Merle Haggard The Wild Side Of Life Lyrics

You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song

I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life

The glamour of the gay night-life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know

I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life

Yes it hurt me to know that you don't love me
Though I know that our love's forever gone
And it's killed my soul and pride, Dear, inside me
When I saw you in that stranger's arms so long

I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life

I'll just live my life alone with mem'ries of you
And dream of kisses traded for my tears
And no-one will ever know how much I love you
And I pray that you'll be happy through the years

I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life

THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE
(William Warren / Arlie A. Carter)

Hank Thompson - 1952
Burl Ives (with Grady Martin) - 1952
Bill Haley & His Comets - 1961
The Stanley Brothers - 1961
Ray Price - 1963
Mickey Gilley - 1964
Ernest Tubb - 1965
Hank Locklin - 1965
Bill Anderson - 1965
Charlie Walker - 1965
Jerry Lee Lewis - 1965
Conway Twitty - 1966
Charlie Feathers - 1967
Freddy Fender - 1974
Rod Stewart - 1976
Moe Bandy - 1979
Willie Nelson & Leon Russell - 1979
Rayburn Anthony (with Kitty Wells) - 1979
Waylon Jennings & Jessi Coulter - 1981
Bonnie Tyler - 1981

Also recorded by: Status Quo; Wynn Stewart;
Johnny Duncan; Tommy Tucker; Merle Haggard;
Tompall Glaser; Steve Alaimo; Mac Wiseman;
Sandy Nelson; Pirates Of The Mississippi;
Ray Campi: Tommy Scott: ..... and others.