Merle Haggard quotKern River Blues” – The Singers Final Recording

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If you're new, Subscribe! → http://bit.ly/subscribe-taste-of-country • Merle Haggard's family has released his final recording, the autobiographical Kern River Blues. • Go here → http://tasteofcountry.com/ • Like us → / thetasteofcountry • Follow us → / tasteofcountry • Get our newsletter → http://tasteofcountry.com/newsletter/ • Merle Haggard, Kern River Blues Lyrics: • I’m leavin’ town tomorrow / Get my breakfast in the sky / Well, I’m leavin’ in the early morning / Eat my breakfast in the sky. • Be a donut on a paper / Drink my coffee on the fly / I’m flying out on a jet plane / Gonna leave this town behind. • I’m flying out on a jet plane / Gonna leave this town behind / They’ve done moved the city limits / Out by the county line / Put my head up to the window / Watch the city fade away / Put my head close to the window / Watch Oildale fade away / The blues back in the ‘30s / Just like the blues today. • There used to be a river here / Runnin’ deep and wide / Well, they used to have Kern River / Runnin’ deep and wide / Then somebody stole the water / Another politician lied. • When you closed down all the honky tonks / The city died at night / When you closed down all the honky tonks / The city died at night / When it hurt somebody’s feelings / Well, a wrong ain’t never right. • Well, I’m leaving town forever / Kiss an old boxcar goodbye / Well, I’m leaving town forever / Kiss an old boxcar goodbye / I dug my blues down in the river / But the old Kern River is dry.

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