Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

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  • Merle Haggard Leonard Lyrics

           

    When LEONARD finally came to California
    He was twenty-one years old as I recall
    He loved to write a song and pick the guitar
    And he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.

    The town in which he lived is not important
    But you'll know which town I mean by the time I'm thru
    He soon became a famous entertainer
    But LEONARD was a name he never used

    He was on his way to having what he wanted
    Just about as close as one could be
    Hey! once he even followed Elvis Presley
    And he wrote a lot of country songs for me.

    But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus
    For years he chose to let his music go
    But preaching wasn't really meant for LEONARD
    But how in the hell was LEONARD s'posed to know.

    Well, life began to twist its way around him
    And I wondered how he carried such a load
    He came back again to try his luck in music
    And lost his wife and family on the road.

    SPOKEN:
    [After that he seemed to bog down even deeper
    And I saw what booze and pills could really do
    And I wondered if I'd ever see him sober
    But I forgot about a Friend that LEONARD knew.]

    Well, LEONARD gave me lots of inspiration
    He helped teach me how to write a country song
    And he even brought around a bag of groceries
    Hey! back before Muskogee came along.

    Really I'm not trying to hide his showname
    Or the town in which this episode began
    SPOKEN: [Somehow I had to write a song for old Tommy]
    If just to see the smilin' faces in the band.

    When LEONARD finally came to California
    He was twenty-one years old as I recall
    And he loved to write a song and pick the guitar
    And he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.

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