In My Next Life Lyrics - Merle Haggard

The Blood Red Sun Beat Down And Baked The Red Clay Ground 

Dust Kicked Up Around His John Deere Wheels 

No Trace Of Rain In Sight A-gain He'll Lose The Fight 

And Have To Watch His Crops Die In The Fields 

They Stood There Both In Tears --- His Wife Of Many Years 

Said John You Know I Hate To Lose Our Farm 

He Looked Into Her Eyes Then Looked Up At The Skies 

And Told Her As He Held Her In His Arms 

In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero 

Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be 

I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Harrow 

In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me 

The Muscles In His Arms Just Like His Run Down Farm 

Soon Withered And Slowly Disap-peared 

One Hard Workin' Man --- Two Hard Workin' Hands 

Were Givin' Up After All These Years 

His Aging Eyes Grew Dim And The Lady That Worshipped Him 

Sat Cryin' On A Chair Beside His Bed 

Her Hands Caressed His Brow And She Said It's Alright Now 

And As He Slowly Slipped Away He Said 

In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero 

Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be 

I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Harrow 

In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me 

In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero 

Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be 

I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Harrow 

In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me 

In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me