Big City: Merle Haggard. Written by Merle Haggard and Dean Holloway. (© Tree Publishing.) From "Big City", © 1981, Epic. I'm tired of this dirty old city. Entirely too much work and never enough pay. And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks. I think I'll walk off my steady job today. Turn me loose, set me free, Somewhere in the middle of Montanna. Gimme all I got comin' to me. And keep your retirement, And your so called social security. Big city, turn me loose and set me free. Been working everyday since I was twenty. Haven't got a lot to show, for anything I've done. I know folks who never work and they've got plenty. I think it's time folks like you and me had some fun. Turn me loose, set me free, Somewhere in the middle of Montanna. Gimme all I got comin' to me. And keep your retirement, And your so called social security. Big city, turn me loose and set me free. I said big city, turn me loose and set me free.