BIG CITY
(Merle Haggard / Dean Holloway)


Merle Haggard - 1981
Cal Smith - 1984





I'm tired of this dirty old city
And tired of too much work and never enough play
And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks
Think I'll walk off my steady job today

Turn me loose, set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana
And give me all I've got comin' to me
And keep your retirement and your so called Social Security
Big city turn me loose and set me free

(Instrumental Break)

Been workin' every day since I was twenty
Haven't got a thing to show for anything I've done
There's folks who never work and they've got plenty
Think it's time some guys like me had some fun

So turn me loose, set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana
Give me all I've got comin' to me
And keep your retirement and your so called Social Security
Big city turn me loose and set me free
Hey, big city turn me loose and set me free






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2012)