Merle Haggard

[fox69]

"Run 'Em Off"

"Run 'Em Off"


Now when the big bad wolf got in grandma's house
A little Red Ridinghood was scared as the mouse
And just like her I'm scared through and through
Some two legged wolf would run away with you.

So run 'em off no use to talk all day
Just run 'em off they're tryin' to get you to play
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me.

Now there's an iceman and milkman and folks out of town
They don't come to visit they just hang around
They act just as friendly as can be
But I don't think they care a thing about me.

So run 'em off don't talk too long
Run 'em off so we can be alone
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me.

No matter where you are or what you do
Folks start to whistle and how is you
When they get too close I wanna say shoo
Cause it looks like they wanna take what bother you.

So run 'em off, don't talk too long
You're gonna get in Dutch
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me.

Now once I ended this song but I write so more
Cause there's a half-a-dozen wolfs comin' up to my door
And I can tell by a lookin' cause it's plain to see
That they're not here to make eyes at me.

So run 'em off don't talk too long
You're gonna get in Dutch
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me...

 

[fox69]

"Runaway Mama"

"Runaway Mama"


She's my run away mama
Always chasing other men
She's my run away mama
She's somewhere and gone again.

If you see this kind of lady,
Kind of tall, kind of slim.
She's my runaway mama.
Call the law and turn her in

She's got lots of pretty things
That a man cannot ignore.
And she's standing out in a bar room
When she walks out on the floor.

If you see this kind of woman
Thumbling a ride and showing skin.
She's my runaway mama.
Call the law and turn her in.

If you see a woman flirting
And she's hurting a bunch of men.
She's my runaway mama.
Call the law and turn her in.

If you see her somewhere dancing
On a table in a bar.
Go and call the chief of police
And try to tell 'em where you are.

She's my runaway mama,
Always chasing other men
She's my runaway mama,
She's somewhere and gone again.

If you see this kind of lady
Thumbing a ride and showing skin.
She's my runaway mama.
Call the law and turn her in.

She's my runaway mama.

 

[fox69]

"Running Kind"

"Running Kind"


I was born the running kind
With leaving always on my mind
Home was never home to me at anytime
Every front door found me hopin'
I would find the back door open
There just had to be an exit
For the running kind

Within me there's a prison
Surrounding me alone
As real as any dungeon with walls of stone
I know running's not the answer
But running's been my nature
And a part of me
That keeps me moving on

I was born the running kind
With leaving always on my mind
Home was never home to me at anytime
Every front door found me hopin'
I would find the back door open
There just had to be an exit
For the running kind

 

[fox69]

"Sam Hill"

"Sam Hill"


There's a certain hill outside of town called Sam Hill
And a certain guy used to go there every day
They said a certain girl lived up in Sam Hill
Aw, a pretty girl, not hep to city ways

This certain guy would come down the hill a smilin'
Headed back to town at the crack of dawn
And he had 'em all a wonderin' what he was doin'
Yeah, wonderin' what in Sam Hill's goin' on

We knew this certain guy was not a goldminer
Cause he never took a shovel or a pick
He only took a little box of candy
And disappeared in Sam Hill mighty quick

We tried to follow him to his destination
But he had a secret path and soon he was gone
And he had us all a wonderin' what he was doin'
Yeah, wonderin' what in Sam Hill's goin' on

I know that you have wondered too about Sam Hill
You've probably asked "What in Sam Hill's goin' on?"
All I can say in answer to your question
Is the goin's on are still goin' on

This certain guy's still takin' up his candy
He's 99 and all his youth is gone
But he climbs that hill and still comes down a smilin'
And we're wonderin' what in Sam Hill's goin' on
Wish I knew
What in Sam Hill's goin' on
He won't tell us'
What in Sam Hill's goin' on
He just snickers
What in Sam Hill's goin' on

 

[fox69]

"San Antonio Rose"

"San Antonio Rose"


Deep within my heart lies
A melody, a song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I lived with a memory
Beneath the stars all alone

It was there I found beside the Alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moonlit pass that only she would know
Still hears my broken song of love

Moon and all your splendor know
Only my heart call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender like petals
Falling apart speak once again of my love my own

Oh, broken song empty words
I know still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit pass by the Alamo
And Rose my Rose of San Antone

 

[fox69]

"Santa Claus And Popcorn"

"Santa Claus And Popcorn"


Santa Claus and popcorn
Jingle bells and reindeer horns
Christmas trees and mistletoe
Jesus loves me this I know.

Carols singing, Silent Night
Crosby dreams of Christmas white
We celebrate 'cause the King was born
With Santa Claus and popcorn.

Children dancing round the tree
Sleighbells ringing merrily
Snowballs flying through the air
Happiness is everywhere.

Carols singing Silent Night
Crosby dreams of Christmas white
We celebrate 'cause the King was born
With Santa Claus and popcorn.

Santa Claus and popcorn
Jingle bells and reindeer horns
Christmas trees and mistletoe
Jesus loves me this I know.

Santa Claus and popcorn
Jingle bells and reindeer horns
Christmas trees and mistletoe
Jesus loves me this I know.

Carols singing Silent Night...

 

[fox69]

"Sea Of Heartbreak"

"Sea Of Heartbreak"


The lights in the harbor
Don't shine for me
I'm like a lost ship
Adrift out on the sea.

Oh, the sea of heartbreak, lost love an' loneliness
Memories of your caress, so divine
I wish you were mine again, my dear
I am on this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak.

Oh why did I lose you
Oh, where did I fail
Why did you leave me
Always to sail?

This sea of heartbreak, lost love an' loneliness
Memories of your caress, so divine
How I wish you were mine again, my dear
I am on this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak.

Oh, what I'd give to sail back to shore
Back to your arms once more.

Come to my rescue
Come here to me
Take me and keep me
Away from the sea.

Oh, sea of heartbreak, lost love an' loneliness
Memories of your caress, so divine
How I wish you were mine again, my dear
I'm on this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak.

 

[fox69]

"Seeing Eye Dog"

"Seeing Eye Dog"


Well, I'm gonna get me a seeing eye dog to help me find my way
I'm so much in love with you I can't even see the light of day
My mind is cloudy like a winter storm before the rain come pourin' down
I feel so good and I gotta get my feet on the ground on the ground.

Well. I'm walkin' real tall with my head held high in a cloud
I feel so good sometime I wanna holler out loud
Well I'm gonna take me a comin' down pill every time you come around
I feel so good and I gotta get my feet on the ground on the ground.

Well. I'm walkin' real tall with my head held high in a cloud
I feel so good sometime I wanna holler out loud
Well I'm gonna take me a comin' down pill every time you come around
I feel so good and I gotta get my feet on the ground on the ground...

 

[fox69]

"September In Miami"

"September In Miami"


September in Miami marks the time and the place
I first laid eyes on you
I was there to spend the winter
Keepin' warm the only way I knew.

It was way down in the fall before I realized at all
It'd be a special place and time
September in Miami
Is more than just a memory of mine.

The winter found the beaches filled with pretty girls
And lonely boy away from home
All the sunshine and laughter could you know
They matched the happiness I'd known.

You went away to somewhere on the day before thanksgiving day
But I didn't cry
And the lonely weeks that followed
Made me know I'd always love you till I die.

For days I tried forgetting you
And finally wrote you offers just like a passing friend
But I woke up this morning
And today I started loving you again.

If this letter ever find you
I hope it finds you happy when it find you
I'll address it somewhere Texas
For you talked about some cowboys that you knew.

September in Miami marks the time and the place
I first laid eyes on you
I was there to spend the winter
Keepin' warm the only way I knew.

 

[fox69]

"Set Me Free"

"Set Me Free"


If you think you've had enough if you think our life's been rough
Why not take your love line off of me and set me free
If you think our love's all wrong if you feel the fire is gone
If that's not what you'd like for me to be set me free
Set me free and let me fly like a bluebird fly in high
Release the chain that's bindin' you to me and set me free.

But you're the kind that likes to hold on and on to love till it grows cold
And you know you've held on much too long to me so why won't you set me free
Please just set me free
Set me free and let me fly like a bluebird in the sky
Release the chain that's bindin' you to me and set me free set me free...