All The Soft Places To Fall

Merle Haggard · Poncho and Lefty (wWillie Nelson) [1983]

(Leona Williams)



Most of my lfe I've been runnin' around

Payin' and havin' a ball

And maybe I've been on a party too long

These mem'ries are fond to recall.



You see we've got this thing

About women smokin' and good alcohol

Now I'm lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets

And all the soft places to fall.



The women we've known have been many

But they don't understand us at all

Though we've spent many a long hours

Hopin' some old love would call.



Surely somebody somewhere still wants us

Or don't nobody wants us at all

We're lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets

And all the soft places to fall.



Most of our lives we've been outlaws

Slept with our backs to the wall

I'm a rambler, I'm a seeker and we're gettin' weaker

A whole lot more likely to fall.



We're tired of the rocks and brambles

Those barbed wire fences at all

We're lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets

And all the soft places to fall.



--- Instrumental ---



Most of our lives we've been outlaws

Slept with our backs to the wall

I'm a rambler, I'm a seeker and we're gettin' weaker

A whole lot more likely to fall.



We're tired of the rocks and brambles

Those barbed wire fences at all

We're lookin' for a homelife and clean smellin' sheets

And all the soft places to fall...