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THE BLOOD RED
SUN BEAT DOWN

AND BAKED THE
RED CLAY GROUND
AND DUST KICKED UP
AROUND HIS
JOHN DEERE WHEELS
NO TRACE 0F RAIN
IN SIGHT AGAIN HE'LL
LOSE THE FIGHT
(SPOKEN)
THEY STOOD THERE
BOTH IN TEARS
HIS WIFE 0F
MANY YEARS

SAID JOHN YOU KNOW I
I HATE TO LOSE
OUR FARM
HE LOOKED INTO

HER EYES
THEN LOOKED UP
AT THE SKIES
IN MY NEXT LIFE
I WANNA BE YOUR HERO
SOMETHIN' BETTER
THAN I TURNED
OUT TO BE
I'VE LIVED THIS LIFE
BEHIND THE PLOW
AND HARROW
IN MY NEXT LIFE
I'LL MAKE YOU

PROUD OF ME I
THE MUSCLES IN
HIS ARMS JUST

LIKE HIS
RUN DOWN FARM
SOON WITHERED UP
AND SLOWLY DISAPEARED
ONE HARD WORKIN' MAN
TWO HARD WORKIN' HANDS
WERE GIVIN' UP AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS
(SPOKEN)
HIS AGING EYES
GREW DIM

AND THE LADY
THAT WORSHIPPED HIM
SAT CRYIN' ON A CHAIR
BESIDE HIS BED
HER HANDS CARESSED
HIS BROW
AND SHE SAID IT'S
ALRIGHT NOW
IN MY NEXT LIFE
I WANNA BE YOUR HERO
SOMETHIN' BETTER
THAN I TURNED
OUT TO BE
I'VE LIVED THIS LIFE
BEHIND THE PLOW
AND HARROW
IN MY NEXT LIFE
I'LL MAKE YOU

PROUD OF ME I
IN MY NEXT LIFE
I WANNA BE YOUR HERO
SOMETHIN' BETTER
THAN I TURNED
OUT TO BE
I'VE LIVED THIS LIFE
BEHIND THE PLOW
AND HARROW
IN MY NEXT LIFE
I'LL MAKE YOU

PROUD OF ME I
IN MY NEXT LIFE
I'LL MAKE YOU

PROUD OF ME

)OFME
IN MY NEXT LIFE
I'LL MAKE YOU

PROUD OF ME
In My Next Life
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Title
In My Next Life
Artist
Merle Haggard
Brand
Silver Saddle Karaoke
(3 Other Versions)
Code
SSK010-02
Genres
country, country rock, nashville sound, outlaw country, traditional country, honky tonk