by Merle Haggard on album I Am What I Am

I'm no longer a fugitive And I'm not on the land And I'm just around I am what I am I do what I do 'Cause I do give a damn And I'm not a tramp and I'm not a drifter I am what I am I won't be a slave

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

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 le

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

Merle Haggard Miscellaneous The Bottle Let Me Down (1966) Each night I leave the barroom when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight you memory found me much to sober Couldn'

by Merle Haggard on album The Bluegrass Sessions

Merle Haggard The Bluegrass Sessions Learning To Live With Myself I learned how to live with my darling God took my darling away Down through the years He took all my peers Left me here and to pla

by Merle Haggard on album I Am What I Am

Love's always lovely when first two lovers meet Hand in hand, arm in arm, walking down the street Always seen together in everything they do Love is always pretty when it's new Love is always special

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

There's a place where Mother Nature's got it all together She knows just when to let wild flowers bloom Somehow she always seems to know exactly what she's doin' And the Lord saw fit to furnish elbow

by Merle Haggard on album The Bluegrass Sessions

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

You've got the bull of the wood You've got the beaver from Missouri We can't get nothin' done on this C.B You've got the bull of the woods You've got the beaver from Missouri We oughta get together,

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

I hear people talkin' bad about the way We have to live here in this country Harpin' on the wars we fight Gripin' 'bout the way things oughta be An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides An' standin

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

Santa Claus and popcorn Jingle bells and reindeer horns Christmas trees and mistletoe Jesus loves me this I know Carols singing Silent Night Crosby dreams of Christmas white We celebrate 'cause the K

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train There to meet me is my mama and papa Down the lane I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherry It's good to touch the gre

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

Now that it's alright to burn the stars and stripes Yes, nobody really needs old Uncle Sam Might as well burn the bill of rights as well And let our country go straight to hell Only me and crippled so

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

Livin' on the road my friend Is gonna keep you free and clean And now you wear your skin like iron And your breath is hard as kerosene Weren't you mamma's only boy? Her favorite one it seems She beg

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

If we never meet again, this side of heaven As we struggle through this world and it's strife There's another meeting place somewhere in heaven By the side of the river of life Where the charmin' ros

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

Good morning, Captain Good morning, Shine Do you need another mule skinner Out on your new mud line? I like to work I'm rolling all the time I can carve my initials On a mule's behind Hey, little wa

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

Well, he rides into town on the back of a big silver eagle Strapped to his shoulders are the burden of staying on top And the lines in his face tell the story of an uphill flight You can tell how he f

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas Beneath the neon, close up's just begun When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol He can't find a job but man, he's found a gun But a change of heart b

by Merle Haggard on album The Bluegrass Sessions

by Merle Haggard on album Miscellaneous

I used to live with the whiskey And the good time and the ladies of the night Then the whiskey took control Left me waltzing with the witches in my mind But imaginary bottles won't be everywhere To h

by Merle Haggard on album I Am What I Am

I was looking for a place to hang my hat And a place to lay me down my heavy load I found it in the woods, in the cabin on the hill Down at the end of the road We were looking for a place to raise a