Merle Haggard：Meaning of Travelin' Blues Songmeaning

Merle Haggard's song "Travelin' Blues" tells the story of a man who had a dream that his girlfriend had left him and wakes up to find out that it had actually happened. He decides to leave town and go get his girlfriend back from another man. He knows that his girlfriend had been seeing someone else but had recently ended things with him. The man is determined to bring his girlfriend back home with him, even if he has to go up against the eight-wheel driver on the railroad tracks. The song is about love, loss, and determination.