Merle Haggard - The Best Of Merle Haggard/ 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection [compilation] (2005) by Merle Haggard (보컬) on maniadb.com

(Lyrics)
My hat don't hang on the same nail too long
My ears can't stand to hear the same old song
And I don't leave the highway long enough
To bog down in the mud,
I've got ramblin fever in my blood
I caught this ramblin fever long ago
When I first heard a lonesome whistle blow
If someone said I ever gave a damn,
They damn sure told you wrong
I've had ramblin' fever all along
(Chorus)
Ramblin' Fever
The kind that can't be measured by degrees
Ramblin' Fever
There ain't no kind of cure for my disease
(Lyrics)
There's times I like to lay down on the sofa
And let some pretty lady rub my back
Spend the early morning drinking coffee
Talkin' about when I'll be comin' back
'Cause I don't let no woman tie me down
And I'll never get too old to get around
I wanna die along the highway and rot away
Like some old highline pole
Rest this ramblin fever in my soul
(Chorus)

Could be holding you tonight
Could be doing wrong or doing right
You don't care about what I think
I think I'll just stay here and drink

Hey, putting you down won't square the deal
A least you'll know what I feel
Hey, take all the money in the bank
I think I'll just stay here and drink

Hey, listen close and you can hear
That loud jukebox playing in my ear
Ain't no woman gonna change the way I think
I think I'll just stay here and drink

Hey, hurtin' me know don't mean a thing
Since love ain't here I don't feel a thing
My mind ain't nothing but a total blank
I think I'll just stay here and drink

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 ev'ry 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 fin'ly came to lead him home

Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws,
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs,
But I stand right here where I'm at,
'Cause I wear My Own Kind Of Hat.

There's two kind of lovers and two kind of brothers,
And two kind of babies to hold.
There's two kind of cherries and two kind of fairies,
And two kind of mothers I'm told, and told

Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws,
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs,
But I stand right here where I'm at,
'Cause I wear My Own Kind Of Hat.

There's two kind of brothers and two kind of lovers,
And two kind of babies to hold.
There's two kind of cherries and two kind of fairies,
And two kind of mothers I'm told, and told

Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws,
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs,
But I stand right here where I'm at,
'Cause I wear My Own Kind Of Hat.

Most of my life I've almost been a winner
I've come so close but never really won
Just when I thought I finally made it
I found myself back where I started from
I hate to say I'm giving up but I believe
Losin's just become a way of life for me
Losin' wouldn't be so bad at all
But I'm always on a mountain when I fall

Then you came along and had me had me believing
For once in my life my luck had finally changed
And now you say you're gonna leave me
Seems everything I do winds up the same
I hate to say I'm giving up...
Losin' wouldn't be so bad at all
But I'm always on a mountain when I fall

Last night we had a hell raisin' time
Nippin' on tequila and suckin' on limes
Sunrise chased the good time away
And good morning would have been the wrong thing to say
'Cause the poundin' in the top of my head
Hey didn't leave me any too soon
I can't say we've had a good morning
But babe it's been a great afternoon

Well you nursed me through the morning while I was really down
Then one rowdy afternooner got me up and around
Yes last night we had one hell raisin' time
But today won't be forgotten too soon
I can't say we've had a good morning
Oh but babe it's been a great afternoon, yes sir

Well you nursed me through the morning while I was really down
Then one rowdy afternooner got me up and around
Yes last night we had one hell raisin' time, he he
But today won't be forgotten too soon
I can't say we've had a good morning
But dang it's been a great afternoon

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 that ain't like me.
So I just dream and keep on bein' the way I am.

The way I am, don't fit my shackles.
The way I am, reality.
I can almost see that bobber dancin',
So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am.

The way I am, don't fit my shackles.
The way I am, reality.
I can almost see that bobber dancin',
So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am.

I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am.

We can call Mrs Johnson to keep the kids a day or two
Take the early flight to Florida just the way we used to do
Let room service bring us breakfast make love all through the day
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways
If we're not back in love by Monday we can't say we didn't try
But before we bury our love let's make sure we've let it die
Sleep a few more nights together say the things we used to say
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways
[ steel ]
We could find that little cafe with the funny sounding name
Get the table by the window I'll say I love you once again
If the violin player's still there we'll dance until the break of day
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways
If we're not back in love by Monday...

Memories and drinks don't mix too well
And jukebox records don't play those wedding bells
Looking at the world through the bottom of a glass
All I see is a man who's fadin' fast
Tonight I need that woman again what I'd give for my baby to just walk in
Sit down beside me and say it's alright
Take me home and make sweet love to me tonight
But here I am again mixing misery and gin
Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself
I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fool can tell
That this honky tonk heaven really makes you feel like hell

I light a lonely woman's cigarette
We start talkin' bout what we want to forget
Her life story and mine are the same
We both lost someone and only have ourselves to blame
But here I am again...

When LEONARD finally came to California
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
He loved to write a song and pick the guitar
And he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.

The town in which he lived is not important
But you'll know which town I mean by the time I'm thru
He soon became a famous entertainer
But LEONARD was a name he never used

He was on his way to having what he wanted
Just about as close as one could be
Hey! once he even followed Elvis Presley
And he wrote a lot of country songs for me.

But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus
For years he chose to let his music go
But preaching wasn't really meant for LEONARD
But how in the hell was LEONARD s'posed to know.

Well, life began to twist its way around him
And I wondered how he carried such a load
He came back again to try his luck in music
And lost his wife and family on the road.

SPOKEN:
(After that he seemed to bog down even deeper
And I saw what booze and pills could really do
And I wondered if I'd ever see him sober
But I forgot about a Friend that LEONARD knew.)

Well, LEONARD gave me lots of inspiration
He helped teach me how to write a country song
And he even brought around a bag of groceries
Hey! back before Muskogee came along.

Really I'm not trying to hide his showname
Or the town in which this episode began
SPOKEN: (Somehow I had to write a song for old Tommy)
If just to see the smilin' faces in the band.

When LEONARD finally came to California
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
And he loved to write a song and pick the guitar
And he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.

Merle haggard / rainbow stew

There's a big brown cloud in the city,
And the country side a scene.
The price of life is to high to give up
It's rather come down again.
When world wide war's is over and done
And the dream of peace comes true.
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eat that rainbow stew.

When they'll found out how to burn water
And the gasoline car is gone
When an airplane flies without any fuel
And the sunlight heats our home
One of these days when the air clears up
And the sun comes shining through
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eat that rainbow stew.

Eat that rainbow stew in a silver spoon
Underneath that sky are blue
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eat that rainbow stew.

You don't have to get high to get happy
Just think about what's in store
When people start doing what they odd to be doing
And they wont be booing no more
When a president goes through the white house door
Does what he says he'll do
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eat that rainbow stew

Eat that rainbow stew in a silver spoon
Underneath that sky are blue
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eat that rainbow stew