I WISH THINGS WERE SIMPLE AGAIN
(Merle Haggard / Tommy Collins / Pate Russell)


Merle Haggard - 1985





I wish things were simple like they used to be
When cowboys rode horses and were heroes to me
My mother was a lady and my dad was a man
And I wish things were simple again

I wish things were simple like when I was a kid
A man just got paid for the work that he did
And a song could be played for a nickel back then
And I wish things were simple again

But even the blue skies roar with thunder
Men fly above us like birds
Nothing is simple, not even a love song
When the story gets lost in the words

But there's no way to rewind, it's gone with the wind
And I wish things were simple again

(Instrumental Break)

But even the blue skies roar with thunder
Men fly above us like birds
Nothing is simple, not even a love song
When the story gets lost in the words

There's no way to rewind, it's gone with the wind
And I wish things were simple again
Oh, I wish things were simple again






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)