Merle Haggard

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"Rainbow Stew"

"Rainbow Stew"


There's a big brown cloud in the city
And the countryside's a sin
And the price of life is to high to give up
Gotta come down again
When the world wide war is over and done
And the dream of peace comes true
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eating that rainbow stew.
When they find out how to burn water
And the gasoline car is gone
When an airplane flies without any fuel
And sunlight heats our home
One of these days when the air clears up
And the sun come shining through
We'll all be drinking that three bubble up
And eating that rainbow stew

[Chorus]
Eating rainbow stew with a silver spoon
Underneath that sky of blue
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eating that rainbow stew

[Music break]

You don't have to get high to be happy
Just think about what's in store
When people start doin' what they oughta to be doin'
They won't be booing no more
When a president goes through the white house doors
An' does what he says he'll do
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eating that rainbow stew

[Chorus 2x]

 

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"Ramblin' Fever"

"Ramblin' Fever"


My hat don't hang on the same nail too long
My ears can't stand to hear the same old song
An' I don't leave the highway long enough to bog down in the mud
'Cos I've got ramblin' fever in my blood

I caught this ramblin' fever long ago
When I first heard a lonesome whistle blow
If someone said I ever gave a damn, the damn sure told you wrong
I've had ramblin' fever all along

Ramblin' fever
The kind that can't be measured by degrees
Ramblin' fever
There ain't no kind of cure for my disease

There's times I'd like to bed down on a sofa
And let some pretty lady rub my back
And spend the early morning drinking coffee
And talkin' about when I'll be coming back

'Cos I don't let no no woman tie me down
And I'll never get too old to get around
I want to die along the highway and rot away like some old high-line pole
Rest this ramblin' fever in my soul

Ramblin' fever
The kind that can't be measured by degrees
Ramblin' fever
There ain't no kind of cure for my disease, yeah

 

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"Reasons To Quit"

"Reasons To Quit"


Reasons to quit, smoke and booze don't do me like before
And I'm hardly ever sober and my ole friends
Don't come around much anymore
Reasons to quit the low is always lower than the high
And the reasons to quit don't outnumber all the reasons why.

So we keep smokin and we keep drinkin
Havin fun and never thinkin'
Laughin' at the price tag the we paid
And we keep roarin down the fast lane
Like two young men feelin' no pain
And the reasons for quitins are gettin bigger each day.

Reasons to quit I can't afford the habit all the time
And I need be sober I need write some new songs that will rhyme
Reasons to quit they have no rival reason when your high
And the reasons to quit don't outnumber all the reasons why.

So we keep smokin' and we keep drinkin'
Havin fun and never thinkin'
And laughin' at the price tag that we paid
And we keep roarin' down the fast lane
Like two young men feelin no pain
And the reasons for quitins are gettin bigger each day.

And the reason for quittins are gettin bigger each day...

 

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"Recitation: The Proudest Fiddle In The World"

"Recitation: The Proudest Fiddle In The World"


[Spoken:]
Merle titled this album Let Me Tell You About A Song
But right now let me tell you about a fiddle
One that was given to Merle out of kindness by the great Bob Wills
After leavin' the Wills' home that day
Merle was so moved he just sat and stared silently at the fiddle for a long time
Finally he said wish this fiddle could talk
Then he said on second thought
What if that fiddle that's in the Hall of Fame
The one he played on San Antonio Rose could just talk
What a story it could tell
And Merle said I think if I were that fiddle this is what I'd say

[Sang:]
Who I am and what I was I'm sure the whole world knows
Why I'm the great Bob Wills fiddle that played on San Antonio Rose
But I lay here now in the Hall of Fame a show piece that no one plays
And my tone that used to thrill the dancin' crowds is gone
with the good ole days.

I wish my strings could just talk and tell my story to all the passin' fans
Boy I'd I'd even like to rear back and play a break down
But I can't do it without the master's hands
Yeah I was part of something great and I know it
I even played on the Old Brown Skin Girl
Tho my strings are old and dusty now
I'm still the proudest fiddle in the world...

 

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"Red Bandana"

"Red Bandana"


We left home when we were barely past eleven-teen
Been back and forth and all around through hell and rain
I've loved you half of your life and I'll keep on loving you
But I can't change in every way you want me too

We spend a lot of time out on the highway
Coming from some town we played along the way
After thirty years of knowing me the way you do
You know I can't change in every way you want me too

But babe that red bandana tied around your auburn hair
You look like you ought to be somebody's wife somewhere
Yeah, you're never gonna be no Bobby McGee but you're trying to
But I can't change in every way you want me too

Every time you leave the stage I know you've had your fill
And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will
Yeah, I'm forty-one today still going on twenty-two
But I can't change and live the way you want me too

That red bandana tied around your auburn hair
You look like you ought to be somebody's wife somewhere
Yeah you're never gonna be no bobby McGee but your trying to
Yeah, but I can't change in every way you want me too
No I can't change and live the way you want me too

 

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"Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)"

"Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)"


When you're all alone and blue
No one to tell your troubles to
Remember me, I'm the one who loves you

When this whole world has turned you down
Not a true friend can be found
Remember me, I'm the one who loves you

And through all kinds of weather
My love will never change
Through the sunshine and the shadows
Honey, I'll always be the same

We're together, right or wrong
Where you go, well, I'll just have to tag along
Remember me, I'm the one who loves you

And through all kinds of weather
My love will never change
Through the sunshine and the shadows
I'll always be the same

We're together, right or wrong
Where you go, well, I'll just have to tag along
Remember me, I'm the one who loves you

 

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"Reno Blues"

"Reno Blues"


Way out in Reno, Nevada
Where romance blooms and fades
A great Philadelphia lawyer
Was in love with a Hollywood maid.

"Come, love, and we will wander
"Down where the lights are bright
"I'll win you a divorce from your husband
"And we can get married tonight."

Wild Bill was a gun-totin' cowboy
Ten notches were carved in his gun
An' all the boys around Reno
Left Wild Bill's maiden alone.

One night when he was returning
From ridin' the range in the cold
He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart
Her love was as lasting as gold.

As he grew near her window
A shadow he saw on the shade
'Twas the great Philadelphia lawyer
Makin' love to Bill's Hollywood maid.

The night was as still as the desert
And the moon hangin' high overhead
Bill listened a while to the lawyer
He could hear ev'ry word that they said...

"Your hands are so pretty and lovely
"Your form's so rare and divine
"Come go with me to the city
"And leave this wild cowboy behind."

Now back in old Pennsylvania
Among the beautiful pines
There's one less Philadelphia lawyer
In old Philadelphia tonight...

 

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"Right Or Wrong"

"Right Or Wrong"


Right or wrong I'll always love you
Though your're gone I can't forget
Right or wrong I'll keep on dreaming
Still I wake with the same old regret.

All along I knew I'd lose you
Though I prayed that you'd be true
In your heart please just remember
Right or wrong, I'm still in love with you.

All along I knew I'd lose you
Though I prayed that you'd be true
In your heart please just remember
Right or wrong, I'm still in love with you...

 

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"Roly Poly"

"Roly Poly"


Hey Roly Poly eatin' corn and taters
Hungry every minute of the day
Roly Poly knowin' all the biscuits
Long as he can chew it it's okay.

He can eat an apple pie and never even bat an eye
He likes everything from a soup to hay
Roly Poly daddy's little fatty
And he's gonna be a man someday.

Roly Poly scrambled eggs for breakfast bread
And jelly twenty times a day
Roly Poly eats a hard day dinner
It takes lots of strenght to run and play.

Bowls up weeds and does the chores
Run both ways to Holday's stores
He wears up that apetite that way
Roly Poly daddy's little fatty
But he's gonna be a man someday...

 

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"Roses In The Winter"

"Roses In The Winter"


We'll have roses in the winter
We'll have good times with the bad
We'll have roses in the winter
Love is all we have to have

There'll be a garden every season
'Cause love makes the sun shine every day
We'll be blessed with spring forever
With love and roses all the way

If we keep saying all the right words
And keep our harmony in tune
We'll find roses in the winter
We won't have to wait till June

We'll find roses in the winter
We'll have good times with the bad
We'll have roses in the winter
Love is all we have to have