Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	The Way I Am Producer – Don GantWritten-By – Sonny Throckmorton	2:52
A2	Sky-Bo Producer – Porter WagonerWritten-By – Merle Haggard	3:29
A3	No One To Sing For (But The Band) Written-By – Merle Haggard	3:32
A4	(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You Written-By – Stuart Hamblen	2:58
A5	Life's Just Not The Way It Used To Be Written-By – Merle Haggard	2:51
B1	Wake Up Producer – Porter WagonerWritten-By – Merle Haggard	4:03
B2	Where Have You Been Written-By – Leona Williams	2:45
B3	Take Me Back And Try Me One More Time Written-By – Ernest Tubb	2:48
B4	I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back Written-By – Ernest Tubb	3:14
B5	It Makes No Difference Now Written-By – Floyd Tilman*	3:04
B6	It's Been So Long, Darlin' Written-By – Ernest Tubb	3:01

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – MCA Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Published By – Cross Keys Publishing Co., Inc.
• Published By – Shade Tree Music, Inc.
• Published By – Rightsong Music
• Published By – APRS
• Published By – Peer International Corp.
• Recorded At – Fireside Studios
• Recorded At – Britannia Studios
• Recorded At – Tree Music
• Recorded At – Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles

Credits

• Arranged By [Strings] – Frank Albano
• Art Direction – George Osaki
• Engineer [Second Engineer] – Russ Bracher*
• Mixed By [Mixdown Engineer] – Ken Suesov
• Photography By – Frank Laffitte
• Producer – Fuzzy Owen

Notes

© 1980 MCA Records, Inc. ℗ 1980 MCA Records, Inc.

Recorded at Fireside, Britannia, Tree Music, and Wall Heider Recording.

Publishing information:
Track A1 published by Cross Keys Publishing Co., Inc. - ASCAP
Tracks A2, A3, A5 to B2 published by Shade Tree Music, Inc. - BMI
Tracks A4, B3, B4 and B6 published by Rightsong Music - BMI
Track B5 published by APRS/Peer International Corp. - BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, Printed On Label): MCA2160
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, Runout): MCA 2160 W1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, Printed On Label): MCA2161
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, Runout): MCA 2161 W1
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LPS-1021	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(LP, Album)	Beograd Disk, MCA Records	LPS-1021	Yugoslavia	1980
MCAC-3229	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(Cass, Album)	MCA Records	MCAC-3229	US	1980
MCA-37207	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-37207	Canada	1982
MCA-3229	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-3229	Canada	1980
MCF 3072	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCF 3072	UK	1980

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	The Way I Am Written-By – Sonny Throckmorton
2	Sky-Bo
3	No One To Sing For (But The Band)
4	(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You Written-By – Stuart Hamblen
5	Life's Just Not The Way It Used To Be
6	Wake Up
7	Where Have You Been Written-By – Leona Williams
8	Take Me Back And Try Me One More Time Written-By – Ernest Tubb
9	I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back Written-By – Ernest Tubb
10	It Makes No Difference Now Written-By – Floyd Tillman
11	It's Been So Long, Darlin' Written-By – Ernest Tubb

Credits

• Producer – Fuzzy Owen

Notes

MANUFACTURED BY SANYO, JAPAN FOR MCA IN THE U.S.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: MCAD31100 A7618P

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MCA3229, MCA-3229	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records, MCA Records	MCA3229, MCA-3229	US	1980
LPS-1021	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(LP, Album)	Beograd Disk, MCA Records	LPS-1021	Yugoslavia	1980
MCAC-3229	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(Cass, Album)	MCA Records	MCAC-3229	US	1980
MCA-37207	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-37207	Canada	1982
MCA-3229	Merle Haggard	The Way I Am ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-3229	Canada	1980