Merle Haggard

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"Blue Suede Shoes"

"Blue Suede Shoes"


Well, it's one for the money, two for the show
Three to get ready now go cat go
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

Well, you can knock me down step in my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you want to do
But oh honey lay off of my shoes.

Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes alright.

Well, you can burn my house steal my car
Drink my liquor from my old fruit jar
Do anything that you want to do
But oh honey lay off of my shoes.

Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

Well, it's one for the money, two for the show
Three to get ready now go cat go
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes...

 

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"Blue Yodel #6"

"Blue Yodel #6"


One of these mornings I'm sure gonna leave this town
One of these mornings I'm sure gonna leave this town
'Cause a triflin' woman sure keeps a good man down.

Yes, she left me this morning midnight was turning day
She left me this morning midnight was turning day
I didn't have no blues till my good gal went away.

I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day
I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day
I wish a tornado would blow my blues away.

Here come them dobro.

It's like in 1930.

When a man is down and out a woman don't want him round
Hey, when a man is down and out a woman don't want him round
But when a man's got money he's the sweetest guy in town.

A woman will follow you right to the jailhouse door
Hey, a woman will follow you right to the jailhouse door
Then she'll laugh and tell you that you can't fuss and fight no more.

I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day Lord Lord
I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day
I wish a tornado would blow my blues away.

Yodel le-ee yodel le-ee e-ee e-ee...

 

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"Blues For Dixie"

"Blues For Dixie"


If you've ever seen that ole Mississippi
The queen of the delta land
Then you'll understand
Why I've got the blues for Dixie

If you've ever been to Tennessee
When that old cotton field is white
In pale moonlight
Then you've had the blues for Dixie

If you've seen the glamor of that Alabama
Moon shinin' in the sky
If you've got a baby in Birmingham maybe
Then you'll know the reason why

Why I'm gonna be blue 'til I'm on that old choo, choo
Headin' down South again
There goes that train
That's leavin' me blue for Dixie

If you've seen the glamor of that Alabama
Moon shinin' in the sky
If you've got a baby in Birmingham maybe
Then you'll know the reason why

Why I'm gonna be blue 'til I'm on that old choo, choo
Headin' down South again
There goes that old train that's leavin' me blue
There goes that train that's leavin' me blue for Dixie
Oh Lord

 

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"Blues Stay Away From Me"

"Blues Stay Away From Me"


Blues stay away from me
Blues why don't you let me be
Don't know why you keep on haunting me.

Love was never meant for me
True love was never meant for me
Seems somehow never can agree.

Life is full of misery
Dreams are like a memory
Bringing back your love that used to be.

Tears, so many I can't see
Years don't mean a thing to me
Time goes by and still I can't be free...

 

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"Bobby Wants A Puppy Dog For Christmas"

"Bobby Wants A Puppy Dog For Christmas"


Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
I know you plan to bring electric train
Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
That's the only song we hear him sing.

Santa please remember Bobby's lonely
The closest neighbour's farm is quite a ways
And the country school don't have no children Bobby's size
And I'd like to give him something he can raise.

And Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
I know you plan to bring electric train
But Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
And that's the only song we hear him sing.

Butch and Susie won't be here for Christmas
And he won't see his cousins now till spring
If we can find a playmate he can play with
Santa that'll be all you have to bring.

And Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
I know you plan to bring electric train
But Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
And that's the only song we hear him sing...

 

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"Brain Cloudy Blues"

"Brain Cloudy Blues"


My brain is cloudy my soul is upside down
Lord my brain is cloudy my soul is upside down
When I get the slow down feelin' I know the blues must be someplace around
Well you gotta treat me right honey day by day.

Get out your little prayer book get upon your knees and pray
You're gonna need you're gonna need my love someday
And you're goin' to be sorry oh you treated me this way.

Well good evenin' don't that sun look good goin' down
I said well good evenin' don't that sun look good goin' down
And don't your home look lonesome when your lover ain't no place around
Well I tried everything baby to get along with you
Now I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna stop my cryin' and leave you alone
You don't believe I need it you can't count the tears I'm gone
Cause you're gonna need you're gonna need my love someday
And Lord you're goin' to be sorry oh you treated me this way...

 

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"Branded Man"

"Branded Man"


I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am,
but they won't let my secret go untold.
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied,
now I'm a branded man out in the cold,

When they let me out of prison, I held my head up high,
determined I would rise above the shame.
But no matter where I travel, the black mark follows me,
I'm branded with a number on my name.
If I live to be a hundred, guess I'll never clear my name,
'cause everybody knows I've been in jail.

No matter where I'm living,
I've got to tell them where I've been,
or they'll send me back to prison if I fail.

Now I'm a branded man out in the cold.

 

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"Bring It On Down To My House, Honey"

"Bring It On Down To My House, Honey"


Well, let me tell you about a song that's just right to put ya'll in a good mood
It's the old Bob Willis number Bring It On Down To My House Honey
And if I can just hit on the fiddle it goes like this
One, two a one, two, three.

[Instrumental]

Well, bring it on down to my house honey there ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey I need your company
Aunt Claudy went to town to buy a new slip
Uncle John went fishin' on a three day trip
Bring it on down to my house honey ain't nobody home but me.

[Instrumental]
Billy Liebert

Well, bring it on down to my house honey there ain't nobody but me
Bring it on down to my house honey I need your company
Yeah, you're mama won't fret if you bring it over here
Preacher won't know and the neighbors don't care
So bring it on down to my house honey ain't nobody home but me.

[Instrumental]
Roy eah uh huh yeah

Well, bring it on down to my house honey ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey I need your company
(Well, I'll come around if you can play the fiddle)
Bring it on down cause I can play a little
Bring it on down to my house honey
'Cause there ain't nobody home but me.

[Instrumental]
And Mr Hamlet

Yeah, bring it on down to my house honey ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey I need your company
(I'll come around if you can play the fiddle)
Well, bring it on down cause I can play a little
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me...

 

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"Broken Friend"

"Broken Friend"


I left, out of Tucson, with no destination in mind.
I was runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind.
And the border meant freedom, a new life, romance,
And that's why I thought I should go,
And start my life over on the seashores of old Mexico.

My first night in Juarez, lost all the money I had.
One bad senorita made use of one innocent lad.
But I must keep on runnin'; it's too late to turn back:
I'm wanted in Tucson, I'm told.
Yeah, an' things'll blow over on the seashores of old Mexico.

Two Mexican farmers en route to a town I can't say,
Let me ride on the back of a flatbed half-loaded with hay.
Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera,
Then in the Manzanillos,
Where I slept on the seashores of old Mexico.

After one long siesta, I came wide awake in the night.
I was startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight.
My new-found companion, one young senorita,
Who offered a broken hello,
To the gringo she found on the seashores of old Mexico.

She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return,
For her Mexican husband, she really had no great concern.
'Cause she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo:
That's all I needed to know.
Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico.

Yeah, she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo:
That's all I needed to know, ha, ha.
Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico.

 

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"Brown Skinned Gal"

"Brown Skinned Gal"


About the time the late and great Jimmie Rodgers career came to an end
Another young fella by the name of Bob Wills
Was makin' preparations to become a legend in his own time
Somewhere round about 1934
He formed the group called the Texas Playboys
With the help of these original musicians
On this album we're gonna turn back the pages of time
And recapture some of the great sounds of legendary Bob Wills and his
Texas Playboys