Got the news this morning
It would be a tough day
Some are so much larger than life
Can't believe they could pass away
When it comes to country music he's the world
And it wouldn't be all it is without Merle

But he won't ever be gone
His songs live on
A Fugutive and a Branded Man
Mama Tried to understand
Left us a lifetime of songs
And he won't ever be gone

We were friends right from the start
And we shared some high times
I would sing some songs he wrote
He would sing a few of my own
Music made us brothers 'til the end
But not a day goes by that I don't miss him

He won't ever be gone
His songs live on
Ramblin' Fever and The Way I Am
Blue collar blues for the working man
We'll be singin' him back home from now on
And he won't ever be gone

He won't ever be gone
His songs live on
A Fugutive and a Branded Man
Mama Tried to understand
Left us a lifetime of songs
He won't ever be gone
We'll be singin' him back home from now on
He won't ever be gone

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Writer(s): GARY NICHOLSON