Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard & The Strangers

The warden led a 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 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 I recall last Sunday morning a choir from off the streets Came 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?" Sing me back home, the the 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 Won't you sing me back home, the the 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

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say good-bye 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 with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Oh please take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die I remember Sunday morning a choir from on the streets They came in to sing a few old gospel songs And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mama sang. Won't you sing it once before I move along?' Won't you sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Please take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die Won't you sing me back home before I die

I fell by the wayside I fell on my knees Cryin', "Why was I so hard to please?" I stood at the crossroads Took a long look at me Sometimes you don't know where You're from 'til you leave And I've been out there searching For a place where I belong And on my way, I heard my song Let it sing me home Sun on my shoulders And the wind at my back Bound and determined To get back on track To where the heart is Where it's been all along Sometimes you don't know you've Got 'til it's gone, gone, gone, gone And I've been out there searching For a place where I belong And on my way, I heard my song Let it sing me home Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And I've been out there searching For a place where I belong And on my way I heard my song Let it sing me home Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Sunlight starts It starts to skate across the ceiling We're in your room, melting away The shapes they make They make you feel like you are dreaming Remember when life was a game You said One night, so high Fucked up until the morning light One night, so high Take, take me back home Where the skies still ring on We can turn back time Let the bad blood lie Take, take me back home A wide-eyed boy Slowly going through the motions With all our friends we made on our own Temptations Turn my head and crack it open My mind's a mess, I'm out of control You said One night, so high Fucked up until the morning light One night, so high Take, take me back home Where the skies still ring on We can turn back time Let the bad blood lie Take, take me back home (Take me back, take me back home Take me back, take me back home) Take, take me back home Where the skies still ring on We can turn back time Let the bad blood lie Take, take me back home

Carolyn, let me tell you what I heard about a man today He didn't come home from work and he went away Till he came to a city, bright in the night time like day There they say he met up with some women dressed in yellow and scarlet Their warm lips like a honeycomb, dripped with honey And something about the smell of strange perfume Made him feel warm and not alone Yes Carolyn, a man will do that sometimes on his own And sometimes when he's lonely I believe a man might do that sometimes out of spite But Carolyn, a man will do that always When he's treated bad at home Yes Carolyn, a man will do that sometimes on his own And sometimes when he's lonely And I believe a man might do that sometimes out of spite But Carolyn, a man will do that always When he's treated bad at home

I hear people talkin' bad about the way we have to live here in this country Harpin' on the wars we fight, an' gripin' 'bout the way things oughta be An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides, an' standin' up for things they believe in When they're runnin' down my country, man They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me Runnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep If you don't love it, leave it Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin' When you're runnin' down my country, man You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me I read about some squirrely guy who claims he just don't believe in fightin' An' I wonder just how long the rest of us can count on bein' free They love our milk an' honey, but they preach about some other way of livin' When they're runnin' down my country, hoss They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me Runnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep If you don't love it, leave it Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin' When you're runnin' down my country, man You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me Runnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep If you don't love it, leave it Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin' When you're runnin' down my country, man You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me