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Artist: Merle Haggard
Canonical path: /merle-haggard/dont-get-married
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Don’t Get Married
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Don’t Get Married
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Julie they've taken me to prison
I pulled the gun and robbed the jewelry store
The only thing I took was that big diamond
You know the one you said you wish was yours
The diamond in the window called for money
The price was just too much for me to pay
But the price I'm paying now is so much bigger
Oh Julie don't I have the right to say
Don't get married Julie wait for me
Don't get married cause someday I'll be free
Julie when I serve the time they gave me
I'll walk out through the gates and I'll be free
I hope you didn't only want the diamond
Cause I pray that you also wanted me
Don't get married Julie wait for me
Don't get married cause someday I'll be free
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Merle Haggard performs "Don’t Get Married", and this lyric page sits inside the Merle Haggard catalog on LyroVerse.
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