If I Could Only Fly Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
If I Could Only Fly
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Michael David Fuller
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Almost felt you touching
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me just now
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I wish I knew which way to
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turn and go
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I feel so good and then I
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feel so bad
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I wonder what I ought to
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do
If
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I could only fly
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if I could only fly
I'd bid thi
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s place goodbye and come and b
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e with you
But
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I can hardly stand and I
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got nowhere to run
Another
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sinking sun and one more lonely
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night
The wind keeps blowing somewhere
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everyday
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Tell me things get better somewhere
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up the way
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Just dismal thinking on a
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dismal
day
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And sad songs for us to
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bare
If
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I could only fly
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if we could only fly
If we could
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only fly there'd be no more lonel
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y
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You
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know sometimes I write happy
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songs
Then
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some little thing goes wrong
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And I wish they all could make you
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smile
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Coming home soon and I wanna stay
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Maybe we could somehow get away
And I wish you could
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come with me when I go
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again
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FAQ
Who sang the the song If I Could Only Fly?
- The song If I Could Only Fly 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.
