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Artist: Merle Haggard
Canonical path: /merle-haggard/living-with-the-shades-pulled-down
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Living With The Shades Pulled Down
Read Living With The Shades Pulled Down lyrics by Merle Haggard on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Living With The Shades Pulled Down
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I fell in love with a working girl
Lord she sure was sweet
I met her down in a red-light tavern
Working on Bourbon Street
Way down in the old French Quarter
Bright light side of town
Day time life sure is cozy
Living with the shades pulled down
Living with the shades pulled down all day
Loving while the world goes 'round
Nobody knows what all we're doing
Living with the shades pulled down
Some might get the wrong idea
Bout the kind of man I am
But I bring home my half of the bacon
Picking in a guitar band
Love is all my working girl brings me
Coming in off the town
Day time life sure is cozy
Living with the shades pulled down
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Merle Haggard performs "Living With The Shades Pulled Down", and this lyric page sits inside the Merle Haggard catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Mirrors Don't Lie and From Graceland To The Promised Land with a short reason for opening each page next.
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