Lyrics (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers

All the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well, it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone
From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I’m all through ever trusting anyone
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone
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It amazes me not knowing any better
Than to think I found a love that should be true
Oh, I should be taken out and tarred and feathered
Than to let myself be taken in by you
From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I’m all through ever trusting anyone
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone…