Merle Haggard

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"My Carolina Sunshine Girl"

"My Carolina Sunshine Girl"


Moon, moon, I can see you sinking low
You make me think of sweetheart a little girl that I love so
After I wonder the whole night through wondering if you miss me too
Oh, why I'm about lonesome thinking of someone thinking only of you.

My carolina sunshine girl
You have turned my heart to stone
My Carolina sunshine girl
You have left me all alone.

I wonder why I sit and cry
When I really should laugh at your little old photograph
Well, you're the sweetest thing here in this world
And I love, love, love you my Carolina sunshine girl.

I wonder why I sit and cry
When I really should laugh at your little old photograph
Well, you're the sweetest thing here in this world
And I love, love, love you my Carolina sunshine girl...

 

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"My Favorite Memory"

"My Favorite Memory"


The first time we met
Is a favorite memory of mine
They say time changes all it pertains to
But your memory is stronger than time

I guess, everything does change
Except what you choose to recall
There's a million good daydreams to dream on
But baby, you are my favorite memory of all

Like the night we made love in the hallway
Slept all night long on the floor
Like the winter we spent on Lake Shasta alone
Closer than ever before

And I remember than London vacation
It was you, made the whole thing a ball
There's a million good times I could dwell on
But baby, you are my favorite memory of all

The first time we met
Is a favorite memory of mine
They say time changes all it pertains to
But your memory is stronger than time

I guess, everything does change
Except what you choose to recall
There's a million good daydreams to dream on
But baby, you are my favorite memory of all

 

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"My Hands Are Tied"

"My Hands Are Tied"


She came her to see me today in prison where I have to stay
But this time she came here to tell me goodbye
Pretending that I understood I held back the tears best I could
But I know that she knew I wanted to cry.

'Cause my hands're tied
I'm locked here inside
I want her, I need her, I love her
But my hands're tied.

Her visits kept my world alive our love found the way to survive
But now it's all over I've lost her for good
She waited with arms open wide till somebody else stepped inside
But I know she waited as long as she could.

'Cause my hands're tied
I'm locked here inside
I want her, I need her, I love her
But my hands're tied...

 

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"My Life's Been A Pleasure"

"My Life's Been A Pleasure"


I still love you as I did in yesterday
Many years have gone by though it seems just like a day
It's no wonder that I love you you have been so kind and true
There will never be another it will always be just you.

We've come along the way together when you've proved your love is true
My life's been a pleasure and it's all because of you
And to me you'll always be just as sweet as flowers in May
And I'll still love you as I did in yesterday.

I still love you as I did in yesterday
Many years have gone by though it seems just like a day
It's no wonder that I love you you have been so kind and true
There will never be another it will always be just you.

We've come along the way together when you've proved your love is true
My life's been a pleasure and it's all because of you
And to me you'll always be just as sweet as flowers in May
And I'll still love you as I did in yesterday.

And to me you'll always be just as sweet as flowers in May
And I'll still love you as I did in yesterday...

 

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"My Life's Been Grand"

"My Life's Been Grand"


My life's been grand
I been a hand at livin' it up all the way
I've had good times and bad times
And hard times and done time
But life's been a blessing every day.

My life's been grand
You know I'd write home and tell 'em
But they wouldn't believe
How good my good luck's been
And if it ended today
Hell, I've been all the way
My life's been grand.

My life's been grand
I'd know I'd write home and tell 'em
But they wouldn't believe
How good my good luck's been
And if it ended today
I've been all the way
My life's been grand.

My life's been grand...

 

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"My Love Affair With Trains"

"My Love Affair With Trains"


Everytime I hear the sound of a train a comin' down that railroad track
I get that faraway look in my eyes
And I'd like to throw my hammer down and take off to some distand town
And not even take the time to say goodbye.

I've got to think about my babies about my job and my old lady
And how much she'd miss me if I's gone
And I love them more than anything but I got this feeling near by trains
And some other wish I's on that train and gone.

That train keeps a rolling down the track
Bringing my old mem'ries back
Making hobo blood ball in my veins
Reviving my old love affair with trains.

The nights ain't never long enough my wife keeps sayin' you get up
For you'll be late to work and miss your ride
I grab my dinner bucket up and jump on the back of your pickup truck
And I wonder if I'll jump that train tonight.

And it wasn't long ago that I was free to jump that train and ride
But I gave it up to be a family man
And I don't suppose I'll ever go but when I hear that whistle blow
I think of my old love affair again.

That train keeps a rolling down the track
Bringing my old mem'ries back
Making hobo blood ball in my veins
Reviving my old love affair with trains.

That train keeps a rolling down the track
Bringing my old mem'ries back
Making hobo blood ball in my veins
Reviving my old love affair with trains...

 

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"My Love For You"

"My Love For You"


My love is like a flame forever burning
And like a flame my love for you is warm
My love is a like a wheel that keeps on turning
My love for you is strong enough to weather any storm.

My love is flowing like the raging river
And it will stop when river cease to flow
My love is growing like a weed in garden
My love for you will die when these weeds no longer grow.

I've tried every way I know to tell you
But words don't seem to say what I want them to
My love for you's beyond compare
I just like to share my thoughts with you.

They say that love is like a ray of sunshine
They say that love's what makes the flowers grow
Well all I know is that I really love you
My love for you can't be compared to anything I know...

 

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"My Mary"

"My Mary"


I take a trip every evening
Strolling down memory lane
I'm walkin' again those familiar paths
Dreaming those dreams again.

And I can always see my sweetheart
Just as she used to be
Waiting for someone at the garden gate
And I know that someone is me.

Big brown eyes and pearly hair
And you'd tell that's Mary
Rosy cheeks and ruby lips
Can't you tell that's Mary.

Ofttimes in the evenings we'd go strolling
Hand in hand together beneath the pepper tree
And I can feel her hand in mine as I sit alone tonight
Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary.

Ofttimes in the evenings we'd go strolling
Hand in hand together beneath the pepper tree
And I can feel her hand in mine as I sit alone tonight
Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary.

Oh gee, wouldn't it be wonderful
To open up the doors of the past
And live again as yesterday
But you know no matter where I wander
No matter where I roam
There'll always be a place in my heart, boys
For a girl way back, for a girl that I used to call Mary...

 

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"My Old Pal"

"My Old Pal"


I'm thinking of you tonight old pal
And wishing that you were here
I'm dreaming of the time and the days gone by
When you filled my heart with cheer.

I remember the nights when all alone
We sang Sweet Adoline
No other face can take your place
In my heart old pal of mine.

Now the old pals are always the best you see
New friends you can find every day
But they can't fill their places or ever be
Like the old pals of yesterday.

I'm wondering just where you are tonight
And if you ever think of me
It would make my weary heart so light sweetheart
Your face again to see.

I remember the nights when all alone
We sang Sweet Adoline
No other face can take your place
In my heart old pal of mine.

Now the old pals are always the best you see
New friends you can find every day
But they can't fill their places or ever be
Like the old pals of yesterday...

 

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"My Own Kind Of Hat"

"My Own Kind Of Hat"


Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs
But I stand right here where I'm at
'Cause I wear my own kind of hat.

There's two kind of lovers and two kind of brothers
And two kind of babies to hold
There's two kind of cherries and two kind of fairies
And two kind of mothers I'm told, and told.

Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs
But I stand right here where I'm at
'Cause I wear my own kind of hat.

There's two kind of brothers and two kind of lovers
And two kind of babies to hold
There's two kind of cherries and two kind of fairies
And two kind of mothers I'm told, and told.

Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs
But I stand right here where I'm at
'Cause I wear my own kind of hat...