Red Bandana Lyrics - Icon - Merle Haggard

We left home when were barely past eleven-teen 

We've been back and fourth and all around through hell and rain 

I've loved you half of your life and Ill keep on loving you 

But I can't change and live the way you want me to. 

We spent a lot of time out on the highway 

Coming from some town we played along the way 

After thirty years and knowing me the way you do 

You know I can't change and live the way you want me to . 

That red bandana tied around your auburn hair 

You look like you ought to be somebody's wife somewhere 

You ain't never going to be no bobby Mcgee but your trying to 

But I can't change and live the way you want me to 

Every time you leave the stage I know you've had your fill 

And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will 

Hey I'm forty-one today still going on twenty-two 

But I can't change and live the way you want me to