Lyrics: I Can't Stand Me

(Merle Haggard)

I can't stand me since I lost you
And I can't stand nobody else
I can't stand me since you went away
And I gotta get away from myself.

I used to be a high-stepper with a lot on the ball
My friends all called me Ace
It took a woman like you to bring a good man down
And make me ashamed to even show my face.

I can't stand me since I lost you
And I can't stand nobody else
I can't stand me since you went away
And I gotta get away from myself.

--- Instrumental ---

Oh, when I look in the glass and see a grown man cry
It makes me wanna hang my head
I used to feel real proud just to be alive
But now I think I'd rather be dead.

I can't stand me since I lost you
And I can't stand nobody else
I can't stand me since you went away
And I gotta get away from myself.

--- Instrumental ---

I'm gonna find me a river about ten miles wide
With a bridge right all way cross
I'm gonna drag myself about half way over
And then I'm gonna throw me off.

I can't stand me since I lost you
And I can't stand nobody else
I can't stand me since you went away
And I gotta get away from myself.

Yeah, I gotta get away from myself...