Playlist Merle Haggard

merle haggard - 5:01 blues

I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
I'll punch out and put in
Another long night again, missin' you
I got these 5:01 blues

I used to watch that old clock on the wall
Wishin' I could make time fly
But ever since you walked out on me
Quittin' time just make me wanna cry

I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
I'll punch out and put in
Another long night again, lovin' you
I've got these 5:01 blues

I could go out and find somebody new
I'd only spoil her fun
My mind still says that it's time to love you
When the clock says the workday is done

I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
I'll punch out and put in
Another long night again, missin' you
I've got these 5:01 blues

I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
And I'll punch out and put in
Another long night again, missin' you
I've got these 5:01 blues

(spoken)
Oh man, I got no place to go
No one to go to (fade)

merle haggard - a friend in california

L.A. traffic is bad this time of year
But there's a friend of yours in California
Sure wishes you were here
And as you lay your head on your pillow tonight just remember
There's a friend of yours in California sure misses you

You've got a friend in California that misses you
You've got a friend in California that sure misses you

Fort Worth can get cold this time of year
But this southern Califorian sun is warm
You should be here
And as you lay your head on your pillow tonight just remember
There's a friend of yours in California sure misses you

You've got a friend in California that misses you
You've got a friend in California that sure misses you

You've got a friend in California that misses you
You've got a friend in California that sure misses you

merle haggard - a place to fall apart

I'll Prob'ly Never See You Eye To Eye A-gain
This Letter's Meant To Be My Last Fare-well
But You Need To Under-stand I'm Nearly Crazy
You Need To Know My Life Has Gone To Hell

Write Me Back And Tell Me Why It Ended
Send A Letter That I Can Show My Heart
I'll Be Somewhere Between I Love You And What You're Feeling Now
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part

Looking For A Place To Fall A-part
Trying To Find A Place That I Can Leave My Heart
I Need To Be Somewhere Hidin' When I Feel The Teardrops Start
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part

I Can't Seem To Justify Your Leavin' Me
I'm Be-wildered As To How It All Came Down
I Thought Everything Was Fine Until Your Phone Call
The Call That Turned My World A-round

Send Me Word And Tell Me Why It Ended
I Need Some Final Proof To Show My Heart
I'll Be Somewhere Between I Love You And What You're Feelin' Now
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part

merle haggard - ain't your memory got no pride at all

I woke up with her in my arms this morning and God knows I love her over all
As she whispered she loved me your memory appeared
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all

Tonight as I lay here touching her sweet body and the good familiar feeling I recall
As I closed my eyes to kiss her your memory appeard
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all
You were here we loved now you're gone

Why can't you let bygones be bygones and stay gone
You always find the wrong time to come around and call
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all

merle haggard - all my friends are gonna be strangers

Oh the love you promised would be mine forever.
I would have bet my bottom dollar on.
Well it sure turned out to be a short forever.
Just once I turned by back and you were gone.

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers.
I'm all through ever trusting anyone.
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers.
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone.

It amazes me not knowing any better.
Than to think I had a love that would be true.
Well I should be taken out and tarred and feathered.
To have let myself be taken in by you.

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers.
I'm all through ever trusting anyone.
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers.
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone.
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone.

merle haggard - all of me belongs to you

All of me belongs to you all the time
You're the only one that's ever on my mind
There's no way that I would ever be untrue
There's not one single part of me
That don't miss you through and through
Cause all of me belongs to you

Eyes are worthless cause you're not here to see
Lips're so forgotten since you forgotten me
My arms ached from reaching out to you the way they do
There's not one single part of me
That don't miss you through and through
All of me belongs to you

Fingers claw the darkness in my dreams
Searching for a love I lost but can't redeem
I'm yours and I can't give my heart to someone new
There's not one single part of me
My heart don't inclue cause all of me belongs to you

Fingers claw the darkness in my dreams
Searching for a love I lost but can't redeem
I'm yours and I can't give my heart to someone new
There's not one single part of me
My heart don't inclue cause all of me belongs to you

All of me belongs to you

merle haggard - all the soft places to fall

Most of my lfe I've been runnin' around playin' and havin' a ball
And maybe I've been on a party too long these mem'ries are fond to recall
You see we've got thise thing about women smokin' and good alcohol
Now I'm lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets and all the soft places to fall
The women we've known have been many but they don't understand us at all
Though we've spent amny a long hours hopin' some old love would call
Surely somebody somewhere still wants us or don't nobody wants us at all
We're lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets and all the soft places to fall
Most of our lives we've been outlaws slept with our backs to the wall
I'm a rambler I'm a seeker and we're gettin' weaker a whole lot more likely to fall
We're tired of the rocks and brambles those barbed wire fences at all
We're lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets and all the soft places to fall
[ guitar ]
Most of our lives we've been outlaws...

merle haggard - always wanting you

Always wanting you, but never having you,
Makes it hard to face tomorrow 'cause I
Know I'll be wanting you again.
Always loving you, but never touching you,
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand.

I'd been better off if I'd turned away and never
Looked at you the second time.
'Cause I really had my life all together till your eyes meet mine.

And there I say a yearning and a feeling 'cross
The room that you felt for me.
Wish I'd had a way of knowing that the things we had in
Mind could never be.

Always wanting you, but never having you,
Makes it hard to face tomorrow 'cause I
Know I'll be wanting you again.
Always loving you, but never touching you,
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand.

merle haggard - am i standing in your way?

If he ever gets to you I know he'll ignite the flame
And it hurts to know how close he really came
Last night you both kept dancing when the music ceased to play
Is it all over do you still love me or am I standing in your way
Tell me the way feel I've got to know
Should I stay and keep trying or should I go
Last night he almost made it he's still on your mind today
Is it all over do you still love me or am I standing in your way
[ guitar - horns - steel ]
Tell me the way feel I've got to know
Should I stay and keep trying or should I go
Last night he almost did it he's still on your mind today
Is it all over do you still love me or am I standing in your way

merle haggard - amazing grace

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see.

Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear
And Grace my fears relieved
And precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believe.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
Twas Grace that led me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home.

When we've been there ten thousand
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Then wen we first begun.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see.

merle haggard - amber waves of grain

If the 'Amber Waves Of Grain' should disappear
And there were no wheat or barley anywhere
Would we buy our bread and butter from the Toyota man
Would an Idaho spud be stamped 'Made In Japan'
The farm just won't get tended, if the farmer isn't here
And the 'Amber Waves Of Grain' may disappear

There's a railroad train that's on it's way to no where
Never to return again this way
Will the future farmer board this train to no where
Is there nothin' we can do to help him stay
Can we get rid of that foreign aid to the farmer over here
Or the 'Amber Waves Of Grain' may disappear

If the 'Amber Waves Of Grain' should disappear
And there were no wheat or barley anywhere
Would we buy our bread and butter from the Toyota man
Would an Idaho spud be stamped 'Made In Japan'
Can we sink a bit of some foreign aid to the farmer over here
Or the 'Amber Waves Of Grain' may disappear

merle haggard - are the good times really over for good?

I wish a buck was still silver.
It was back when the country was strong.
Back before Elvis; before the Vietnam war came along.
Before The Beatles and "Yesterday",
When a man could still work, and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?
Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the Flag or the Liberty bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

I wish coke was still cola,
And a joint was a bad place to be.
And it was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.
Before microwave ovens,
When a girl could still cook and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the Flag or the Liberty bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Stop rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell.
Stand up for the Flag and let's all ring the Liberty bell.
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy,
Still last ten years, like they should.
The best of the free life is still yet to come,
The good times ain't over for good.

merle haggard - are you lonesome tonight?

Are you lonesome tonight do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray to a bright summer day
When I held you and called you sweetheart

Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain shall I come back again
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight

I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know that someone said the world's a stage and each must play a part
And fate had me playin' In Love with you as my sweetheart
Act one was where we met I loved you at first glance
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue then came act two
You seemed to change you acted strange and why I've never known
Honey you lied when you said you loved me and I had no cause to doubt you
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies than to have to go on living without you
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there with emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me they can bring the curtain down

Is your heart filled with pain could I come back again
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight

merle haggard - back to the barrooms again

Now it's back to the barrooms right back to drinking again
Maybe someday you'll love me enough to stay with me
And whisky won't be my best friend
Now it's back to the barrooms again

The bartender knows me he knows how you do me
And he knows why I'm back here again
He should be given a prize for his patience
Cause bartenders do understand
So it's back to the barrooms again

With the loud music roaring the bartender pouring
And my shaky legs trying to stand
It's over and over I've tried to stay sober
But look what a failure I've been
Cause now it's back to the barrooms again
Yes now it's back to the barrooms right back to drinking again
Maybe someday you'll love me enough to stay with me
And whisky won't be my best friend
Now it's back to the barrooms again
Oh yes it's back to the barrooms again

merle haggard - because you can't be mine

What makes something you can't have always look so good
Why'd do something out of reach seem so fine
What makes you thrill me more than any girl I know
I guess it's just because you can't be mine

Why can't I be contented with what belongs to me
And be satisfied with what's already mine
What makes a stolen moment such a precious thing
I guess it's just because you can't be mine

[ steel - guitar ]
What makes me always want a woman I can't have
Why the someone else's silver always shine
My patience rises every time you come around
And I guess it's just because you can't be mine

Why can't I be contented...