Merle Haggard

[fox69]

"Take Me Back To Tulsa"

"Take Me Back To Tulsa"


Where's that gal with red dress on
Some folks called her Dinah
Stole my heart away from me
Way down in Louisiana.

Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry.

Little bee sucks the blossom
Big bee makes the honey
Poor man raise the cotton
Rich man makes the money.

Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry.

Walk and talk to Suzy
Walk and talk to Suzy
Walk and talk to Suzy
Walk and talk to Suzy

Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry.

We always wear a great big smile
We never do look sour
Travel all over the country
Playing by the hour.

Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry.

Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa
I'm too young to marry...

 

[fox69]

"Take These Chains From My Heart"

"Take These Chains From My Heart"


Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you hass gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free.

Take these tears from my eyes so I can see
Just a spark of the love that used to be
If you love somebody new let me find somebody too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free.

Give my heart just a word of sympathy
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love that's beating there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free.

Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free...

 

[fox69]

"Teach Me To Forget"

"Teach Me To Forget"


You taught me how to love with all my heart
With all my soul I trusted you
And now you say we'll have to live apart
A thing I don't know how to do

You say someday I'll find somebody new
And I'll have not one regret
Stay a while if what you say is true
Stay and teach me to forget

You taught me how to worship you alone
And now you say that you must go
And people call me on the telephone
Just to say I told you so

You say someday I'll find somebody new
And I'll have not one regret
Stay a while if what you say is true
Stay and teach me to forget.

Stay and teach me to forget...

 

[fox69]

"Texas Fiddle Song"

"Texas Fiddle Song"


I get this going fever everytime I hear a tune
That talks about South Texas where the cactus is in bloom
I feel I oughta be there every evening after dark
To hear the fiddler fiddlin' around a tune called Old Joe Clark.

We played that show in Tulsa then it was Ft Worth bound
We headed south on 35 to that South Texas town
It's a different world and a lot of fun if you like that country sound
You can find yourself a partner when they boil that cabbage down.

Well, if you're ever down in Texas and feeling all alone
There's a lot of kicker places just south of San Antone
Ain't nothin' fancy mind ya just a place where good folks go
You can hear the bootheels start to click when they play the Cotton Eyed Joe.

 

[fox69]

"Thank Heaven For Little Girls"

"Thank Heaven For Little Girls"


Each time a see a little girl about
Five or six or seven
I can't resist the joyous urge
To smile and say.

Thank heaven for little girls
'Cause little girls get bigger every day
Thank heaven for little girls
They grow up in the most delightful way.

Thoir little eyes so helpless and appealin'
Someday will flash and have you crashin' thru the ceilin'.

Thank heaven for little girls
Thank heaven for them all,
No matter where no matter who
Without them what would little boys do?

Tell me boys

Thoir little eyes so helpless and appealin'
Someday will flash and have you crashin' thru the ceilin'.

Thank heaven for little girls
Thank heaven for them all
No matter where no matter who
Without them what would little boys do?

Without them what would little boys do?

 

[fox69]

"Thanking The Good Lord"

"Thanking The Good Lord"


The pieces are all falling together
The picture is coming in view
When I thought the end was upon me
I found my purpose in you

And let the power that made
Help me to prosper and be fair in all things that I do
The love I've been needin' I just found in your heart
And I'm thanking the good Lord for you

Yeah, I'm thanking the good Lord for you
I'm thanking the good Lord for you
Let the power that made you
Help me to prosper and be fair in all things that I do
The love I've been needin' I just found in your heart
And I'm thanking the good Lord for you

I'm thanking the good Lord for you
I'm thanking the good Lord for you
Hey, let the power that made me
Help me to prosper and be fair in all things that I do
The love I've been needin' I just found in your heart
And I'm thanking the good Lord for you

Yeah, I'm thanking the good Lord for you
Oh yeah I'm thanking the good Lord for you

 

[fox69]

"That's All Right"

"That's All Right"


Well, that's all right mama that's all right with you
That's all right mama just anyway you do
That's all right that's all right
That's all right now mama anyway you do.

Well mama, she done told me, papa, done told me too
Son that gal you're foolin' with, she ain't no good for you
But that's all right, that's all right
That's all right now mama, anyway you do.

I'm leavin' town today babe, I'm leavin' town for sure
While you won't be bothered with me hangin' 'round your door
That's all right, that's all right
That's all right now mama, anyway you do.
One more time.

Well, that's all right, that's all right
That's all right now mama. anyway you do.
Well. that's all right. that's all right
That's all right now mama. anyway you do...

 

[fox69]

"That's The News"

"That's The News"


Suddenly it's over, the war is fin'lly done
Soldiers in the desert sand, still clingin' to a gun
No-one is the winner an' everyone must lose
Suddenly the war is over: that's the news.

Suddenly celebrity is somethin' back in style
Back to runnin' tabloid for a while
Pain's almost everywhere, the whole world's got the blues
Suddenly the war is over: that's the news.

That's the news, that's the news
That's the ever-lovin', blessed, headline news
Someone's missin;' in Modesto, an' it's sad about the clues
Suddenly the war is over: that's the news.

Suddenly the cost of war is somethin' out of sight
Lost a lotta heroes in the fight
Politicians do all the talkin': soldiers pay the dues
Suddenly the war is over, that's the news.

That's the news, that's the news
That's the ever-lovin', blessed, headline news
Politicians do all the talkin': soldiers pay the dues
Suddenly the war is over, that's the news...

 

[fox69]

"That's The Way Love Goes"

"That's The Way Love Goes"


I've been throwing horseshoes over my left shoulder
I've spent most all my life searching for that four-leafed clover
Yet you ran with me chasing my rainbows
Honey, I love you too and that's the way love goes.

That's the way love goes, babe, that's the music God made
For the whole wide world to sing it never gets old, it grows
Losing makes me sorry, you say "Honey, now don't worry."
Don't you know I love you too and that's the way love goes.

Thats the way love goes, babe, that's the music God made
For the whole wide world to sing it never gets old, it grows
Losing makes me sorry, you say "Honey, now don't worry."
Don't you know I love you too and that's the way love goes...

 

[fox69]

"The Bottle Let Me Down"

"The Bottle Let Me Down"


Each night I leave the bar room when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closing time
But tonight your memory found me much too sober
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind

Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down

I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turnin' every day
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurtin' in old familiar ways

Tonight the bottle let me down
and let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down

Tonight the bottle let me down