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(# 1 country hit)

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Liz Anderson - Casey Anderson

© Four Star Music, BMI

Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run the highway is my home

I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
While mama used to pray my crops would fail
Now I'm a hunted fugitive with just two ways
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run the highway is my home
[ instrumental ]
I'm lonely but I can't afford the luxury
Of having one I love to come along
She'd only slow me down and they'd catch up with me
For he who travels fastest goes alone

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me...
I'm on the run the highway is my home

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2.

All Of Me Belongs To You

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

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
My lips are 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
Cause all of me belongs to you

Fingers claw the darkness in my dreams
Searching for a love I lost but can't redeem
Hey I'm yours and I can't give my heart to someone new
Not one single part of me my heart don't include
Cause all of me belongs to you
[ instrumental ]
Fingers claw the darkness in my dreams...
All of me belongs to you

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3.

House Of Memories

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

My house of mem'ries is all I own
I live in mis'ry now that you're gone
A constant reminder of what used to be
Is torturing me in my house of mem'ries

My house is a prison where mem'ries surround me
There's no place to hide where your mem'ry won't find me
For my house of mem'ries is all I own
I'm all alone in my house of mem'ries
[ instrumental ]
My house is a prison where mem'ries surround me...
In my house of mem'ries

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4.

Life In Prison

Merle Haggard

© Owen Publications, BMI

The jury found the verdict first degree
They swore I planned her death to be
I prayed they sentence me to die
But they wanted me to live and I know why

So I do life in prison for the wrongs I've done
And I pray every night for death to come
My life will be a burden every day
If I could die my pain might go away
[ instrumental ]
Insane with rage I took my darling's life
Because I loved her more than life
My dreams for her will last a long long time
But I'd rather die than live to lose my mind

But I've got life in prison for the wrongs I've done...
If I could die my pain might go away

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5.

Whatever Happened To Me

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

It gets longer in between each time you call
I'd be safe in saying you no longer care at all
We're never seem together like we used to be
Tell me darling whatever happened to me

I once played a big part in your world
Think back and I know you'll agree
You still play a big part in my world
Oh but whatever happened to me

I made up my own excuses for so long
I can't keep myself from askin' what went wrong
Please forgive me if I'm just too blind to see
And tell me darling whatever happened to me
[ instrumental ]
Please forgive me if I'm just too blind to see
And tell me darling whatever happened to me

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6.

Drink Up And Be Somebody

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Well I gotta keep my reputation I gotta keep my pride
Can't let you know you've hurt me I can't let you know I've cried
I gotta make you think I'm happy everywhere I go
I gotta keep my hurt inside me I can't let it show

I gotta drink up and be somebody I have another round
I can't let my troubles find me I gotta keep your mem'ry down
Can't let you drive me crazy can't let you win
I gotta drink up and be somebody again
[ instrumental ]
Well I can't spend my whole life grieving I gotta find myself
I gotta put me back together I gotta find me someone else
I don't make you think I'm happy everywhere I go
I gotta keep my hurt inside me I can't let it show

I gotta drink up and be somebody I have another round...

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7.

(# 32 country hit)

Someone Told My Story

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

I played the brand new record on the jukebox
And I scarcely could believe the song I've heard
It told of how you left me for another
It was almost like I'd written every word

Someone told my story in a song
The lyrics told of happiness and home
Then it told of how you've done me wrong
Someone told my story in a song
[ instrumental ]
The writer must've seen the way you done me
For he told it all and never missed a line
He told of swinging doors and the jukebox
And he even knew I almost lost my mind

Someone told my story in a song...

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8.

If You Want To Be My Woman

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

You like ridin' in the country in my Cadillac
The way I try to kiss you keep you on and pushin' me back
You said you like a party you own the money that I earned
You refused to give me something equal in return

Don't look at me
Like maybe you don't understand
If you wanna be my woman
Then you know you've got to let me be your man
[ instrumental ]
Well you said you're from the country but I know it ain't true
You try to play it smart and look so innocent too
You say I need a ring to get the lovin' that I need
Can't you give me just a sample before I sign that deed

Don't look at me...

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9.

Mary's Mine

Jerry Ward

© Tree Pub, BMI

Mary's mine and she'll always be
Till the end of time she gave her heart to me
No truer love could I ever find
Than Mary's love and Mary's mine

I once lived the life without meaning
Just the face with no place in this world
At last I found reason for living
And I owe it all to the love of a girl

Her love gave me reason for living
To make her happy is first on my mind
Because of her my life has real meaning
I love her so and I know Mary's mine

Mary's mine and she'll always be...

No truer love could I ever find
Than Mary's love cause Mary's mine

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10.

Skid Row

Merle Haggard

© Owen Publications, BMI

Well not long ago I was a happy man
Money in my pockets with the ring on my hand
My money's gall one and I'm feelin' low
Standin' on the corner of Skid Row

My girl friend left me she don't want me no more
We had a great big fight just a night before
She said I got no class because she knows
I've been a hangin' around on Skid Row

Well people walk by and they stop and stare
They giggle and they stickle at the clothes I wear
It's just another day like it always goes
When you're a hangin' around on Skid Row
[ instrumental ]
I got an old John Beam with the pain more through
Got a great big hole in the bottom of my shoe
My wine's all gone and I need some more
A standin' on the corner of Skid Row

Well people walk by and they stop and stare...

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11.

My Rough And Rowdy Ways

Jimmie Rodgers

© Peer Int, BMI

For years and years I've rambled
I drank my wine and gambled
But one day I thought I would settle down

I have met a perfect lady
She said she'd be my baby
We built a cottage in the old hometown

But somehow I can't give up my good old rambling ways
Lord the railroad trains are calling me away
I may be rough I may be wild
I may be tough and that's just my style
I can't give up my good old rough and rowdy ways
[ instrumental ]
But somehow I can't give up my good old rambling ways...

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12.

Poor Broke Mixed Up Mess Of A Heart

Tommy Collins - Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Oh you poor broke mixed up mess of a heart
Yeah a little bitty woman gonna tear you all apart
I warned you a thousand times but you wouldn't listen nor pay no mind
You poor broke mixed up mess of a heart

Yeah I watched her buy her tickets in Charlotte North Carolina
And I heard her say one-way please to Denver
She's goin' to meet that other guy and it won't do us no good to cry
Cause she's wearin' his ring on her finger

Oh you poor broke mixed up mess of a heart...
[ instrumental ]
Well I watched her tip a porter as she stepped aboard that midnight train
Bound to take her faraway forever
I watched the tail light fade away knowing she was gone to stay
And I wish that's broken heart that's leavin' with her

Oh you poor broke mixed up mess of a heart...
You poor broke mixed up mess of a heart

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