Merle Haggard

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"Ever-Changing Woman"

"Ever-Changing Woman"


She can sparkle like the moonlight on the river
At times her words can cut you like a knife
She's got a way of being tough and tender
But she'll always be the highlight of my life.

[Chorus:]
Sometimes she's hotter than the thirty-first of August
And colder than a February morn
But Heaven knows I'm always more than willing
To hold that ever-changing woman in my arms.

There's days she almost loves me down to nothing
Then turns around and hates my very soul
So I always wear a T-shirt and a jacket
Just in case that woman's running hot to cold.

[Chorus:]
Sometimes she's hotter than the thirty-first of August
And colder than a February morn
But Heaven knows I'm always more than willing
To hold that ever-changing woman in my arms.

I've got that ever-changing woman in my arms
I love that ever-changing woman in my arms
I've got that...

 

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"Every Fool Has A Rainbow"

"Every Fool Has A Rainbow"


Every fool has rainbow
But he never seems to find
The reward that should be waiting
At the end of the line.

But he'll give up a bed of roses for
A life filled with thorns
And go chasing after rainbows
Everytime the dream is born.

And every fool has a rainbow
That only he can see
Every fool has a rainbow
And the rule replies to me.

And every fool has a rainbow
That only he can see
Every fool has a rainbow
And the rule replies to me...

 

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"Everybody's Had The Blues"

"Everybody's Had The Blues"


Everybody's had the blues sometimes
And everybody knows the tune
And everybody knows the way I'm feelin'
Cause everybody's had the blues.

A lonely, song someone is gone, a story old as time
Love, hate, or want and wait till misery fills your mind
But everybody knows the way I'm fellin'
'Cause everybody's had the blues.

A lonely, song someone is gone, a story old as time
Love, hate, or want and wait till misery fills your mind
But everybody knows the way I'm fellin'
'Cause everybody's had the blues...

 

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"Falling For You"

"Falling For You"


You bring me happiness and leave me loneliness
My world is in distress 'cause I'm falling for you
You look into my eyes and tell the sweetest lies
You're a heartbreak in disguise and I'm falling for you

Oh, darling when you're near, my world is happy, dear
But when you disappear, I'm afraid that we're through
I love in misery you're so unfair to me it's all a mystery
Why I'm falling for you

Oh, darling when you're near, my world is happy, dear
But when you disappear, I'm afraid that we're through
I love in misery you're so unfair to me it's all a mystery
Why I'm falling for you

 

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"Folsom Prison Blues"

"Folsom Prison Blues"


I hear that train a comin' it's comin' around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm locked in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on
And I hear that train a rollin' on down to San Antone.

When I was just a baby my mama told me son
Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that lonesome whistle I hang my head and I cry.

I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
Well I know I had it comin' I know I can't be free
But I hear that train a rollin' that's what tortures me.

If they freed me from this prison if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it over a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison that's where I long to be
And let that train keep a rollin' and roll my blues away...

 

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"Fool's Castle"

"Fool's Castle"


It's a big house on a hilltop fine carpets on the floor
Expensive polished marble are the steps up to the door
Vines are climbin' up to the roof top as if there's something they'd like to hide
People call it a fool's Castle and I'm the fool that lives inside.

The girl is gone that warmed the castle
Now it's dark the flame has died
It's a big house on a hilltop without love and without pride
People call it a Fool's Castle and I'm the fool that lives inside.

She used to live here I thought she was lucky she had what most girls only dream of
I gave her diamonds silk and satin I gave her everything but love
And with my giving I gave her nothing she wanted only to be by my side
Yes they call it a Fool's Castle and I'm the fool that lives inside.

The girl is gone that warmed the castle
Now it's dark the flame has died
It's a big house on a hilltop without love and without pride
People call it a Fool's Castle and I'm the fool that lives inside...

 

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"Footlights"

"Footlights"


I live the kinda life most men only dream of
I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
But I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to go
When it's over
So I hide my age and make the stage and
Try to kick the footlights out again.

I throw my old guitar across the stage and
Then my bassman takes the ball
And the crowd goes nearly wild to see
My guitar nearly fall
After twenty years of pickin' we're still alive
And kickin' and kickin' down the wall
Tonight we'll kick the footlights out
And walk away without a curtain call.

Tonight we'll kick the footlights out again
And try to hide the mood we're really in
Might not put on our old Instamatic grin
Tonight we'll kick the footlights out again.

I live the kinda life most men only dream of
And I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
But I'm fortysome years old and I ain't got no place to go
When it's over
So I hide my age and make the stage and
Try to kick the footlights out again...

 

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"For All I Know"

"For All I Know"


For all I know you never cared about me
And chances are I never crossed your mind
Maybe you won't understand me calling
But darling it's been such a long long time.

For all I know there may be someone with you now
But may be he won't mind the friendly call
You've already made it clear that you stopped loving me
And for all I know you never cared at all.

I can't help it if I sound like I've been crying
'Cause darling I've been crying all night long
I just call to let you know just how much I need you
And for all I know you may be there alone.

Surely you must know I'd give the world to see you now
And could be you'd like to have me one more time
You've already made it clear that you stopped loving me
But for all I know I may have lost my mind.

And for all I know I may have lost my mind.

 

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"Frankie And Johnny"

"Frankie And Johnny"


Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts oh Lordy how they could love
Swore to be true to each other true as the stars above
He was her man but he was doin' her wrong.

Frankie went down to the corner just for a bucket of beer
She said oh Mr Bartender has my lovin' Johnny been here
He is my man he wadn't doin' me wrong.

Hey I don't want cause you no trouble ain't gonna tell you no lies
I saw your lover an hour ago with a gal named Nellie Blie
He was your man but he has done you wrong.

Here come now.

Hey Frankie looked over in transom and she saw to her susrprice
There on the cab sat Johnny makin' love to Nellie Blie
He is my man but he's doin' me wrong.

Frankie drew back to comoda she took out her old 44
And rutty toooo tooo three times throughout that hardwood door
She shot her man cause he was doin' her wrong.

Here comes one more time.

Hey bring out the rubber tied hearses and bring out the rubber tied hatch
She'd taken her man through the graveyard and she ain't a gonna bring
him back
Lord he was her man and he was doin' her wrong.

Bring out a thousand policemen bring 'em around today
And locked her down in the dungeon and threw that key away
She shot her may cause he was doin' her wrong.

Hey Frankie said to the warden what are you going to do
And the warden said to Frankie it's a electric chair for you
You shot your man cause he was doin' you wrong.

Hey this story has no moral this story has no end
The only thing this story goes to show is a ain't no good in man
He was her man and he was doin' her wong...

 

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"From Graceland To The Promised Land"

"From Graceland To The Promised Land"


Ladies and gentlemen, my farewell to Elvis.

From the sun years of the fifties and the birth of rock and roll
Millions screamed to see him do his thing
Elvis touched the life of every ear that heard him
And they couldn't help but listen when he sang.

It's a long way from Memphis to that mansion in the sky
But he kept his faith in Jesus all along
It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land
But Jesus finally came to lead him home.

From the days of Love Me Tender to his mama's last farewell
Some say he knew how long he had to stay
His life was two days longer than the one who gave him life
And he almost knew the number of the days.

It's a long way from Memphis to that mansion in the sky
But he kept his faith in Jesus all along
It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land
But Jesus finally came to lead him home.

It's a long way from Memphis to that mansion in the sky
But he kept his faith in Jesus all along
It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land
But he kept his favorite Jesus all along...