Branded Man

Branded Man - Mickey Gilley/Merle Haggard

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

But no matter where I travel

The black mark follows me

And I'm branded with a number on my name eh he he

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 hey