Footlights Lyrics

I live the kinda life most men only dream of
I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
But I'm forty-one years old
And I ain't got no place to go when it's over

And I'll hide my age and make the stage and
And try to kick the footlights out again

I throw my old guitar across the stage
And then my baseman takes the ball
And the crowd goes nearly wild
To see my guitar nearly fall

After twenty years of pickin'
We're still alive and kickin' down the wall
Tonight we'll kick the footlights out
And walk away without a curtain call

Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
And try to hide the mood I'm really in
And put on our old Instamatic grin
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again

I live the kinda life most men only dream of
I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
But I'm fortysome years old
And I ain't got no place to go when it's over

So I'll hide my age and make the stage
And try to kick the footlights out again

Merle Haggard - Down Every Road

Apr 1996

1. Skid Row
2. Sing A Sad Song
3. You Don't Even Try
4. Sam Hill
5. (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
6. Just Between The Two Of Us
7. If I Had Left It Up To You
8. I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
9. Swinging Doors
10. The Bottle Let Me Down
11. High On A Hilltop
12. I'll Look Over You
13. The Fugitive
14. House Of Memories
15. All Of Me Belongs To You
16. Mary's Mine
17. Someone Told My Story
18. Go Home
19. Whatever Happened To Me
20. Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
21. I Threw Away The Rose
22. Branded Man
23. You Don't Have Very Far To Go
24. Somewhere Between
25. Sing Me Back Home
26. The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
27. Seeing Eye Dog
28. The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
29. I Started Loving You Again
30. Is This The Beginning Of The End?
31. I'll Always Know
32. Mama Tried
33. In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
34. Teach Me To Forget
35. I'm Looking For My Mind
36. The Day The Rains Came
37. California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)
38. I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
39. I'm Bringin' Home Good News
40. I Can't Hold Myself In Line
41. It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him
42. Hungry Eyes
43. Waitin' For A Train
44. Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me)
45. California Cottonfields
46. White Line Fever
47. Workin' Man Blues
48. Okie From Muskogee
49. I Can't Stop Loving You
50. Huntsville
51. Irma Jackson
52. The Fightin' Side Of Me
53. I'll Be A Hero (When I Strike)
54. Right Or Wrong
55. Trouble In Mind
56. Stay A Little Longer
57. The Farmer's Daughter
58. Tulare Dust
59. Carolyn
60. Someday We'll Look Back
61. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
62. Grandma Harp
63. It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
64. I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me
65. The Emptiest Arms In The World
66. Everybody's Had The Blues
67. Things Aren't Funny Anymore
68. Honky Tonk Night Time Man
69. Holding Things Together
70. Here In Frisco
71. Kentucky Gambler
72. Always Wanting You
73. Living With The Shades Pulled Down
74. Running Kind
75. It's All In The Movies
76. The Way It Was In '51
77. I Never Go Around Mirrors
78. What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana
79. If We're Not Back In Love By Monday
80. Ramblin' Fever
81. It's Been A Great Afternoon
82. Misery And Gin
83. Leonard
84. I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
85. Rainbow Stew
86. Big City
87. Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)
88. You Take Me For Granted
89. Pancho And Lefty
90. That's The Way Love Goes
91. Someday When Things Are Good
92. Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room
93. Kern River
94. Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
95. In My Next Life
96. Silver Wings
97. If We Make It Through December
98. Red Bandana
99. Footlights
100. My Own Kind Of Hat
101. Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room
102. Kern River
103. Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
104. In My Next Life