Branded Man-Merle Haggard

[ti:Branded Man] [ar:Merle Haggard] [al:Merle Haggard's Country, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Branded Man - Merle Haggard [00:08.21]I'd like to hold my head up [00:11.41] [00:12.05]And be proud of who I am [00:15.09] [00:15.91]But they won't let my secret go untold [00:22.04] [00:24.11]I paid the debt I owed them [00:28.06]But they're still not satisfied [00:32.02]Now I'm a branded man out in the cold [00:39.14] [00:39.93]When they let me out of prison [00:43.34] [00:44.40]I held my head up high [00:47.50] [00:48.34]Determined I would rise above the shame [00:53.96] [00:55.96]But no matter where I'm living [00:59.12] [01:00.29]The black mark follows me [01:03.36] [01:03.99]I'm branded with a number on my name [01:10.20] [01:11.79]I'd like to hold my head up [01:15.65]And be proud of who I am [01:19.08] [01:19.74]But they won't let my secret go untold [01:26.08] [01:27.63]I payed the debt them [01:30.22] [01:31.47]But they're still not satisfied [01:34.91] [01:35.64]Now I'm a branded man out in the cold [01:42.07] [01:51.31]If I live to be a hundred [01:54.61] [01:55.28]I guess I'll never clear my name [01:58.52] [01:59.31]Cause everybody knows I've been in jail [02:04.72] [02:07.24]No matter where I'm living [02:11.18]I've got to tell them where I've been [02:14.20] [02:14.96]Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail [02:21.00] [02:22.95]I'd like to hold my head up [02:26.81]And be proud of who I am [02:29.84] [02:30.66]But they won't let my secret go untold [02:37.28] [02:38.59]I paid the debt I owed them [02:42.67]But they're still not satisfied [02:45.93] [02:46.64]Now I'm a branded man out in the cold [02:51.95] [02:54.62]Now I'm a branded man out in the cold