Merle Haggard - This Song Is For You Lyrics

This song is for you, you know who you are
I won't embarrass you for callin' out your name
You're here every night, several night of drinks
Wearin' your superficial smile

You still wear the wedding band
and you left hard work in hand
For a memory of a man who's chain and bound
Lord knows you need a man
and an understandin' hand
Before you run completely out of love

You can't stay in love with the memory
You can't stay in love with the dream
Yet you've fallen in love with the picture on the wall
The sad part is that the picture is not of me
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That cold December day, they took her man away
Never dreamin' of a gentle heart they've grown
Now she waits by the phone,
she waits there all alone
But the only one who ever calls is me

Now I'm a prisoner of a slave to one way love
And I'd wish they let him go so I'd be free
and break this chains that bind
and release this heart of mine
Before I run completely out of love

You can't stay in love with the memory
You can't fall in love with the dream
Yet you've fallen in love with the picture on the wall
The sad part is that the picture is not of me.....

...sad part is the picture's not of me line always gets me right here

Beautiful song!!!

thanks bev one of the best country songs ever

I like a lots of country singers but I think Merle is number one.

I'll sure miss Merle when he's gone he's one of the greatest that ever was.

A great song off of Merle's 1986 album titled "A Friend in California".