Merle Haggard — My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers

[Verse 1] Oh, 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] It amazes me not knowing any better Than to think I had a love that would be true Why, I should be taken out and tarred and feathered To have let myself be taken in by you [Chorus] 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