Merle Haggard

[fox69]

"Too Many Bridges To Cross Over"

"Too Many Bridges To Cross Over"


Be close to me but please don't ever love me
Don't let your feelings carry you that far
I'll hold you in my arms buy you clothes and pretty charms
And I'll give you everything except my love.

Because there's too many bridges to cross over
Too many places I ain't been
Yeah there's too many fields of tempting clover
Like an eagle I'm a prisoner of the wind.

Well traveling was the nickname of my papa
And mama said he died cause he slowed down
Keep in mine these things I'm saying
Cause I ain't got the time to staying
Won't be long until my shoes touch distant ground.

Because there's too many bridges to cross over
Too many places I ain't been
Yeah there's too many fields of tempting clover
Like an eagle I'm a prisoner of the wind...

 

[fox69]

"Train Of Life"

"Train Of Life"


I sit alone at my table and watch all the others have fun
And I'm tired of sittin' on the sidetrack, watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future, livin' on things that I've done
And I'm tired of sittin' on the sidetrack, watchin' the mainline run

Train, train, don't leave me
Oh, train, train of life

I got no one to call me their darling, to hug me and call me their hon
And I'm tired of sittin' on the sidetrack, watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future, just livin' on things that I've done
And I'm tired of sittin' on the sidetrack, watchin' the mainline run

Train, train, don't leave me
Oh, train, train of life

Train, train, don't leave me
Oh, train, train of life, train of life

 

[fox69]

"Train Whistle Blues"

"Train Whistle Blues"


When a woman gets the blues she hangs her little head and cries
When a woman gets the blues she hangs her little head and cries
But when a man gets blues he grabs him a train and rides.

I can't understand how come you do me like you do
I can't understand how come you do me like you do do do do do
Well if you don't want me woman so since I don't want you.

Looky yonder coming, coming down the railroad track
Looky yonder coming, coming down the railroad track
And see the black smoke rolling rolling from that old smoke stack.

De yodel le-ee ai-de yodel e-ee.

Hey, hey, hey

I feel so bad the whole round world looks blue
I feel so bad that the whole round world looks blue
I ain't got no money I don't know what to do.

Looky yonder coming, coming down the railroad track
Looky yonder coming, coming down the railroad track
And see the black smoke rolling rolling from that old smoke stack.

De yodel le-ee ai-de yodel e-ee...

 

[fox69]

"Travelin' Blues"

"Travelin' Blues"


I had a dream last night I thought my good gal had gone
Well, I woke up this morning she really had done me wrong
Well, I know it's not fair but my good gal has done caught air.

Well, I'm goin' away leavin' today, I'm gonna bring my baby back
If that eight wheel driver don't jump the railroad track
I'll take her from that man I'm gonna bring her home if I can.

My gal's been triflin' round about a week I know
Well, several of my friends done told me so and so
She's been triflin' round but now she has turned him down.

I'm goin' away leavin' today, I'm gonna bring my baby back
If that eight wheel driver don't jump the railroad track
I'll take her from that man I'm gonna bring her home if I can.

Now pickin' blues one time.

It's true my baby's gone I know it won't be long
We'll both be on that train my baby's coming home again
She's found a new man but now she can't understand.

That I'm goin' away leavin' today, I'm gonna bring my baby back
If that eight wheel driver don't jump the railroad track
I'll take her from that man I'm gonna bring her home if I can.

Here we go yodel one time...

 

[fox69]

"Truck Driver's Blues"

"Truck Driver's Blues"


Feelin' tired and weary from my head down to my shoes
Feelin' tired and weary from my head down to my shoes
Got a low down feelin' truck driver's blues
Keep them wheels a rollin' I ain't got no time to lose

Keep them wheels a rollin' I ain't got no time to lose
(Got a low down feelin' truck driver's blues)
Ride, ride, ride on into town there's a honky tonk gal a waitin'
And I've got troubles to drown

(Never did have nothin' I've got nothin' much to lose)
Never did have nothin' I've got nothin' much to lose
(Just a low down feelin' truck driver's blues)
Ride, ride, ride on into town there's a honky tonk gal a waitin'
(Never did have nothin')

 

[fox69]

"Tulare Dust"

"Tulare Dust"


Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
Wondering where the freight train goes
Standin' in the field by the railroad track
Cursin' this strap on my cotton sack

I can see mom and dad with shoulders low
Both of 'em pickin' on a double row
They do it for a livin' because they must
That's life like it is in the Tulare dust

The California sun was something new
That when we arrived in '42
And I can still remember how my daddy cussed
The tumbleweeds here in the Tulare dust

The wally fever was a comin' fate
To the farmworkers here in the Golden State
And I miss Oklahoma but I'll stay
If I must and help make a livin' in the Tulare dust

The Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
Wondering where the freight train goes
Standin' in the field by the railroad track
Cursin' this strap on my cotton sack

 

[fox69]

"Turn To Me"

"Turn To Me"


When the whole world turns against you
And life won't let you be
When you need someone to turn to
Turn to me.

When questions go unanxswered
And you wonder what will be
When you need someone to turn to
Turn to me.

I stand on every corner
I'm just around the bend
I've always been here for you
I've always been your friend.

When walls close in around you
I'm the one who sets you free
When you need someone to turn to
Turn to me.

I stand on every corner
I'm just around the bend
I've always been here for you
I've always been your friend.

When walls close in around you
I'm the one who sets you free
When you need someone to turn to
Turn to me, turn to me...

 

[fox69]

"Turnin' Off A Memory"

"Turnin' Off A Memory"


[Spoken:]
Let me tell you about a song
That I wrote especially for my friends with drinkin' problems
Or maybe I should say my friends with problems enough to drink
Anyway it's just an old theme of a man sittin' in a barroom
Tryin' to drown his past
It's called I'm Turnin' Off A Memory...

[Sang:]
You can find me in dim lighted barroom
If your coldness should ever turn warm
But the chances of you ever changing
Are as slim as your two loving arms.

So I'm turnin' off a mem'ry
As quickly as time will allow
I'm turnin' off a mem'ry
And the wine seems to help me somehow.

If I'm lucky I'll some day forget you
When the wine finally takes full control
It's not much of a future to look to
But I can't stand this pain in my soul.

So I'm turnin' off a mem'ry
As quickly as time will allow
I'm turnin' off a mem'ry
And the wine seems to help me somehow.

And the wine seems to help me somehow...

 

[fox69]

"Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star"

"Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star"


Twinkle, twinkle lucky star
Can you send me luck from where you are

Can you make a rainbow shine that far
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.

Can you really make a wish come true
And do you shine on just a chosen few

Is it over, have I gone to far
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star

Like two ships on the ocean, we drifted apart
And you found an island at sea

I'm still adrift with this pain in my heart
Won't you send her sweet love back to me

Twinkle, twinkle lucky star

Twinkle, twinkle lucky star
Can you send me luck from where you are

Can you make a rainbow shine that far
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.

 

[fox69]

"Uncle Lem"

"Uncle Lem"


Ladies of the Garden Club say
His home is just a disgrace to the town
If the mayor wants re-elected
He'd better pass some laws and tear it down.

They wanna' cover it with flowers
Maybe even plant some Dogwood trees
I guess that they've forgotten when we were kids
What that place used to be.

I know it's just a shanty now
But Lord that place was built with human tears
For it's the home of Uncle Lem
Who was born and raised and lived there ninety years.

There's not a boy in this ole' town
That had'nt stopped for water at his well
Or sat on his porch in the evenin'
And listened to the stories that he'd tell.

His hair was the color of cottonfields
And his skin was old and brown
And he was born in that rundown shack
Before there was a town.

He bought that shack and piece of earth
For the highest price you'd pay
His Mom was bought and sold there
Uncle Lem was born a slave.

[Spoken:]
The mayor and some ladies of the Garden Club went out to that old shack
To tell Uncle Lem that he'd have to find another place to live
But they found him there in that old broken down rockin' chair and on an
old brown paper sack thay found his will. Now I wanna leave my old
shotgun to the fine mayor of this town for I remember when he was just
a little fella' he used to follow me around. Lord, I wish I had more to
leave to my friends that I love, but, Lord, all I've got's this old shack and
piece of earth and I want it to go to the ladies of the Garden Club.

[Sang:]
His hair was the color of cottonfields
And his skin was old and brown
And he was born in that rundown shack
Before there was a town.

He bought that shack and piece of earth
For the highest price you'd pay
His Mom was bought and sold there
Uncle Lem was born a slave.

His Mom was bought and sold there
Uncle Lem was born a slave...