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Artist: Merle Haggard
Canonical path: /merle-haggard/the-way-i-am
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The Way I Am
Read The Way I Am lyrics by Merle Haggard on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Way I Am
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Wish I was down on some blue bayou
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand
But the road I'm on don't seem to go there
So I Just dream keep on being the way I am
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living
Did what I do with a willing hand
Some would run but that ain't like me
I just dream and keep on being the way I am
The way I am don't fit my shackles
The way I am reality
I can almost see that bobber dancing
But I just dream keep on being the way I am
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Merle Haggard performs "The Way I Am", and this lyric page sits inside the Merle Haggard catalog on LyroVerse.
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