I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am

Album: The Fightin' Side Of Me (1970)
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Songfacts®:

  • Haggard wrote this about being comfortable with who he was - he didn't care about what other people thought of him.
  • This was a favorite of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant. A tape recorder version was played at his funeral. >>>
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    Darden - montgomery, AL, for above 2

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  • Grandpopdk from Odense, DenmarkCan you get any closer to "Gentle on my mind" than this????
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