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Best Opening Lyrics: No. 18

"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee"
--Merle Haggard's 'Okie From Muskokee'

Hippie haters took this line a little too literally. Heck, for all we know, the Hag was stoned when he wrote it.

Listen to the line!

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ManicD

....."OH YES WE DO!!! WE GROW IT TOO" NOW THATS A LINE!

November 25 2010 at 4:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gary

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees
and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- The Beatles

April 24 2010 at 11:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wendy9261076

One of the few Haggard songs I actually like. Good beat. Love the line "White lightnin' is still the biggest thrill of all'.

March 02 2010 at 12:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JennahRose

I'm just flipping glad to see a wider representation of music on this list! Can't not love Old Hag!

November 15 2009 at 12:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brennan P B

Used to get wrecked and listen to this and sing along untill we laughed ourselves crying!! LOL

December 20 2008 at 10:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris Robbins

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee,/Instead we get our thrills by dippin' sheep....

November 02 2008 at 5:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Beckw

"You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car" ... Alice Cooper ['The One That Got Away' on ALONG CAME A SPIDER CD]

August 04 2008 at 5:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tony Martin

herschel, maybe YOU need to listen to the song.
THE OPENING LINE IS CORRECT. I am a haggard expert, have everything he ever recorded.

February 18 2008 at 9:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tony Martin

For those that don't know, Merle is the best country vocalist that ever lived. Listen to some of his early stuff---workin man blues, mama tried,sing me back home, I started loving you again---merle had the purest,perfect tone voice. If you haven't heard merle, treat yourself to the best ever!

February 18 2008 at 9:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Beverlie J. Yocum

Haggard claimed that he wrote this song as a bit of a joke -- a picture of America's heartland, contrasting with San Fran hippies!

March 02 2010 at 1:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
HAWKFUNK

Classic square opening of all time! - want some real music chec out Hawkfunk on youtube.

November 12 2007 at 10:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply