In My Next Life Lyrics

The song In My Next Life is performed by Merle Haggard in the album named Down Every Road in the year 1996 .



The blood red sun beat down and baked the red clay ground
Dust kicked up around his John Deere wheels
No trace of rain in sight, again he'll lose the fight
And have to watch his crops die in the fields

They stood there both in tears, his wife of many years
Said John, "You know I hate to lose our farm"
He looked into her eyes then looked up at the skies
And told her as he held her in his arms

"In my next life, I want to be your hero
Somethin' better than I turned out to be
I've lived this life behind the plough and harrow
In my next life, I'll make you proud of me"

The muscles in his arms just like his run down farm
Soon withered up and slowly disappeared
One hard workin' man, two hard workin' hands
Were givin' up after all these years

His aging eyes grew dim and the lady that worshiped him
Sat cryin' on a chair beside his bed
Her hands caressed his brow and she said it's alright now
And as he slowly slipped away, he said

"In my next life, I want to be your hero
Somethin' better than I turned out to be
I've lived this life behind the plough and harrow
In my next life, I'll make you proud of me"

"In my next life, I want to be your hero
Somethin' better than I turned out to be
I've lived this life behind the plough and harrow
In my next life, I'll make you proud of me
In my next life, I'll make you proud of me"



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

In My Next Life