If Anyone Ought To Know - Merle Haggard

Sittin' in a road side tavern

The only cowboy seated here alone

Every night a lonely lady

Wants to tell me all about her broken home

It’s like they can see inside my mind

They act as though they know I’ll understand

I guess they know it when the hear my name

And feel it when they touch my tremblin' hand

Ah, but if anyone ought to know

The loneliness of a rolling stone

It ought to be me, I’ve always been alone

If anyone ought to know

About things like hurt and misery

It ought to be me, Lord in heaven knows it ought to be me

If anyone ought to know

The loneliness of a rolling stone

It ought to be me, that’s the reason I’m all alone

If anyone ought to know

About things like hurt and misery

It ought to be me, Lord in heaven knows it ought to be me