Merle Haggard - Swinging Doors/I'm A Lonesome Fugitive/Sing Me Bac lyrics

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Swinging Doors/I'm A Lonesome Fugitive/Sing Me Bac

Swing Doors:

(Merle Haggard)

This ol' smoke filled bar is something I'm not used to

But I gave up my home to see you satisfied

I just called to let you know where I'll be livin'

It's not much but I feel welcome here inside.

And I got swinging doors a jukebox and a barstool

And my new home has a flashing neon sign

Stop by and see me anytime you want to

Cause I'm always here at home till closin' time.

Yeah, I'm always here till closin' time.

I'm a Lonesome Fugitive:

(Liz Anderson - Casey Anderson)

Down every road there's always one more city

Thank you

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 ---

Sing Me Back Home:

(Merle Haggard)

The warden let the prisoner down the hallway to his doom

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 playing friend do my request.

Let him sing me back home the song I used to hear

Make my old mem'ries come alive

And take me away and turn back the years

Sing me back home before I die.

Sing me back home before I die.

Branded ManL

(Merle Haggard)

One two three four.

I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am

But they won't let my secret go untold

I paid the debt I owed 'em but they're still not satisfied

Now I'm a branded man out in the cold.

When they let me out of prison I held my head up high

Determined I would rise above the shame

But no matter where I travel a black mark follows me

I'm branded with a number on my name.

I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am

But they won't let my secret go untold

I paid the debt I owed 'em but they're still not satisfied

Now I'm a branded man out in the cold...