merle haggard
red bandana
We left home when were barely past eleven-teen  We've been back and fourth and all around through hell and rain I've loved you half of your life and Ill keep on loving you But I can't change and live the way you want me to.   We spent a lot of time out on the highway Coming from some town we played along the way  After thirty years and knowing me the way you do  You know I can't change and live the way you want me to .   That red bandana tied around your auburn hair  You look like you ought to be somebody's wife somewhere You ain't never going to be no bobby Mcgee but your trying to  But I can't change and live the way you want me to   Every time you leave the stage I know you've had your fill  And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will  Hey I'm forty-one today still going on twenty-two  But I can't change and live the way you want me to   That red bandana tied around your auburn hair  You look like you ought to be somebody's wife somewhere You ain't never going to be no bobby Mcgee but your trying to  But I can't change and live the way you want me to  I can't change and live the way you want me to