Merle Haggard

[fox69]

"Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride At All"

"Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride At All"


I woke up with her in my arms this morning
And God knows I love her over all
As she whispered she loved me your memory appeared
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all.

Tonight as I lay here touching her sweet body
And the good familiar feeling I recall
As I closed my eyes to kiss her your memory appeard
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all.

You were here we loved now you're gone
Why can't you let bygones be bygones and stay gone
You always find the wrong time to come around and call
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all.

Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all...

 

[fox69]

"All Of Me Belongs To You"

"All Of Me Belongs To You"


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

 

[fox69]

"All The Soft Places To Fall"

"All The Soft Places To Fall"


Most of my life I've been runnin' around
Payin' and havin' a ball
And maybe I've been on a party too long
These mem'ries are fond to recall.

You see we've got this thing
About women smokin' and good alcohol
Now I'm lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets
And all the soft places to fall.

The women we've known have been many
But they don't understand us at all
Though we've spent many a long hours
Hopin' some old love would call.

Surely somebody somewhere still wants us
Or don't nobody wants us at all
We're lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets
And all the soft places to fall.

Most of our lives we've been outlaws
Slept with our backs to the wall
I'm a rambler, I'm a seeker and we're gettin' weaker
A whole lot more likely to fall.

We're tired of the rocks and brambles
Those barbed wire fences at all
We're lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets
And all the soft places to fall.

Most of our lives we've been outlaws
Slept with our backs to the wall
I'm a rambler, I'm a seeker and we're gettin' weaker
A whole lot more likely to fall.

We're tired of the rocks and brambles
Those barbed wire fences at all
We're lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets
And all the soft places to fall...

 

[fox69]

"Almost Persuaded"

"Almost Persuaded"


Last night, all alone in a barroom
I met a girl with a drink in her hand
She had ruby red lips and coal black hair
And a smile that would tempt any man.

Then she came and sat down at my table
And as she placed her soft hands on mine
I found myself wanting to kiss her
For temptation was flowing like wine.

And I was almost persuaded
To strip myself of my pride
Almost persuaded
To push my conscience aside.

Then we danced and she whispered
I need you take me away from here and be my man
Then I looked into her eyes and I saw it
The reflection of my wedding band.

And I was almost persuaded
To let strange lips lead me on
Almost persuaded but your sweet love
Made me stop and go home...

 

[fox69]

"Always Late (With Your Kisses)"

"Always Late (With Your Kisses)"


Always late with your kisses
Won't you come to my arms
Sweet darling and stay
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why, do you want to do me this way?

How long do you think that I can wait
When you know you're always late
Always late with your kisses
Why oh why do you want to do me this way?

How long do you think that I can wait
When you know you're always late
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why, do you want to do me this way?

Why, why, why do you want to do me this way?...

 

[fox69]

"Always Wanting You"

"Always Wanting You"


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 met 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 loving you but never touching you
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand.

 

[fox69]

"Am I Standing In Your Way"

"Am I Standing In Your Way"


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.

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...

 

[fox69]

"America First"

"America First"


Why don't we liberate these United States,
We're the ones that need it worst.
Let the rest of the world help us for a change,
And let's rebuild America first.

Our highways an' bridges are fallin' apart:
Who's blessed an' who has been cursed?
There's things to be done all over the world,
But let's rebuild America first.

Who's on the Hill and who's watchin' the valley?
An' who's in charge of it all?
God bless the army an' God bless our liberty,
And dadgum the rest of it all.

Yeah, men in position are backin' away:
Freedom is stuck in reverse.
Let's get out of Iraq an' get back on the track,
And let's rebuild America first.

Why don't we liberate these United States,
We're the ones who need it the most.
You think I'm blowin smoke? Boys it ain't no joke.
I make twenty trips a year from coast to coast.

 

[fox69]

"Are The Good Times Really Over"

"Are The Good Times Really Over"


I wish a buck was still silver
It was back when the country was strong
Back before Elvis
Before the Vietnam war came along

Before The Beatles and 'Yesterday'
When a man could still work, still would
The best of the free life behind us now
And are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill
Like a snowball headed for Hell?
With no kind of chance
For the Flag or the Liberty Bell

Wish a Ford and a Chevy
Could still last ten years, like they should
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
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
The best of the free life behind us now
Are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill
Like a snowball headed for Hell?
With no kind of chance
For the Flag or the Liberty Bell

Wish a Ford and a Chevy
Could still last ten years, like they should
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Stop rolling down hill
Like a snowball headed for Hell
Stand up for the Flag
And let's all ring the Liberty Bell

Let's make a Ford and a Chevy
Still last ten years like they should
The best of the free life is still yet to come
The good times ain't over for good

 

[fox69]

"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"


Are you lonesome tonight, do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray to a bright summer day
When I held you and called you sweetheart?

Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight?

I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know that someone said the world's a stage and each must play a part
And fate had me playin' in Love with you as my sweetheart
Act one was where we met, I loved you at first glance
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue, then came act two
You seemed to change, you acted strange and why I've never known
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me and I had no 'cause to doubt you
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies than to have to go on living without you
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there with emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me they can bring the curtain down.

Is your heart filled with pain, could I come back again
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight?...