Merle Haggard

[fox69]

"Love Keeps Hanging On"

"Love Keeps Hanging On"


Lately I've been losin' the darkness in my head
The years are catchin' up with you and me but we don't care
We're growin' old together but we won't be along
In lots of ways we've fallen off but love keeps hangin' on

Lately I've been watchin' the strength of time unwind
The years are catchin' up with you and me but we don't mind
We're growin' old together but we won't, we won't be along
In lots of ways we've fallen off but love keeps hangin' on

We still love to dance a slow three quarter time
But my old age won't climb the hills they used to climb
I could be mistaken but our tender years are gone
In lots of ways we've fallen off but love keeps hangin' on

I could be mistaken but our tender years are gone
In lots of ways we've fallen off but love keeps hangin' on

 

[fox69]

"Love Me Tender"

"Love Me Tender"


Love me tender, love me sweet
Never let me go
You have made my life complete
And I love you so.

Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For my darling I love you
And I always will.

Love me tender, love me long
Take me to your heart
For it's there that I belong
And we'll never part.

Love me tender, love me dear
Tell me you are mine
I'll be yours through all the years
Till the end of time.

Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For my darling I love you
And I always will.

And I always will...

 

[fox69]

"Love Me When You Can"

"Love Me When You Can"


I know you can't always be here with me
You can't find what all you need is just one man
You're hardly ever free and seldom lonely
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can.

And don't feel like I expect you to be through me
Any time you'll have leave I'll understand
I don't have what all it takes to make you happy
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can.

Let me be the one you sometimes come to
You just barely have the time for one more friend
I'll be satisfied with any crumb you'll throw me
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can.

Don't feel like I expect you to be through me
Any time you'll have leave I'll understand
I'll be satisfied with any crumb you'll throw me
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can...

 

[fox69]

"Love Somebody To Death"

"Love Somebody To Death"


I ain't never robbed or beat up on nobody
I ain't never failed no lie detector test
But tomorrow I'm gonna be the town's most wanted man
But tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death.

I'm gonna shave shower shine my shoes and shampoo
Break out my pinstriped suit with the matching vest
Climb in my four hundred horse widetrack rollin' apartment van
Tonight I'm gonna lay some heart to rest.

Tomorrow my face will be all over the post office wall
The town will put a price upon my head
I'm gonna be some happy lady's most wanted man
Cause tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death.

Gonna grab her, kiss her, squeeze her, please her and show her no mercy
Premeditated lovin' at its best
It'll take seven days to get the smile off the corpus delightee
Yeah, tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death.

See that shady character smilin' on the six o'clock news
Front page color Assiciated Press
You'll be looking at some happy lady's most wanted man
Cause tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death.

I'm gonna grab her, kiss her, squeeze her, please her and show her no mercy
Premeditated lovin' at its best
It'll take seven days to get the smile off the corpus delightee
Yeah, tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death.

And baby it's gonna be you think about it now...

 

[fox69]

"Love Will Find You"

"Love Will Find You"


You can't hide yourself away from the problems of today
You can't hide yourself at night just turn off the bedroom light
And you can't try to hide your feelings they'll be heavy on your mind
You can't hide yourself from love
'Cause love will come and find you everytime.

All our lives And if you're fighting with love you have no way to win
You might as well go on give on in
And through the years I've come to know love commands
and love is never blind
You can't hide yourself from love love will come and find you everytime.

If you're fighting with love you have no way to win
You might as well go on give on in
And through the years I've come to know love commands
and love is never blind
You can't hide yourself from love love will come and find you everytime...

 

[fox69]

"Lovesick Blues"

"Lovesick Blues"


I got a feelin' called the blues, oh Lord
Since my baby's said goodbye
Oh, I don't know what I'll do
All I do is sit and cry, oh Lord.

That last long day she said goodbye
Well Lord, I thought I would cry
She'll do me, she'll do you, she's got that kinda lovin'
Lord, I love to hear her when she calls me sweet daddy.

Such a beautiful dream I hate to think it all over
I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you somehow
Well, I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
And I'm lonesome, I've got the lovesick blues.

Well, I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal
That's what's the matter with me
I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal
But she don't care about me.

Lord, I tried and tried to keep her satisfied
But she just wouldn't stay
So now that she is leavin'
This is all that I can say

I got a feelin' called the blues, oh Lord
Since my baby's said goodbye
Oh, I don't know what I'll do
All I do is sit and cry, oh Lord.

That last long day she said goodbye
Well Lord, I thought I would cry
She'll do me, she'll do you, she's got that kinda lovin'
Lord, I love to hear her when she calls me sweet daddy.

Such a beautiful dream I hate to think it all over
I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you somehow
Well, I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
And I'm lonesome, I've got the lovesick blues, Oh Lord...

 

[fox69]

"Make-Up And Faded Blue Jeans"

"Make-Up And Faded Blue Jeans"


In downtown Modesto I was workin' the Holiday Inn
I would stick with a gig that would last us throughout the weekend
I was singing a new song I'd wrote on the way into town
When she came in the front door and found her a place to sit down.

Hey I knew right away that she like the words to my song
Cause she stared at my git guitar and followed my fingers too long
And she had the likeness of a girl I'd seen in my dreams
But lights can do wonders with make up and faded blue jeans.

And the last thing I needed was somebody messin' up my mind
So I found a hundred reasons for lookin' her way one more time
She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar
And blow all my chances at bein' a big singing star.

With one passin' glance I could tell she was young for her age
Yeah she got to looking better as she got down closer to the stage
And as she sipped on her wine I knew just the kind she would be
And somehow I knew she was here to the bad things to me.

And the last thing I needed was somebody messin' up my mind
So I found a hundred reasons for lookin' her way one more time
She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar
And blow all my chances at bein' a big singing star.

She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar
And blow all my chances at bein' a big singing star...

 

[fox69]

"Making Believe"

"Making Believe"


Making believe that you still love me
It's leaving me alone and so blue
I'll always dream, still I'll never own you
Making believe, it's all I can do.

I can't hold you close, darling, when you're not with me
You're somebody's love, you will never be mine
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime
Loving you and making believe.

Making believe that I never lost you
But those happy hours I find are so few
My plans for the future will never come true
Making believe that's all I can do.

I can't hold you close, darling, when you're not with me
You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime
Loving you and making believe...

 

[fox69]

"Mama I've Got To Go To Memphis"

"Mama I've Got To Go To Memphis"


Mama did she leave to go to Memphis
Are you taking care care of Braidy while she's gone
And mama is she down there drown the mem'ries
Surely she won't be in Memphis very long.

Mama since I left her I've been crazy
I bet she thinks my love for her is gone
I stopped by because I thought she'd be here waiting
Mama Memphis can't be very far.

She'll be back to get the baby
Could I stay with little Braidy while she's gone
She'll be back to get the baby
Surely she won't stay in Memphis very long.

She'll be back to get the baby
Could I stay with little Braidy while she's gone
She'll be back to get the baby
Surely she won't stay in Memphis very long...

 

[fox69]

"Mama Tried"

"Mama Tried"


The first thing I remember knowing
Was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a young'un'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 Mama tried

One and only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
Despite all my Sunday learning
Towards the bad I kept on turning
Till Mama couldn't hold me anymore

And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried

Dear old Daddy, rest his soul
Left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest
Wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused

And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried