Branded Man-Merle Haggard

[00:08.13][01:11.78][02:22.94]I'd like to hold my head up [00:12.00][01:15.69][02:26.79]And be proud of who I am [00:15.92][01:19.69][02:30.80]But they won't let my secret go untold [00:23.97][02:38.71]I paid the debt I owed them [00:27.88][01:31.53][02:42.51]But they're still not satisfied [00:31.91][01:35.56][02:46.59][02:54.55]Now I'm a branded man out in the cold [00:39.97]When they let me out of prison [00:44.27]I held my head up high [00:48.31]Determined I would rise above the shame [00:55.82]But no matter where I'm living [01:00.18]The black mark follows me [01:03.84]I'm branded with a number on my name [01:27.68]I payed the debt I owed them [01:51.28]If I live to be a hundred [01:55.25]I guess I'll never clear my name [01:59.32]Cause everybody knows I've been in jail [02:07.19]No matter where I'm living [02:11.11]I've got to tell them where I've been [02:14.91]Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail