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another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Who?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
The Okie from Muskogee, built the Bakersfield sound with Buck Owens.
Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Who?Gob wrote:Who?
WHO?
Why The Greatest Country Singer Alive! of course... (well, not so much now I guess...
) that's who:As I drove down on 65, I was cruisin' down that old grapevine
Well, I must have been doin' at least about 95
Well out there on the side of the road all broke down and
Who do you think was standin' around
But the greatest country singer alive!
I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl
Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul
And I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Well I hear you had an adventurous youth, makin' love in a telephone booth
And I even hear you did a little stretch in jail
But now you got a big ranch house with a bar
And eight, nine, ten of them fancy cars
And every other little check comin' in the mail
I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl
Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul
And I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Now I heard all them records ya did, makin' fun of us long haired kids
And now ya know we don't care what ya think... Merle,
If you're gonna call the world your home
Ya know you're gonna have to get out and get stoned
An' it's better with a joint than with a drink, I think
So I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl
Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul
And I'll fix your flat tire Merle
So I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Well, I must have been doin' at least about 95
Well out there on the side of the road all broke down and
Who do you think was standin' around
But the greatest country singer alive!
I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl
Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul
And I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Well I hear you had an adventurous youth, makin' love in a telephone booth
And I even hear you did a little stretch in jail
But now you got a big ranch house with a bar
And eight, nine, ten of them fancy cars
And every other little check comin' in the mail
I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl
Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul
And I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Now I heard all them records ya did, makin' fun of us long haired kids
And now ya know we don't care what ya think... Merle,
If you're gonna call the world your home
Ya know you're gonna have to get out and get stoned
An' it's better with a joint than with a drink, I think
So I'll fix your flat tire Merle
Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl
Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul
And I'll fix your flat tire Merle
So I'll fix your flat tire Merle
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Willie's gotta be startin' to feel a bit lonely 'bout now....
ETA: Gob - not your cuppa, definitely, trust me on this...
ETA: Gob - not your cuppa, definitely, trust me on this...
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
I'm sure he will be missed somewhere
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Yeah, that should clear it up for Strop....Long Run wrote:The Okie from Muskogee, built the Bakersfield sound with Buck Owens.
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Thanks Econo!
RIP Mr Haggard.
RIP Mr Haggard.
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Kris Kristofferson is still on this side of the Pearly Gates.Econoline wrote:Willie's gotta be startin' to feel a bit lonely 'bout now....
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
...we're in pretty good shape, Will, for the shape we're in
We'll keep rocking along, until we're gone
But we'da taken much better care of ourselves
If we'da known we's gonna live this long...
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Kris doesn't belong in the same group since he squandered his considerable music talent to play at acting and other miscellanea. Willie is still lonely.Bicycle Bill wrote: Kris Kristofferson is still on this side of the Pearly Gates.
Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
(Facebook post from W Earl Brown)Merle's Final Show. It was Super Bowl weekend. Merle had already cancelled months of shows, but this particular booking was a big payday. Merle had to pay his band and crew, so there was no calling in sick for this gig.
Toby Keith was in town with his wife to watch some football and have some fun. Toby got word that Merle was in Vegas, so he went to see him… Merle was in bad shape. He needed to be in a hospital - not on a stage; but The Show Must Go On. Merle would not take charity from anyone, but he did turn to Toby and say, "How many songs of mine do you know?"
"All of 'em" answered T.
"All of 'em?"
"Yep. And I won't need a teleprompter."
"Well, stay nearby." After four or five songs, Merle's infected lungs were spent. He couldn't draw enough air to sing any longer. "We've, uh, we've got a special guest here tonight…" Toby came out and sang the rest of the show. Merle gave his last concert. The Strangers got paid. And the audience, while not realizing it at the time, saw something special.
Never speak ill of Toby Keith to me; thanks to him, Merle exited the stage with his dignity intact.
Another outlaw has gone home...merle haggard
Well, ol' Drumpf is going to miss his vote.
""UR: So, will you count yourself among the Trump supporters?
MH: Yeah, if he don’t stick his foot further down his mouth, you know? I think he’ll probably make it. He’s got the fortitude, and he has an understanding of what he wants to do. His ideas are probably totally outlandish. I don’t think he can build a wall. Maybe [he can] build a military dispatch or somethin’ down there [or somewhere] to put the troops. But building a wall is [he chuckles] — that ain’t gonna work! And if it did, it wouldn’t be built in our lifetime. It would take forever. I don’t think that’s a reality.""
http://www.urchicago.com/interviews/201 ... ggard.html
""UR: So, will you count yourself among the Trump supporters?
MH: Yeah, if he don’t stick his foot further down his mouth, you know? I think he’ll probably make it. He’s got the fortitude, and he has an understanding of what he wants to do. His ideas are probably totally outlandish. I don’t think he can build a wall. Maybe [he can] build a military dispatch or somethin’ down there [or somewhere] to put the troops. But building a wall is [he chuckles] — that ain’t gonna work! And if it did, it wouldn’t be built in our lifetime. It would take forever. I don’t think that’s a reality.""
http://www.urchicago.com/interviews/201 ... ggard.html
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Jarlaxle wrote:Two legends............
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
Many of Merle Haggard's songs are real downers (and I mean that in a GOOD way!), but here's one that never fails to make me feel happy:
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
— God @The Tweet of God
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Re: another outlaw has gone home....merle haggard
one for merle....
once upon a time they propped up the gypsy king in our local bar while they threw his wake.
I know . cause I heard it from an eyewitness who saw it as a boy. must 've been about 60 yrs ago now..., the witness, holly s uncle and an old friend, died recently. he was a self described lesbian.......
our bar is a longstanding business, the longest continuously operating business in town...
it came with the railroad in the mid 1800 s....
one of my many red-headed aunts dated a gypsy boy when she was in high school....
don t think that they are around here anymore, but I could be wrong....
once upon a time they propped up the gypsy king in our local bar while they threw his wake.
I know . cause I heard it from an eyewitness who saw it as a boy. must 've been about 60 yrs ago now..., the witness, holly s uncle and an old friend, died recently. he was a self described lesbian.......
our bar is a longstanding business, the longest continuously operating business in town...
it came with the railroad in the mid 1800 s....
one of my many red-headed aunts dated a gypsy boy when she was in high school....
don t think that they are around here anymore, but I could be wrong....