Merle Haggard, the legendary outlaw country musician, had a voice as smooth as his classic car collection. Among his prized ...

We explore three country songs with lyrics that really have not aged well, from being creepy to weird to just plain grumpy.

Haggard, who died in 2016, wrote a variety of political songs in his time, from one praising Hillary Clinton, to 1969 “Okie from Muskogee,” a rebuke of the hippie culture during the Vietnam War.

For the most part, Haggard lived the story that unfolds in the song’s lyrics. However, he only received short prison sentences and was never looking at life without parole. However, the truth of ...

Courtesy: Budd Butcher/U.S. Air Force From Merle Haggard’s “Fightin’ Side of Me” to Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” country music is often associated with ...