1.

Honky Tonk Night Time Man / Old Man From The Mountain

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

I'm a honky tonk night time man I can't stand no light
I'm a honky tonk night time man I can't stand no light
Get my rest in the daytime do my run run runnin' round at night

Had the blues this morning had the blues all day today
Had the blues this morning had the blues all day today
When that sun goes down I'm gonna tuck my blues away
Hey tuck 'em away
[ guitar - piano ]
Well the old man from the mountain's comin' home home home
Thought I'd better warn you so I called you on the phone
Get rid of Joe the grinder you better be there alone
The old man from the mountain's comin' home

I've been workin' in the sawmill I'm all uptight and tense
And I got wind that someone's been diggin' under my back fence
Thought I'd better call y'all and let ya know today
The old man from the mountain's on his way

Yeah the old man from the mountain's comin' home home home...
[ guitar - fiddle ]
I been workin' my dang fool head off all for a dollar bill
Now I need a bunch a good lovin' so I'm comin' down the hill
Don't need no friendly Henry warmin' up my bed
And the old man from the mountain means what he said

Yeah the old man from the mountain's comin' home home home...

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2.

Holding Things Together

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Holding things together ain't no easy thing to do
When it comes to raising children it's a job that's meant for two
Alice please believe me I can't go on and on
Holding things together with you gone

Today was Angie's birthday I guess it slipped your mind
I tried twice to call you with no answer either time
But the postman brought a present I mailed some days ago
And I just signed it love from mama so Angie wouldn't know

Holding things together ain't no easy thing to do...

Steel guitar
[ steel - guitar ]
Alice please believe me I can't go on and on
Holding things together with you gone
Alright

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3.

Sing A Sad Song

Wynn Stewart

© Owen Publications, BMI

Sing me a song of sadness and sing it as blue as I feel
And if a tear should appear it's because she's not here
Sing a sad song and sing it for me

She's unhappy with me she told me so
I'm unhappy without her and I still love her so

Sing me a song of sadness pretend it's the end of the world
Sing it sweet and sing it low and then I'll have to go
Sing a sad song and sing it for me
[ steel + fiddle ]
Sing it sweet and sing it low and then I'll have to go
Sing a sad song and sing it for me

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4.

Every Fool Has A Rainbow

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Every fool has a rainbow but he never seems to find
The reward that should be waiting at the end of the line
He'll give up a bed of roses for a hammock filled with thorns
And go chasing after rainbows every time a dream is born

Every fool has a rainbow that only he can see
Every fool has a rainbow and the rule applies to me
[ guitar - steel ]
Well how you folks doin' this evening alright
I don't know if we can keep our fingers warm or not we'll try
I've already lost feeling are yours alright
Roy I can't feel my fingers
Come here and feel my fingers one of these good lookin' girls come feel my fingers

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5.

My Lovin' Gal Lucille (Blue Yodel No. 2)

Jimmie Rodgers

© Peer Int, BMI

I need a good lookin' girl up here to hold my fingers when I'm not playin'
Well I don't know we're recording out here in this truck I think
I think we oughta do something probably different
And I don't know anything different so we'll do somethin' the same
Huh let's do an old Jimmy Rodgers song we ain't done in years maybe
Y'all remember Jimmy Rodgers

If you ever had the blues lord you know just how I feel
If you ever had the blues lord you know just how I feel
Cause I'm about to lose my lovin' gal Lucille

I love you mama but I don't like your lowdown ways
Lawd I love you mama but I don't like your lowdown ways
Lawd ya got me in trouble and now I'm servin' days

[ dobro ]
Here comes Don with his trumpet
That's Norman Hamlet and his dobro
[ trumpet ]
Well I ain't gonna marry I ain't gonna settle down
I ain't gonna marry lawd I ain't gonna settle down
Gimme corn fed mama lord and quit a runnin' around
[ guitar - fiddle ]
If you ever had the blues lord you know just how I feel
Have you ever had the blues lord you know just how I feel
I'm about to lose my lovin' gal Lucille

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6.

Trouble In Mind

Richard Jones

© Leeds Music, ASCAP

The trouble in mind I'm blue
My poor heart is achin' so
Sometimes I feel like livin'
Other times I feel like dyin'

My good gal she done quit me
And it sure do grieve my mind
Sometimes I feel like drinkin'
Other times I feel like dyin'

I'm goin' down to the river
I'm gonna buy me a rocking chair
And if the blues don't leave me
I'm gonna rock on away from here

Tell me about it Tiny
[ mandolin - piano - guitar ]
Hey trouble in mind I'm blue
My poor heart is aching so
Sometimes I feel like smokin'
Other times I feel like dyin'

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7.

Things Aren't Funny Anymore

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

We used to laugh a lot
We never cried
But things are all different now
Since your sweet love has died

Seems we've lost the way to find
All the good times we had before
We used to laugh a lot
But things aren't funny anymore

If I knew how to change your mind
Maybe things could be right again
If I could turn back one page of time
Before love came to an end

I'd know just where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren't funny anymore

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8.

(All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers

Liz Anderson

© Four Star Music, BMI

Oh the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I'm all through ever trusting anyone
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone

Roy
[ guitar ]
It amazes me not knowing any better
Than to think I had a love that would be true
Well I should be taken out tarred and feathered
To have let myself be taken in by you

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers...

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9.

I Always Get Lucky With You

Merle Haggard - Freddy Powers - Gary Church

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

I've had good luck and bad luck and no luck it's true
But I always get lucky with you
I've been turned on and turned down when the bars close at two
But I always get lucky with you

I keep two strikes against me most all of the time
And when it's down to just a phone call I'm minus a dime
I've had good days and bad days but when the day is through
I always get lucky with you
[ steel - guitar ]
I keep two strikes against me most all of the time
And when it's down to just a phone call I'm minus a dime
I've had good luck and bad luck and no luck it's true
But I always get lucky with you
I always get lucky with you

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10.

Workin' Man Blues

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

It's a big job gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
Yeah but I been a workin' man dang near all my life
And I'll keep on workin' long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer each evenin'
And sing a little bit of these workin' man blues

Well I keep my nose on the grindstone work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend after I draw my pay
But I go back workin' come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
I drink a little beer that evenin' Lord
And sing a little bit of these workin' man blues

Well sometimes I think about leavin' do a little bummin' around
Throw my bills out the window catch me a train to another town
But I go back workin' I got to buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
I drink a little beer that evenin' Lord
And sing a little bit of these workin' man blues

Brother Roy Nichols
[ guitar - piano ]
Thank you very very much ladies and gentlemen
Ladies and gentlemen the star of our show Merle Haggard

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