Footlights Lyrics - Merle Haggard Live! - Merle Haggard

I live the kinda life most men only dream of 

I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them 

But I'm forty-one years old 

And I ain't got no place to go when it's over 

And I'll hide my age and make the stage and 

And try to kick the footlights out again 

I throw my old guitar across the stage 

And then my baseman takes the ball 

And the crowd goes nearly wild 

To see my guitar nearly fall 

After twenty years of pickin' 

We're still alive and kickin' down the wall 

Tonight we'll kick the footlights out 

And walk away without a curtain call 

Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again 

And try to hide the mood I'm really in 

And put on our old Instamatic grin 

Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again 

I live the kinda life most men only dream of 

I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them 

But I'm fortysome years old 

And I ain't got no place to go when it's over 

So I'll hide my age and make the stage 

And try to kick the footlights out again