Karaoké Kern River Blues Merle Haggard

I'm leavin' town tomorrow

Get my breakfast in the sky

Well I'm leavin' in the early mornin'

Eat my breakfast in the sky

Be a donut on a paper

Drink my coffee on the fly

'Cos I'm flyin' out on a jet plane

Gonna leave this town behind

I'm flyin' out on a jet plane

Gonna leave this town behind

They've done moved the city limits

Out by the county line

Put my head up to the window

Watch the city fade away

Put my head close to the window

Watch Oildale fade away

Now the blues back in the thirties

Just like the blues today

There used to be a river here runnin' deep and wide

Well they used to have

Kern River runnin' deep and wide

Then somebody stole the water

Another politician lied

When you closed down all the honky tonks the city died at night

When you closed down all the honky tonks the city died at night

When it hurt somebody's feelings well a wrong ain't never right

Well I'm leavin' town forever

Kiss an old boxcar goodbye

Well I'm leavin' town forever

Kiss an old boxcar goodbye

I dug my blues down in the river but the old Kern River is dry