I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin… - Merle Haggard

One of these days when the air clears up And the sun come shining through We'll all be drinking free bubble up And eating some rainbow stew.

Look at the past 25 years — we went downhill, and if people don't realize it, they don't have their fucking eyes on. In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available to an average citizen in America right now. I mean, there was nobody going to throw you down on the side of the road spread-eagled, and look up your butt for a fucking marijuana cigarette. God almighty, what have we done to each other?

When the world wide war is over and done And the dream of peace comes through We'll all be drinking some free bubble up And eating some rainbow stew.