Branded Man
Merle Haggard

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I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
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But they won't let my secret go untold
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I paid the debt I owed them,but they're still not satisfied
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Now I'm a branded man out un the cold

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When they let me out of prison,I held my head up high
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Determined I would rise above the shame
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But no matter where I'm living,the black mark follows me
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I'm branded with a number on my name

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If I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name
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'Cause everybody knows I've been in jail
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No matter where I'm living,I've got to tell them where I've been
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Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail

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Now I'm a branded man out un the cold



Tom Lindsey
San Francisco, CA