# Help me identify this Merle Haggard song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 10, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947 "2023-11-10T16:56:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947/1 "2023-11-10T16:56:25Z")
I only have a vague recollection of it from a video that was shown on CMT fairly regularly around perhaps 2000 or so, so I’m guessing it was his latest at the time. All I remember from the song was a line that had something to do with parking his motorcycle in the front yard. I remember liking the song but it’s been forever and I can’t remember what song it was. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947/2 "2023-11-10T16:59:35Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Apm0QVGeQ7g/hqdefault.jpg "Merle Haggard - Motorcycle Cowboy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apm0QVGeQ7g) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947/3 "2023-11-10T17:00:17Z")
> Yeah ain’t got no driveway park my hog out on the lawn > Ain’t got no driveway park my big old hog out on the lawn ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947/4 "2023-11-10T17:01:05Z")
That’s the one. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947/5 "2023-11-10T17:15:19Z")
Follow up–is this Merle’s song? I can only find it on live recordings, not any studio albums. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947/6 "2023-11-10T17:19:55Z")
This lists him as the writer. > **[Merle Haggard - Motorcycle Cowboy](https://www.discogs.com/release/2154109-Merle-Haggard-Motorcycle-Cowboy)** > > View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2000 CD release of "Motorcycle Cowboy" on Discogs. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947/7 "2023-11-10T21:34:23Z")
I used to have that CD - still might… somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-merle-haggard-song/992947/8 "2023-11-10T21:44:23Z")
Amateurs! Scooter trash kept their bikes in their living room, or bedroom.