1.

Misery And Gin

John Durrill - Snuff Garrett

© Peso Music, BMI

Memories and drinks don't mix too well
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
Might 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 mixing misery and gin...

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2.

I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Could be home with you tonight
I could quit doin' wrong start doin' right
You don't care about what I think
I think I'll just stay here and drink

Puttin' you down won't square the deal
Least you know what way I feel
Take all the money in the bank
I think I'll just stay here and drink

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

Hurtin' me now don't mean a thing
Since love ain't here I don't feel the pain
My mind ain't nothin' but a total blank
I think I'll just stay here and drink

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3.

Back To The Barrooms Again

Merle Haggard - Dave Kirby

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Now it's back to the barrooms right back to drinkin' again
Someday you'll love me enough to stay with me
And whiskey won't be my best friend
But 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 roarin' and the bartender pourin'
And my shaky legs tryin' to stand
It's over and over I tried to stay sober
But look what a failure I've been
And so it's back to the barrooms again

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

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4.

Our Paths May Never Cross

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Lady I know you're out there somewhere
Like me you're feeling lost
Baby right now we both need each other
But our paths may never cross

People like us never find each other
And love is our greatest loss
Baby I know you're out there somewhere
But our paths may never cross

We're two people that should be together
Cause we're lonely at the very same time
There's a million too many good reasons
Why your love can never be mine

Maybe this song was written for you
Listen and don't turn it off
I wish you could learn it
And come sing it with me
But our paths may never cross

We're two people that should be together...
Maybe this song was written for you...

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5.

Running Kind / I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard - Liz Anderson - Casey Anderson

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

I was born the running kind leaving always on my mind
Home was never home to me at any time
Every front door found me hopin' I would find the back door open
There just had to be an exit for the running kind

Within me there's a prison surrounding me alone
As real as any dungeon with a wall of stone
I know running's not the answer but running's been my nature
And a part of me that keeps me movin' on

I was born the running kind leaving always on my mind...

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

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6.

(# 4 country hit)

Rainbow Stew

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

There's a big brown cloud in the city and the countryside's a sin
The price of life is too high to give up it's gotta come down again
When the world wide war is over and done and the dream of peace comes true
We'll all be drinkin' that free bubble-up and eatin' that rainbow stew

When they find 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 sun comes shinin' through
We'll all be drinkin' that free bubble-up and eatin' that rainbow stew

Eatin' rainbow stew in a silver spoon
Underneath that sky of blue
We'll all be drinkin' that free bubble-up
And eatin' that rainbow stew

You don't have to get high to get happy just think about what's in store
When people start doin' what they oughta be doin' if they won't be booin' no more
When a President goes through the White House door and does what he says he'll do
We'll all be drinkin' that free bubble-up and eatin' that rainbow stew

Eatin' rainbow stew in a silver spoon...
Eatin' rainbow stew in a silver spoon...

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7.

Standin' On The Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)

Jimmie Rodgers

© Peer Int, BMI

Standing on the corner I didn't mean no harm
Along came the police and took me by the arm
It was down in Memphis corner of Beale and Main
He said big boy you'll have to tell me your name
I said you'll find my name on the tail of my shirt
I'm a Tennessee hustler I don't have to work

Listen all you rounders better leave my woman alone
I'll take my special and run all you rounders home
My good gal loves me everybody knows
She paid a hundred cash dollars just for me a suit of clothes
And she came to the joint a .44 in each hand
She said stand aside all you prison guards
Cause I'm here to get my man
And I said you'll find my name on the tail of my shirt
I'm a Tennessee hustler I don't have to work

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8.

Dealing With The Devil

Eddy Raven - Sanger D. Shafer

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

I used to live with the whiskey
And the good timin' 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 haunt me like before
Cause I'm not dancing with those demons
I'm not dealing with that demon anymore

So go to sleep my weary lady
Heaven knows you've done your chore
You were sent here just to save me
I'm not dancing with those demons
I'm not dealing with that demon anymore

It don't matter where you came from
All I know is that you gave me back my pride
You reached out your hand and saved a man
Who had slid about as far as he could slide

And you probably came from heaven
Who else could've sent you but the Lord
I'm not dancing with those demons
I'm not dealing with that demon anymore

So go to sleep my weary lady...
Yeah go to sleep my weary lady...
Yeah go to sleep my weary lady...

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9.

Fiddle Breakdown

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

[ instrumental ]


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10.

Sing Me Back Home

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
Let my guitar friend do my request

(Thank you thank you very much)

Let him sing me back home (C'mon Will) with a song I
And make my old memories come alive
And take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die

I recall last Sunday morning a choir from off the streets
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mama sang
Could I hear it once before you move along

Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die
Sing me back home before I die

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