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Artist: Merle Haggard
Canonical path: /merle-haggard/half-a-man
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Half a Man
Read Half a Man lyrics by Merle Haggard on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Half a Man
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If I only had one arm to hold you well better yet if I had none at all
Then I wouldn't have two arms that ache for you
And I'd have one less memory to recall
If I only had one ear to listen to the lies that you told to me
Then I would more closely resemble the half a man that you've made of me.
And if I only had one leg to stand on
Then how much how much truer picture you'd see
And then I would more closely resamble the half of man
that you've made of me
Yeah, then I would more closely resamble the half of man
that you've made of me
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Merle Haggard performs "Half a Man", and this lyric page sits inside the Merle Haggard catalog on LyroVerse.
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