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Artist: Merle Haggard
Canonical path: /merle-haggard/i-wish-things-were-simple-again
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I Wish Things Were Simple Again
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I Wish Things Were Simple Again
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I wish things were simple like they used to be
When cowboys rode horses, and were heroes to me
My Mother was a lady, and my Dad was a man
And I wish things were simple again
I wish things were simple, like when I was a kid
A man just got paid for the work that he did
And a song could be played for a nickel back then
And I wish things were simple again
But even the blue skies roar with thunder
Men fly above like birds
Nothin' is simple, not even a love song
The story gets lost in the words
But there's no way to rewind, it's gone with the wind
And I wish things were simple again
Even the blue skies roar with thunder
Men fly above like birds
Nothin' is simple, not even a love song
The story gets lost in the words
There's no way to rewind, it's gone with the wind
And I wish things were simple again
Oh, I wish things were simple again
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Merle Haggard performs "I Wish Things Were Simple Again", and this lyric page sits inside the Merle Haggard catalog on LyroVerse.
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