I Dreamed I Was Playing Poker With Merle Haggard

[Jim Colyer]

I Dreamed I Was Playing Poker
With Merle Haggard
I dreamed it while
Sleeping on my couch
It was the way Haggard looked
When he was young
Right around the time
"The Fugitive" came out

I was down a hundred dollars
And my suspicions soon grew
Merle had done time for robbery
This much I knew
I had a full house and raised
The Hag beat me with four queens
There was no doubt in my mind
He was cheating me

Haggard kept calling tens wild
And dealing himself tens
Suddenly the door flew open
And Willie Nelson burst in

I Dreamed I Was Playing Poker
With Merle Haggard
I dreamed it while sleeping
On my couch
But it was Willie who
Rode off with the money
He robbed us both
Brandishing a six-gun

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