That 's the Way Love Goes ( Merle Haggard album ) - wikipedia That 's the Way Love Goes ( Merle Haggard album ) That 's the Way Love Goes Studio album by Merle Haggard Released August 1983 Recorded January / March 1983 at Woodland Sound Studio and Eleven Sound Studio, Nashville, TN Genre Country Length 32 : 00 Label Epic Producer Merle Haggard, Ray Baker Merle Haggard chronology Pancho & Lefty ( 1983 ) Pancho & Lefty 1983 That 's the Way Love Goes ( 1983 ) Heart to Heart ( 1983 ) Heart to Heart 1983 That 's the Way Love Goes is the 38th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1983. Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Chart performance 6 References Background Haggard had loved Lefty Frizzell 's `` That 's the Way Love Goes '' since he first heard the song took a stab at recording it towards the end of his tenure with Capitol Records in the mid-seventies with unsatisfactory results. That version, which can be found on the box set Hag : The Studio Recordings 1969 - 1976, is more lighthearted and whimsical than the one Haggard would record in 1983, which possesses a delicate melancholy that somehow becomes uplifting mainly because of Haggard 's masterful delivery of the words. The song topped the Billboard country singles chart, as did `` Someday When Things Are Good, '' a song co-authored by Haggard and his wife Leona Williams. It also proved to be prophetic, as the couple would divorce that year. Williams had also written Haggard 's recent hit `` You Take Me For Granted, '' but Williams, who replaced Haggard 's previous wife Bonnie Owens in the Strangers, had creative aspirations of her own that were not always appreciated by her husband. As Haggard wrote in his 1981 autobiography Sing Me Back Home, `` I 'd reached the point in my career where I felt in charge of my music... When Leona tried to make a suggestion, I resented it. She resented my resentment. So it went. She kept saying she felt like an outsider... I could n't understand why she got so upset by the press leaning toward good ol ' Bonnie and the snide remarks about Leona coming in and breaking up my ' happy home. ' '' The divorce would instigate a personal landslide for Haggard, who would spend the rest of the decade losing himself in a fog of alcohol and drugs, although initially it did not prevent him from scoring # 1 hits. In fact, That 's The Way Love Goes was his third hit LP for Epic in two years, not counting two separate duet albums with George Jones and Willie Nelson. While discussing his own song `` Bad Boy '' in the liner notes to Great Days : The John Prine Anthology, John Prine admitted, `` Around that time, I fell under the spell of Merle Haggard 's songwriting. There was a period there when he just seemed to be churning out some really great stuff. He was bringing out great albums every six or eight months, and I considered ' Bad Boy ' sort of in the vein of what he was doing. '' Overall, That 's The Way Love Goes offers a more laid back feel than Haggard 's recent LPs, demonstrating the singer 's emotive vocal range on several ballads like `` What Am I Gonna Do ( With the Rest of My Life ) '', which peaked at number 3 and appears to reflect the turmoil with Williams, as does the lilting yet bitter `` If You Hated Me. '' Other tracks feature the bright pop sound that was becoming more predominate on country albums in the eighties, such as `` I 'm Carrying Fire '' and the jazzy `` The Last Boat of the Day. '' The album 's closing track, `` I Think I 'll Stay, '' sounds like an afterhours blues jam as Haggard croons, `` Think I 'll stay around till I 'm sick of home sweet home... '' The album would peak at number 8 on the Billboard country albums chart. Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Matt Fink of AllMusic rates the album `` another decent collection of laidback ballads that lets Haggard display some of the full range of his vocal talents... '' John Morthland of Amazon.com : `` Here 's one of the great, lost Haggard albums... The tone is bleak, funereal, without a single uptempo stomp to break up the succession of one beautiful, heartbreaking ballad after another. '' At the Grammy Awards of 1985, That 's the Way Love Goes won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. That 's the Way Love Goes was reissued on CD by DCC Compact Classics in 2000, and reissued again along with Going Where the Lonely Go on CD by S & P Records in 2005. Track listing `` What Am I Gonna Do ( With the Rest of My Life ) '' ( Merle Haggard ) -- 3 : 35 `` ( I 'm Gonna Paint Me ) A Bed of Roses '' ( Haggard, Bobby Whitson ) -- 2 : 11 `` Someday When Things Are Good '' ( Haggard, Leona Williams ) -- 3 : 38 `` That 's the Way Love Goes '' ( Lefty Frizzell, Sanger D. Shafer ) -- 3 : 04 `` Carryin ' Fire '' ( Red Lane ) -- 2 : 55 `` Do n't Seem Like We 've Been Together All Our Lives '' ( Haggard ) -- 2 : 56 `` If You Hated Me '' ( Haggard, Lane, Dean Holloway ) -- 2 : 42 `` Love Will Find You '' ( Haggard ) -- 2 : 36 `` The Last Boat of the Day '' ( Hank Cochran, Lane ) -- 3 : 40 `` I Think I 'll Stay '' ( Haggard ) -- 4 : 43 Personnel Merle Haggard -- vocals, guitar Roy Nichols -- guitar Reggie Young -- guitar Greg Galbraith -- guitar Dave Kirby -- guitar Glenn Martin -- guitar Red Lane -- guitar Norm Hamlet -- steel guitar Dennis Hromek -- bass Mike Leach -- bass Gene Chrisman -- drums Kenny Malone -- drums Biff Adams -- drums Tiny Moore -- fiddle, mandolin Jimmy Balken -- fiddle Bobby Wood -- keyboards Mark Yeary -- keyboards Terry McMillan -- harmonica Don Markham -- horns Chart performance Chart ( 1983 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 8 References Jump up ^ Haggard, Merle ; Russell, Peggy ( 1983 ). Sing Me Back Home : My Story. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978 - 0 - 671 - 45275 - 9. Jump up ^ Allmusic review Jump up ^ Allmusic entry for Going Where the Lonely Go / That 's the Way Love Goes. Retrieved December 2009. Merle Haggard The Strangers Roy Nichols Norman Hamlet Biff Adam Dennis Hromek Bobby Wayne Marcia Nichols Eddie Burris George French Jerry Ward Studio albums Strangers Swinging Doors I 'm a Lonesome Fugitive Branded Man Sing Me Back Home The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde Mama Tried Pride in What I Am Same Train, A Different Time A Portrait of Merle Haggard A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World ( or, My Salute to Bob Wills ) Hag Someday We 'll Look Back Let Me Tell You About a Song It 's Not Love ( But It 's Not Bad ) If We Make It Through December Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album Keep Movin ' On It 's All in the Movies My Love Affair with Trains The Roots of My Raising Ramblin ' Fever A Working Man Ca n't Get Nowhere Today My Farewell to Elvis I 'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall Serving 190 Proof The Way I Am Back to the Barrooms Big City Going Where the Lonely Go That 's the Way Love Goes It 's All in the Game Kern River Out Among the Stars A Friend In California Chill Factor 5 : 01 Blues Blue Jungle If I Could Only Fly Roots, Volume 1 The Peer Sessions Haggard Like Never Before Unforgettable Chicago Wind The Bluegrass Sessions I Am What I Am Working in Tennessee Live albums Okie from Muskogee The Fightin ' Side of Me I Love Dixie Blues Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium The Epic Collection ( Recorded Live ) Amber Waves of Grain Motorcycle Cowboy : Live at Billy Bob 's Texas Ol ' Country Singer Live from Austin, TX Live from Austin, TX ' 78 Gospel albums The Land of Many Churches Songs for the Mama That Tried Cabin in the Hills Two Old Friends ( with Albert E. Brumley, Jr. ) Holiday albums Merle Haggard 's Christmas Present Goin ' Home for Christmas Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph ( with Willie Nelson ) I Wish I Was Santa Claus The Strangers albums Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard 's Strangers Introducing My Friends The Strangers Getting to Know Merle Haggard 's Strangers Honky Tonkin ' Totally Instrumental ( With One Exception... ) Singles 1960s `` Sing a Sad Song '' `` Sam Hill '' `` ( My Friends Are Gonna Be ) Strangers '' `` I 'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can '' `` Swinging Doors '' `` The Bottle Let Me Down '' `` The Fugitive '' `` I Threw Away the Rose '' `` Branded Man '' `` Sing Me Back Home '' `` The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde '' `` Mama Tried '' `` I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am '' `` Hungry Eyes '' `` Workin ' Man Blues '' `` Okie from Muskogee '' 1970s `` The Fightin ' Side of Me '' `` Street Singer '' `` Jesus, Take a Hold '' `` I Ca n't Be Myself '' `` Soldier 's Last Letter '' `` Someday We 'll Look Back '' `` Daddy Frank ( The Guitar Man ) '' `` Carolyn '' `` Grandma Harp '' `` It 's Not Love ( But It 's Not Bad ) '' `` I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me '' `` The Emptiest Arms in the World '' `` Everybody 's Had the Blues '' `` If We Make It Through December '' `` Things Are n't Funny Anymore '' `` Old Man from the Mountain '' `` Kentucky Gambler '' `` Always Wanting You '' `` Movin ' On '' `` It 's All in the Movies '' `` The Roots of My Raising '' `` Here Comes the Freedom Train '' `` Cherokee Maiden '' `` If We 're Not Back in Love by Monday '' `` Ramblin ' Fever '' `` A Working Man Ca n't Get Nowhere Today '' `` From Graceland to the Promised Land '' `` Running Kind '' `` I 'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall '' `` It 's Been a Great Afternoon '' `` The Way It Was in ' 51 '' `` Red Bandana '' `` My Own Kind of Hat '' 1980s -- 1990s `` The Way I Am '' `` Misery and Gin '' `` I Think I 'll Just Stay Here and Drink '' `` Leonard '' `` Rainbow Stew '' `` My Favorite Memory '' `` Big City '' `` Dealing with the Devil '' `` Are the Good Times Really Over ( I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver ) '' `` Going Where the Lonely Go '' `` You Take Me for Granted '' `` What Am I Gonna Do ( With the Rest of My Life ) '' `` It 's All in the Game '' `` That 's the Way Love Goes '' `` Someday When Things Are Good '' `` Let 's Chase Each Other Around the Room '' `` A Place to Fall Apart '' `` Make - Up and Faded Blue Jeans '' `` Kern River '' `` Amber Waves of Grain '' `` American Waltz '' `` I Had a Beautiful Time '' `` A Friend in California '' `` Out Among the Stars '' `` Almost Persuaded '' `` Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star '' `` Chill Factor '' `` We Never Touch at All '' `` You Babe '' `` 5 : 01 Blues '' `` A Better Love Next Time '' `` If You Want to Be My Woman '' `` Broken Friend '' `` When It Rains It Pours '' `` In My Next Life '' Collaborations Albums Just Between the Two of Us ( with Bonnie Owens ) A Taste of Yesterday 's Wine ( with George Jones ) Pancho & Lefty ( with Willie Nelson ) Heart to Heart ( with Leona Williams ) Walking the Line ( with George Jones and Willie Nelson ) Seashores of Old Mexico ( with Willie Nelson ) Kickin ' Out the Footlights... Again ( with George Jones ) Last of the Breed ( with Willie Nelson and Ray Price ) Django & Jimmie ( with Willie Nelson ) Singles `` Just Between the Two of Us '' ( with Bonnie Owens ) `` The Bull and the Beaver '' with Leona Williams `` Bar Room Buddies '' ( with Clint Eastwood ) `` Yesterday 's Wine '' ( with George Jones ) `` C.C. Waterback '' ( with George Jones ) `` Reasons to Quit '' ( with Willie Nelson ) `` Pancho and Lefty '' ( with Willie Nelson ) `` We 're Strangers Again '' ( with Leona Williams ) `` If I Could Only Fly '' ( with Willie Nelson ) `` That 's the Way Love Goes '' with ( Jewel ) `` Wreck on the Highway '' ( with Chester Smith ) Guest appearances `` Street Singer '' ( by The Strangers ) `` Willie '' ( by Hank Cochran ) `` Walking the Floor Over You '' ( by Ernest Tubb ) `` I Ca n't Hold Myself in Line '' ( by Johnny Paycheck ) `` Lefty '' ( by David Frizzell ) `` Same Old Train '' ( from Tribute to Tradition ) `` Politically Uncorrect '' ( by Gretchen Wilson ) `` I Think I 'll Just Stay Here and Drink '' ( by Hank Williams, Jr. ) Compilations The Best of Merle Haggard Close - Up The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard Songs I 'll Always Sing Eleven Winners The Way It Was in ' 51 Merle Haggard 's Greatest Hits His Epic Hits : The First 11 ( To Be Continued... ) His Best His Greatest and His Best The Lonesome Fugitive Untamed Hawk Vintage Collections Down Every Road 1962 -- 1994 Yesterday 's Wine 1981 - 1988 A&E Biography 16 Biggest Hits For the Record : 43 Legendary Hits Merle Haggard 's Train Whistle Blues 20 Greatest Hits David Allan Coe Presents 40 # 1 Hits The Essential Merle Haggard : The Epic Years Hag : The Best of Merle Haggard Related articles Discography Capitol Records MCA Records Epic Records Marty Haggard Noel Haggard Bonnie Owens Leona Williams Mama 's Hungry Eyes : A Tribute to Merle Haggard `` Untanglin ' My Mind '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Merle_Haggard_album)&oldid=723453096 '' Categories : 1983 albums Merle Haggard albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Ray Baker ( music producer ) Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 3 June 2016, at 04 : 12. 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Question: merle haggard that's the way love goes songs
Answer: "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)"