Merle Haggard piosenki

Let me tell you about a man Tommy Collins A veteran in country music who interrputed his career by his own choice To become a minister and by the way I understand he was very successful And during this period of his life Tommy pasteured a small Baptist church...

Well the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today Had an uncle who was farmin' down in Tennessee And I stopped by to see him there brought this friend with me He had a daughter seventeen whose name was Clementine And sure enough they fell in love her and t...

The long distance love affair We just had on the phone Left me with "Don't worry darling, I'm on my way home. So break out the champagne; We've got good love on the mend. I know you're coming tomorrow, I hope I can make it till then. I could be fishing, Or r...

The longer you wait to leave me the longer I'll hurt when you're gone And the longer it takes you to break my heart the longer the pain lingers on How long will you prolong my misery wish I could leave on my own Cause the longer you wait to leave me the longer...

Let me tell you about a song That was brought to me by a good friend of mine who's a good songwriter And everytime he brings me a song I'm always willing to listen But the story and the reasons for writing this song Were even more interesting to me than the so...

Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down I went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun Took a shot of cocaine and away I run Made...

Well, me and Roy Nichols And couple other fellows in the band Got to talking it over Thought we'd take off a little time if we can I don't mean to say I'm quitting I'm just tired of making love to a telephone I'm coming home so I can find me a flight this mor...

(Verse One) On a hill far away, stood an old rugged Cross The emblem of suffering and shame And I love that old Cross, where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain. (Refrain)So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross Till my trophies at last I l...

I receive my big promotion, down at the lumber yard And my income tax return will soon be due I just made my last big payment on my 68 Corver The only trouble with me is you I came up with a winnin' ticket on a ocean liner cruise And the trip and everything w...

You're on the road On the road to my heart. Just follow that old love light, That brings you back to me. You've found the way To make me want to stay. Make me want to stay around And never part. You read my mind I guess, You're good at bringin' out my best, An...

I left the four lane highway took a blacktop seven miles Down by the old country school I went to as a child Two miles down a gravel road I could see the proud old home A tribute to a way of life that's almost come and gone. The roots of my raising run deep I...

A man sat on a mountainside A carpenter by trade Teaching his disciples While they knelt and prayed He blessed the poor and simple And he brought the mourners joy He came to heal the blind and lame They came not to destroy When smitten by his enemies He turn...

On a cold and rainy night I was sittin' in the light Oh my switchman shack of mine post on the mountain The storms were pretty bad and the telephone was dead But it was just eleven hours till the dawn. Then much to my surprice the telegraph jumped in the ligh...

Oh the sunny side of my life is the side you're living on Grey skies never come when I'm with you Good times hang around only when you're here at home The sunny side of my life is here with you Standing at my window watching raindrops hit the ground Countin'...

For years I've tried to leave this poor man's valley On a train that's on its way to richer ground Where rivers never overflow and dreams cannot be drowned But the train never stops at our town. I'd like to buy a mansion for my darling On a way upon a mountai...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Every dreams with you I'll sway dear To the waltz you saved for me Every dreams while I'm away dear You'll hear this melody Whisper goodbye and gently say dear That in all the days to be You will sometimes remember The waltz you saved for me 

Wish I was down on some blue bayou, With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand. But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there, So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am. Wish I enjoyed what makes my living, Did what I do with a willin' hand. Some would run, ah, but...

Sixty-six was still a narrow two-lane highway Harry Truman was the man who ran the show The bad Korean war was just beginning And I was just three years too young to go Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet And a service man was proud of what he'd don...

You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you You asked me not to call you on the phone There's something that I'm wanting to tell you So I wrote it in the words of this song I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels I might have known you'd never make a wife Yo...

Such a little time has passed since you went away Where are all these heartaches coming from? I can hardly stand the pain of missing you today And I know the worst is yet to come If there was something I could find to drive these tears from me Then I'd go rig...