Merle Haggard In My Next Life Lyrics

In My Next Life Lyrics

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"