Merle Haggard - Branded Man (2001) by Merle Haggard (보컬) on maniadb.com

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 them,but they're still not satisfied
Now I'm a branded man out un 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'm living,the black mark follows me
I'm branded with a number on my name

Repeat verse 1

If I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name
'Cause everybody knows I've been in jai
No matter where I'm living,I've got to tell them where I've been
Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail

Repeat verse 1

Now I'm a branded man out un the cold

There hasn't been one bit of laughter in this house in so long,
Just the howling of the wind asking why.
And I know this house ain't growing, but it seems bigger since you're gone.
And this loneliness is eating me alive.

If there's any forgiveness in you wrap it up and come on home.
Hey I may not change completely, oh but I'll try.
And honey you'll have to hurry or there'll be no reason to come home.
'Cause this loneliness is eating me alive.

The bigger the house, the harder the tear falls,
I found it out since you're goodbye.
And honey you'll have to hurry or there'll be no reason to come home.
'Cause this loneliness is eating me alive.

Julie they've taken me to prison I pulled the gun and robbed the jewelry store
The only thing I took was that big diamond
You know the one you said you wish was yours
The diamond in the window called for money the price was just too much for me to pay
But the price I'm paying now is so much bigger oh Julie don't I have the right to say
Don't get married Julie wait for me don't get married cause someday I'll be free

Julie when I serve the time they gave me
I'll walk out through the gates and I'll be free
I hope you didn't only want the diamond cause I pray that you also wanted me
Don't get married Julie wait for me don't get married cause someday I'll be free

[Chorus]
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you

I love you so much I can't let you go
And sometimes I believe you love me
But somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a door without any key

[Chorus]

Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a love I can't understand
It's there for a while then it fades like a smile
And I'm left in the middle again

[Chorus]

> You always find the way to hurt my pride
If I'm not crying you're not satisfied
And I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
You're turnin' down
The flame of love too low
And if you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go

Well you took my love for granted and I gave it all willingly
But seeing you with someone else was the breaking point for me
I know I'm goin' crazy I can feel it comin' on
The signs're all around me and I know I'll soon be gone
Gone crazy I may be hard to find gone crazy somewhere out of my mind

But there'll be laughter all around me when they come and take me away
And in case you see me leavin' oh you can bet I've gone to stay
I know you're gonna miss me when you find I've gone insane
But I got the right to lose my mind if I can't stand the pain
Gone crazy I may be hard to find gone crazy somewhere out of my mind

Once I lived a life of wine and roses and
I drank a lot back then for one concern
Success for me lay just around the corner
I thought my social friends would help me make me turn

But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
And I watched my social standings slip away from me
While I watched the bottle slowly take command

Now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

She came her to see me today
In prison where I have to stay
But this time she came here
To tell me goodbye

Pretending that I understood
I held back the tears best I could
But I know that she knew
I wanted to cry

'Cause my hands are tied
I'm locked here inside
I want her, I need her, I love her
But my hands are tied

Her visits kept my world alive
Our love found the way to survive
But now it's all over
I've lost her for good

She waited with arms open wide
Till somebody else stepped inside
But I know she waited
As long as she could

'Cause my hands are tied
I'm locked here inside
I want her, I need her, I love her
But my hands are tied

There'll always be a few of us
To keep the barrooms busy
And there'll always be fools like me
With no place else to turn

'Cause liquor has the charmin' taste
To keep you coming back
For it's true I guess
That some of us never learn

A crowded bar
Can't ever change the past
But from time to time
We drown it in a glass

'Cause liquor has the charmin' taste
To keep you coming back
Well, it's true I guess
That some of us never learn

A crowded bar
Can't ever change the past
Oh but from time to time
We drown it in a glass

'Cause liquor has the charmin' taste
To keep you coming back
Oh, it's true I guess
That some of us never learn, never learn

There's a long line of mourners coming down our street
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see
They're all of your rich friends that knew you in the city
And now they finally brought you back to me
The papers told of how you lost your life
Of the party and the fatal crash that night
The race on the highway the curve nobody seen
Now you're riding in that long black limousine
When you left home you told me that, that someday you'd be returning
With a fancy car for the whole town to see
Well now everybody's watching now and I guess you finally got your dream
You're riding in one of them long black limousines
Through tears I watch as you ride by
With a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fine
I'll never love another my heart and all my dreams
Ride with you in that long black limousine

In old Padres Nadres Old Mexico
Once in my travel I happened to go
I met Maria and we fell in love
It seemed like heaven came down from above

Dark skin and dark eyes and dark wavy hair
All kept me spellbound as love filled the air
I held her tightly then to my surpise
She whispered soft words with tears in her eyes

Go home go home your people would not understand
Go home go home go back to your own homeland

With gentle persuasion I changed her mind
I said they'd love her and treat her so kind
So we went together to my old hometown
I wanted to show my old friends what I'd found

But hate made my sweet dream a nightmare
One day I came home and she was not there
A note on the table tore my world apart
My old friends has been there and told my sweetheart

Go home go home your place is not with this man
Go home go home go back to your own homeland

Deep inside this lonely prison where the pleasures are so few;
Where the walls are strong and the days are long and there's nothin' new.
I learned to play the guitar.
I'm doin' the best I can.
I guess things could be worse 'cause I made the prison band.
I made the prison band.

Well there's ol' bashful Bill on the doghouse bass,
Willie on the steel guitar.
He hails from Pocatello and He drags a pretty mean bar.
Back on the drums is two-time Tom, a rimshot tempo man.
They call me their singin' Emcee 'cause I made the prison band.
Yes I made the prison band.

I'd been plannin' a break since Christmas.
I had the details all worked out.
But now I know that I ain't gonna go and there ain't no doubt.
I had my try-out Sunday and the outcome changed my plans.
I gotta rehearse for the Friday night show 'cause I made the prison band.
I made the prison band.

Well there's Ol' bashful Bill on the doghouse bass,
Willie on the steel guitar.
He hails from Pocatello and He drags a pretty mean bar.
Back on the drums is two-time Tom, a rim shot tempo man.
They call me their singin' Emcee 'cause I made the prison band.
Yes I made the prison band.