ブランデッド・マン - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

I’d like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am but they won’t let my secret go untold.

I paid the debt I owed them

but they’re still not satisfied

now I’m a branded man out in the cold.

When they let me out of prison

I held my head up high

Determined I would rise above the shame.

But no matter where I’m living

the black mark follows me.

I’m branded with a number on my name.

I’d like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am but they won’t let my secret go untold.

I payed the debt them