Medley: Sing Me Back Home / Branded Man (Live)

Medley：Sing Me Back Home／Branded Man - Merle Haggard

The warden led a prisoner

Down the hallway to his doom

And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest

And I heard him tell warden

Just before he reached my cell

Let my guitar playing friend do my request

Let him sing me back home

With a song I used to hear

Make my old memories come alive

Take me away and turn back the years

Sing me back home before I die

Sing me back home before I die

I'd like to hold my head up

And be proud of who I am

But they won't let my secret go untold

I paid the debt I owed them

But they're still not satisfied

Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

When they let me out of prison

I held my head up high

Determined I would rise above the shame

No matter where I travel

The black mark follows me

I'm branded with a number on my name

I'd like to hold my head up

And be proud of who I am

But they won't let my secret go untold

I paid the debt I owed them

They're still not satisfied

Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

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