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Lyrics

I wish a buck was still silver.
It was back when the country was strong.
Back before Elvis; before the Vietnam war came along.
Before The Beatles and "Yesterday",
When a man could still work, and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?
Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the Flag or the Liberty bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

I wish coke was still cola,
And a joint was a bad place to be.
And it was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.
Before microwave ovens,
When a girl could still cook and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the Flag or the Liberty bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Stop rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell.
Stand up for the Flag and let's all ring the Liberty bell.
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy,
Still last ten years, like they should.
The best of the free life is still yet to come,
The good times ain't over for good.
 

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Merle Haggard’s Latest Album : Working in Tennessee

Iconic country music legend, Country Hall of Famer and most recently a Kennedy Center Honoree, MERLE HAGGARD, is releasing a new album, Working In Tennessee, on October 4th. This marks his second disc for Vanguard Records and is a collection of self-penned Haggard riches, plus a couple of classics made famous by Johnny Cash, as well as a new version of Merle’s stalwart “Working Man Blues” featuring Willie Nelson and his son Ben Haggard.

Working in Tennessee is another in a long line of stellar discs filled with Haggard’s honest and candid observations of the world in which we all live, as well as life on the road and at home with backing by his longtime band The Strangers, plus a number of veteran studio cohorts. Produced by Haggard and Lou Bradley at the Hag’s northern California Tally studio, the album is another worthy addition to his tremendous body of decades of radiant work. It’s a loaded mixture that reflects the consistently self-possessed artistry which long ago earned him the moniker “poet of the common man” and displays his masterly phrasing with alternately smooth tones and rough-hued vocals that deliver all the resonant interpretive impact he’s known for.

Working in Tennessee opens with the title track, an ideal Western swing workout, that underscores Haggard’s oft-confrontational relationship with Music City, to the stark vulnerability of “Sometimes I Dream,” co-written with his daughter Jenessa, to the autobiographical tale of “Down on the Houseboat,” co-written with his wife Theresa. Willie Nelson and his son Ben are featured on the kicking re-make of his anthemic “Working Man Blues” and Theresa joins Hag on a duet of the Johnny Cash-June Carter standard “Jackson.”

The album is a strikingly artistic example of the artist’s unflagging creativity which shows no signs of slowing down. According to Haggard, “I’m swinging back in full throttle right now. Music keeps me alive. It makes me breathe better. It’s funny, but I feel better when I come off a tour than when I start out.” What an amazing accomplishment for a man who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2008 and had part of his lung removed. With no signs of the disease returning, Haggard continues to produce songs and perform live at the age of 74 with more energy and enthusiasm than many a younger man or woman.

2012 Show Agenda

01/12/12
Monroe LA 71201
Monroe Civic Centre Theatre
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01/13/12
Biloxi MS 39530
Beau Rivage Theatre
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01/14/12
 Silver Springs FL 34488
Twin Oaks Amphitheatre
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01/15/12
Columbia, SC
The Township Auditorium
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01/17/12
Macon, GA 31201
Macon City Auditorium
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01/18/12
Columbus, GA 31906
Columbus Civic Center
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01/19/12
Paducah, KY 42101
Four Rivers Center
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01/20/12
Lula, MS
Isle of Capri Casino
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01/21/12
Ft. Worth TX 76106
Billy Bobs Texas
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01/22/12
Tulsa OK 74137
River Spirit Casino Event Center
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03/02/12
Laughlin NV
Edgewater Casino
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03/03/12
Rancho Mirage CA 92270
Agua Caliente Casino
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04/11/12
Nashville TN
The Ryman Auditorium
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04/13/12
Florence IN 47020
Belterra Casino & Resort
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04/14/12
Greensboro NCWar Memorial Auditorium
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04/16/12
Annapolis MD 21401
Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts
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04/17/12
Shippensburg PA 17257
The H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center
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04/18/12
Williamsport PA 17701
Community Arts Center
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04/19/12
68 Main Street
Warner Theatre
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04/21/12
Atlantic City NJ 08401
Harrah’s Atlantic City – The Concert Venue
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04/22/12
Springfield OH 45501
Clark State Performing Arts Center
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