let merle be merle

well i was driving around in my old pickup truck down a road that didn't used to be paved

passing all the houses that was going up and all the farms that couldn't be saved

a haggard song came on the radio and put a big smile on my face

made me think of something that sounded like something my grandpa would probably say

let a boy be a boy

let a girl be a girl

let a nut be a nut

let a squirrel be a squirrel

yeah some things don't need to change in this ever changing world

let rock and roll

be rock and roll

let merle be merle

well over yonder used to be the field we'd sit and drink our beer

i wonder what they did with all that fence

that couldn't keep us out of there

me and old nancy

we'd get all handsy to twinkle twinkle lucky star"