Текст песни Merle Haggard - Leonard
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When LEONARD finally came to CaliforniaHe was twenty-one years old as I recall He loved to write a song and pick the guitarAnd he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.The town in which he lived is not importantBut you`ll know which town I mean by the time I`m thru He soon became a famous entertainerBut LEONARD was a name he never used He was on his way to having what he wantedJust about as close as one could beHey! once he even followed Elvis PresleyAnd he wrote a lot of country songs for me.But he laid it all aside to follow JesusFor years he chose to let his music goBut preaching wasn`t really meant for LEONARDBut how in the hell was LEONARD s`posed to know.Well, life began to twist its way around himAnd I wondered how he carried such a loadHe came back again to try his luck in musicAnd lost his wife and family on the road.SPOKEN:[After that he seemed to bog down even deeperAnd I saw what booze and pills could really doAnd I wondered if I`d ever see him soberBut I forgot about a Friend that LEONARD knew.]Well, LEONARD gave me lots of inspirationHe helped teach me how to write a country songAnd he even brought around a bag of groceriesHey! back before Muskogee came along.Really I`m not trying to hide his shownameOr the town in which this episode beganSPOKEN: [Somehow I had to write a song for old Tommy]If just to see the smilin` faces in the band.When LEONARD finally came to CaliforniaHe was twenty-one years old as I recall And he loved to write a song and pick the guitarAnd he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.