Too Many Bridges To Cross Over Lyrics - Merle Haggard

Be close to me but please don't ever love me 

Don't let your feelings carry you that far 

I'll hold you in my arms, buy you clothes and pretty charms 

And I'll give you everything except my love 

Because there's too many bridges to cross over 

Too many places I ain't been 

Yeah, there's too many fields of tempting clover 

Like an eagle, I'm a prisoner of the wind 

Well traveling was the nickname of my papa 

And mama said he died 'cause he slowed down 

Keep in mine these things I'm saying 

'Cause I ain't got the time to staying 

Won't be long until my shoes touch distant ground 

Because there's too many bridges to cross over 

Too many places I ain't been 

Yeah, there's too many fields of tempting clover 

Like an eagle, I'm a prisoner of the wind