Let Merle Be Merle

Well, I was driving around in my old pickup truck

Down a road that didn't used to be paved

Passing all the houses that was going up

And all the farms that couldn't be saved

A Haggard song came on the radio and

Put a big smile on my face

Made me think of something that sounded like something

My grandpa would probably say

Let a boy be a boy

Let a girl be a girl

Let a nut be a nut

Let a squirrel be a squirrel

Yeah, some things don't need to change

In this ever-changing world

Let rock and roll be rock and roll

Let Merle be Merle

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Well, over yonder used to be the field

Where we'd sit and drink our beer

I wonder what they did with all that fence

That couldn't keep us out of there

Me and old Nancy, we'd get all handsy

To "Twinkle,Twinkle Lucky Star"

There's more things in the world that ain't changing

Than there are things that are

Let a boy be a boy

Let a girl be a girl

Let a nut be a nut

Let a squirrel be a squirrel

Yeah, some things don't need to change

In this ever-changing world

Let rock and roll be rock and roll

Let Merle be Merle

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Let the grass be green

Let the sky be blue

Honky-tonk on a Saturday night

A nap on Sunday afternoon

Some things don't need to change

In this ever-changing world

Let rock and roll be rock and roll

Let Merle be Merle

Let rock and roll be rock and roll

Let Merle be Merle