Lyrics and translation Merle Haggard & The Strangers - The Fightin' Side Of Me - December 1969
I
hear
people
talkin'
bad
J'entends
les
gens
parler
en
mal
About
the
way
they
have
to
live
here
in
this
country
De
la
façon
dont
ils
doivent
vivre
ici
dans
ce
pays
Harpin'
on
the
wars
we
fight
Se
lamentant
sur
les
guerres
que
nous
menons
Griping
bout
the
way
things
oughta
be
Se
plaignant
de
la
façon
dont
les
choses
devraient
être
I
don't
mind
'em
switchin'
side
Je
ne
leur
en
veux
pas
de
changer
de
camp
And
standin'
up
for
things
they
believe
in
Et
de
défendre
ce
en
quoi
ils
croient
When
they're
runnin'
down
our
country,
man
Quand
ils
rabaissent
notre
pays,
mon
chéri
They're
walkin'
on
the
fightin'
side
of
me
Ils
marchent
sur
le
côté
combatif
de
moi
They're
walkin'
on
the
fightin'
side
of
me
Ils
marchent
sur
le
côté
combatif
de
moi
Runnin'
down
a
way
of
life
Rabaissant
un
mode
de
vie
Our
fightin'
men
have
fought
and
died
to
keep
Que
nos
combattants
ont
combattu
et
sont
morts
pour
préserver
If
you
don't
love
it,
leave
it
Si
tu
ne
l'aimes
pas,
quitte-le
Let
this
song
that
I'm
singin'
be
a
warnin'
Laisse
cette
chanson
que
je
chante
être
un
avertissement
When
you're
runnin'
down
our
country,
hoss
Quand
tu
rabaisses
notre
pays,
mon
chou
You're
walkin'
on
the
fightin'
side
of
me
Tu
marches
sur
le
côté
combatif
de
moi
I
read
about
some
squirrely
guy
J'ai
lu
à
propos
d'un
type
bizarre
Who
claims,
that
he
just
don't
believe
in
fightin'
Qui
prétend
qu'il
ne
croit
tout
simplement
pas
au
combat
An'
I
wonder
just
how
long
Et
je
me
demande
combien
de
temps
encore
The
rest
of
us
can
count
on
bein'
free
Le
reste
d'entre
nous
peut
compter
sur
le
fait
d'être
libre
They
love
our
milk
an'
honey
Ils
aiment
notre
lait
et
notre
miel
But
they
preach
about
some
other
way
of
livin'
Mais
ils
prêchent
une
autre
façon
de
vivre
When
they're
runnin'
down
our
country,
man
Quand
ils
rabaissent
notre
pays,
mon
chéri
They're
walkin'
on
the
fightin'
side
of
me
Ils
marchent
sur
le
côté
combatif
de
moi
They're
walkin'
on
the
fightin'
side
of
me
Ils
marchent
sur
le
côté
combatif
de
moi
Runnin'
down
a
way
of
life
Rabaissant
un
mode
de
vie
Our
fightin'
men
have
fought
and
died
to
keep
Que
nos
combattants
ont
combattu
et
sont
morts
pour
préserver
If
you
don't
love
it,
leave
it
Si
tu
ne
l'aimes
pas,
quitte-le
Let
this
song
that
I'm
singin'
be
a
warnin'
Laisse
cette
chanson
que
je
chante
être
un
avertissement
When
you're
runnin'
down
our
country,
man
Quand
tu
rabaisses
notre
pays,
mon
chéri
You're
walkin'
on
the
fightin'
side
of
me
Tu
marches
sur
le
côté
combatif
de
moi
You're
walkin'
on
the
fightin'
side
of
me
Tu
marches
sur
le
côté
combatif
de
moi
Runnin'
down
a
way
of
life
Rabaissant
un
mode
de
vie
Our
fightin'
men
have
fought
and
died
to
keep
Que
nos
combattants
ont
combattu
et
sont
morts
pour
préserver
If
you
don't
love
it,
leave
it
Si
tu
ne
l'aimes
pas,
quitte-le
Let
this
song
that
I'm
singin'
be
a
warnin'
Laisse
cette
chanson
que
je
chante
être
un
avertissement
When
you're
runnin'
down
our
country,
hoss
Quand
tu
rabaisses
notre
pays,
mon
chou
You're
walkin'
on
the
fightin'
side
of
me
Tu
marches
sur
le
côté
combatif
de
moi
Rate the translation
1
Stay a Little Longer
2 Living With the Shades Pulled Down
3 Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room
4 Just Between the Two of Us
5 Trouble In Mind
6 The Bottle Let Me Down (Down Every Road Version)
7 Skid Row (Down Every Road Version)
8 Here In Frisco
9 Holding Things Together
10 Honky Tonk Night Time Man
11 Things Aren't Funny Anymore
12 Everybody's Had The Blues - Live Rehearsal
13 The Emptiest Arms in the World
14 If We Make It Through December
15 I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
16 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
17 Kentucky Gambler
18 Grandma Harp
19 Someday We'll Look Back
20 Carolyn
21 Tulare Dust
22 The Farmer's Daughter
23 Right or Wrong (Down Every Road Version)
24 I'll Be a Hero (When I Strike) (March 1970)
25 The Fightin' Side Of Me - December 1969
26 Irma Jackson
27 Running Kind
28 Huntsville
29 Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
30 Always Wanting You
31 It's All in the Movies
32 Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
33 Kern River
34 Someday When Things Are Good
35 That's The Way Love Goes
36 Pancho and Lefty
37 You Take Me For Granted
38 Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
39 Rainbow Stew
40 I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
41 Leonard
42 Misery And Gin
43 My Own Kind of Hat
44 Footlights
45 Red Bandana
46 It's Been a Great Afternoon
47 Ramblin' Fever
48 If We're Not Back in Love By Monday
49 What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana
50 I Never Go Around Mirrors
51 The Way It Was In '51
52 Someone Told My Story
53 I Can't Stop Loving You (Live)
54 In My Next Life
55 Mary's Mine
56 All of Me Belongs to You
57 House of Memories
58 White Line Fever (Down Every Road Version)
59 I Threw Away the Rose
60 The Fugitive
61 Branded Man
62 I'll Look Over You
63 Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
64 Whatever Happened to Me
65 (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
66 Sam Hill
67 Sing a Sad Song
68 High On a Hilltop
69 Somewhere Between
70 Today I Started Loving You Again
71 Sing Me Back Home
72 Silver Wings
73 Hungry Eyes
74 The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
75 It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him
76 I Can't Hold Myself In Line
77 I'm Bringin' Home Good News
78 I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am
79 Seeing Eye Dog
80 The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
81 Workin' Man Blues
82 The Day the Rains Came
83 Teach Me to Forget
84 Mama Tried
85 I'll Always Know
86 Okie From Muskogee - Down Every Road Version
87 Go Home
88 Swinging Doors
89 I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
90 If I Had Left It Up to You
91 You Don't Even Try
92 You Don't Have Very Far to Go
93 California Cottonfields
94 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)
95 Waitin' for a Train
96 California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)
97 I'm Looking For My Mind
98 In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
99 Is This the Beginning of the End?
2 Living With the Shades Pulled Down
3 Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room
4 Just Between the Two of Us
5 Trouble In Mind
6 The Bottle Let Me Down (Down Every Road Version)
7 Skid Row (Down Every Road Version)
8 Here In Frisco
9 Holding Things Together
10 Honky Tonk Night Time Man
11 Things Aren't Funny Anymore
12 Everybody's Had The Blues - Live Rehearsal
13 The Emptiest Arms in the World
14 If We Make It Through December
15 I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
16 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
17 Kentucky Gambler
18 Grandma Harp
19 Someday We'll Look Back
20 Carolyn
21 Tulare Dust
22 The Farmer's Daughter
23 Right or Wrong (Down Every Road Version)
24 I'll Be a Hero (When I Strike) (March 1970)
25 The Fightin' Side Of Me - December 1969
26 Irma Jackson
27 Running Kind
28 Huntsville
29 Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
30 Always Wanting You
31 It's All in the Movies
32 Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
33 Kern River
34 Someday When Things Are Good
35 That's The Way Love Goes
36 Pancho and Lefty
37 You Take Me For Granted
38 Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
39 Rainbow Stew
40 I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
41 Leonard
42 Misery And Gin
43 My Own Kind of Hat
44 Footlights
45 Red Bandana
46 It's Been a Great Afternoon
47 Ramblin' Fever
48 If We're Not Back in Love By Monday
49 What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana
50 I Never Go Around Mirrors
51 The Way It Was In '51
52 Someone Told My Story
53 I Can't Stop Loving You (Live)
54 In My Next Life
55 Mary's Mine
56 All of Me Belongs to You
57 House of Memories
58 White Line Fever (Down Every Road Version)
59 I Threw Away the Rose
60 The Fugitive
61 Branded Man
62 I'll Look Over You
63 Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
64 Whatever Happened to Me
65 (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
66 Sam Hill
67 Sing a Sad Song
68 High On a Hilltop
69 Somewhere Between
70 Today I Started Loving You Again
71 Sing Me Back Home
72 Silver Wings
73 Hungry Eyes
74 The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
75 It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him
76 I Can't Hold Myself In Line
77 I'm Bringin' Home Good News
78 I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am
79 Seeing Eye Dog
80 The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
81 Workin' Man Blues
82 The Day the Rains Came
83 Teach Me to Forget
84 Mama Tried
85 I'll Always Know
86 Okie From Muskogee - Down Every Road Version
87 Go Home
88 Swinging Doors
89 I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
90 If I Had Left It Up to You
91 You Don't Even Try
92 You Don't Have Very Far to Go
93 California Cottonfields
94 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)
95 Waitin' for a Train
96 California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)
97 I'm Looking For My Mind
98 In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
99 Is This the Beginning of the End?
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