
With my luch in a bag of my overalls
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad.

No amount of money could buy from me
The mem'ries that I have of them
No amount of money could pay me
To go back and live through it again...

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"Irma Jackson"

"Irma Jackson"

I'd love to shout my feelin's from a mountain high
Tell the world I love her and I will till I die
There's no way the world will understand that love is colour blind
That's why Irma Jackson can't be mine.

I remember when no one cared about us bein' friends
We were only children and it really didn't matter then
But we grew up too quickly in a world that draws a line
Where they say Irma Jackson can't be mine.

If my lovin' Irma Jackson is a sin
Then I don't understand this crazy world we're livin' in
There's a muddy wall between us standin' high
But I'll love Irma Jackson till I die,

She tells me she's decided that she'll go away
And I guess it's right but she alone should have the final say
But in spite of her decision forcin' us to say goodbye
I'll still love Irma Jackson till I die.

If my lovin' Irma Jackson is a sin
Then I don't understand this crazy world we're livin' in
It's a muddy wall between us standin' high
But I'll love Irma Jackson till I die...

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"Is This The Beginning Of The End?"

"Is This The Beginning Of The End?"

I just don't seem to know you anymore
You're only with me every now and then
And you don't kiss me like you did before
Is this the beginning of the end?

Is there a broken heart for me in store
While I'm holding you do you pretend
That I'm someone else you're longing for
Is this the beginning of the end?

There's a faraway look in your eyes
Am I losing you my heart cries
Hold me close and put my heart at ease
Whisper I love you once again
Just three words can make my heart believe
Rhis is not the beginning of the end.

There's a faraway look in your eyes
Am I losing you my heart cries
Hold me close and put my heart at ease
Whisper I love you once again
Just three words can make my heart believe
Rhis is not the beginning of the end...

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"It Always Will Be"

"It Always Will Be"

Sometimes I think that love is somewhere
Living on an island all alone
I can see it in the darkness, I can feel it in the distance
Then it's gone

An' then I know it's time
That I go an' find my favorite girl
An' when I look into her eyes
I see all the love there is in all the world

An' it always will be
It always will be
It always will be
It always will be

There are some things I think about
An' every time I do, it breaks my heart
'Cause there's nothin' I can do
About the loneliness I feel when we're apart

An' I stop, claw the darkness
An' in the distance your face I see
An' when I look into your eyes
I see all the love there is inside of me

An' it always will be
It always will be
It always will be
It always will be

Then I know it's time
That I go an' find my favorite girl
When I look into her eyes
I see all the love there is in all the world

An' it always will be
It always will be
It always will be
It always will be

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"It Makes No Difference Now"

"It Makes No Difference Now"

Makes no difference now what kind of life fate hands me
I'll get along without you now, that's plain to see
I don't care what happens next, 'cause I'll get by somehow
I don't worry 'cause it makes no difference now

It was just a year ago when I first met you
I learned to love you and I thought you'd love me, too
But now that's all in the past and I'll forget somehow
I don't worry 'cause it makes no difference now

Now that we have really parted, I can't believe we're through
I don't blame myself and I'm sure I can't blame you
There was something had to happen and it happened somehow
I don't worry 'cause it makes no difference now

After all is said and done I'll soon forget you
Although I know that it will be so hard to do
Let things happen as they will and I'll get by somehow
I don't worry 'cause it makes no difference now

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"It Meant Goodbye To Me (When You Said Hello To Him)"

"It Meant Goodbye To Me (When You Said Hello To Him)"

Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm.
I made a big mistake when
I introduced her to my friend
And gave him a chance to dance with her
As I watched them in the crowd
I could hear my heart beat loud
'Cause it meant goodbye to me
When she said hello to him.

Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
She just held on to his hand
When it was break time for the band
And it was plain to see that I'd lost out
So I slipped to wait and cry
Felt so low I could die
'Cause it meant goodbye to me
When she said hello to him.

Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Is there anywhere to go
Where a broken heart won't show
Everyone must know what's wrong with me
They can tell bout my ways
I go round lost in the days
'Cause it meant goodbye to me
When she said hello to him.

Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm...

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"It's All In The Game"

"It's All In The Game"

Many a tear has to fall
But it's all in the game
All in the wonderful game
That we know has love.

You have words with him
And your future's looking dim
But these things
Your heart can rise above.

Once in a while he won't call
But it's all in the game
Soon he'll be there at your side
With a sweet bouquet.

And he'll kiss your lips
And caress your waiting fingertips
And your heart, your heart will fly away.

Once in a while he won't call
But it's all in the game
Soon he'll be there at your side
With a sweet bouquet.

And he'll kiss your lips
And caress your waiting fingertips
And your heart, your heart will fly away...

fox69 · 09.10.2014

"It's All In The Movies"

"It's All In The Movies"

They were so much in love with life, happy every way.
But love the movie began with, some how got lost in the play.
Like a fire burning out of control, you got caught up in the actor's role
And you cried on my shoulder when it came to an end.

But that's all in the movies it won't happen to you and I
That's all in the movies; so baby don't cry
It's all in the movies, it won't happen to us I know
That's all in the movies just a bad picture how.

But that's all in the movies it won't happen to you and I
That's all in the movies; so baby don't cry
It's all in the movies, it won't happen to us I know
That's all in the movies just a bad picture how...