Karaoké Footlights Merle Haggard

I live the kinda life that most men only dream of

I make my livin' writin' songs

And singin' them

But I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to go when it's over

So I hide my age and make the stage

And try to kick the footlights out again

I throw my old guitar across the stage and then my bassman takes the ball

And the crowd goes nearly wild to see my guitar nearly fall

After twenty years of pickin' we're still alive and kickin' down the wall

Tonight we'll kick the footlights out and walk away without a curtain call

Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again

And try to hide the mood

I'm really in

And put on my old

Instamatic grin

Tonight I'll kick footlights out again

I live the kinda life that most men only dream of

And I make my livin' writin' songs

And singin' them

But I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to go when it's over

So I hide my age and make the stage

And try to kick the footlights out again