High On A Hilltop Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
High On A Hilltop
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins
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High on a hilltop over
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looking the
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city
I can see the bright
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lights as they
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glea
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And some
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where you're dancing in
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some dingy
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barroom
And the lure of the gayness takes
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the place of our
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dream
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High on a hilltop my heart cries oh
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Lord
Forgive her she knows not the
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way
And
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give me the power to be
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lieve that some
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day
High on a hilltop
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together we'll
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pray
I can vision a rounder with a
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line so
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smooth
And a promise of
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riches for
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you
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But you
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see not the danger cause you're
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silly with
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booze
And from high on a hilltop I see the
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devil win
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you
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FAQ
Who sang the the song High On A Hilltop?
- The song High On A Hilltop was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
