Intro :
G ot the news this morning
K new it'd be a tough day
S ome are so much larger than life
Y ou can't believe they could pass away
W hen it comes to country m usic he's the world
And it w ouldn't be all it i s without Merle
He won't ever be g one
His s ongs live on
A fugitive and a branded man
M ama tried to understand
L eft us a lifetime of s ongs
And he won't ever be g one
W e were friends right from the start
W e shared some high times
I would sing some songs he wrote
H e would sing a few of mine
T he music made us b rothers till the e nd
A nd not a day goes b y that I don't miss h im
H e won't ever be gone
His s ongs live on
R amblin' fever and the way I am
B lue collar blues for the working man
W e'll be singing him back home from now o n
He won't ever be g one
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He won't ever be g one
His s ongs live on
A fugitive and a branded man
M ama tried to understand
L eft us a lifetime of s ongs
And he won't ever be g one
W e'll be singing him back home from now o n
He won't ever be g one