1.

(# 1 country hit)

Movin' On

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Big wheels rollin' big wheels rollin' movin' on
Big wheels rollin' gotta keep 'em goin'
Big wheels rollin' movin' on

The white line is the life line to a nation
And men like Will and Sonny make it move
Livin' like a gypsy always on the go
Doin' what they best know how to do

Jammin' gears has got to be a fever
Cause men become addicted to the grind
It takes a special breed to be a truck drivin' man
And a steady hand to pull that load behind

Big wheels rollin' big wheels rollin' movin' on...
[ instrumental ]
All night country music keeps 'em goin'
And Will and Sonny keep on movin' on
A good hot cup of coffee is waitin' up ahead
And the rhythm of the highway hums along

Jammin' gears has got to be a fever...
Big wheels rollin' big wheels rollin' movin' on...

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2.

Life's Like Poetry

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Life's like poetry but in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missing line

Life's too short to hide a good thing you feel
And I find the morning after the best time to determine if it's real
Baby finding you gave my whole life reason and rhyme
But life's like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missing line

Life's too short to think about right or wrong
And the only thing I wonder bout is where you've been so long
Baby finding you gave my whole life reason and rhyme
But life's like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missing line
[ instrumental ]
Life's like poetry but in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missing line
Life's like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missing line

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3.

I've Got A Darlin' (For A Wife)

Merle Haggard - Ronnie Reno

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

I don't care if I never find that pot of gold
Cause I've got a darling to hold
And she don't care if I never make it big in life
Cause I've got a darling for a wife

She's everything a man could want a girl to be
And I just can't believe that she belongs to me
And I live every day to hold her close at night
I've got a darling for a wife
[ instrumental ]
She's everything a man could want a girl to be...

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4.

These Mem'ries We're Making Tonight

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

If this night should last forever
And we'd never have to face
What tomorrow would bring
Well if time stood still tonight
I'd keep holding you tight
Through our eternal fling
But this old world's gonna keep on turnin'
And the morning sun will soon be shining bright
And we'll always remember
These mem'ries we're making tonight

There's no one waiting up for me at home
And the one who should be missin' me
Don't even know I'm gone
So let's do all we can together
The morning sun will soon be shining bright
And we'll always remember
These mem'ries we're making tonight
[ instrumental ]
There's no one waiting up for me at home...

And we'll always remember
These mem'ries we're making tonight

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5.

You'll Always Be Special To Me

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Mhm to you I may never be more than just a friend
But you'll always be special to me
To you I may never be closer than I am
But you'll always be special to me

Maybe I set my sights too high to be real
I may be wrong but love is strong and I can't hide how I feel
To you I may never be more than just a friend
But you'll always be special to me
[ instrumental ]
(You'll always be special to me)

Maybe I set my sights too high to be real...
You'll always be special to me

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6.

September In Miami

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

September in Miami marks the time and the place I first laid eyes on you
I was there to spend the winter keepin' warm the only way I knew
It was way down in the fall before I realized it ought to be a special place and time
September in Miami is more than just a memory of mine

The winter found the beaches filled with pretty girls and a lonely boy away from home
All the sunshine and laughter could in no way match the happiness I'd known
You went away to somewhere on the day before Thanksgiving Day but I didn't cry
And the lonely weeks that followed made me know I'd always love you till I die

For days I tried forgetting you and finally wrote you off as just a passing friend
But I woke up this morning and today I started loving you again
If this letter ever finds you I hope it finds you happy when it finds you
I'll address it somewhere Texas cause you talked about some cowboys that you knew

September in Miami marks the time and the place I first laid eyes on you...
(September in Miami is more than just a memory of mine)

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7.

(# 1 country hit)

Always Wanting You

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Always wanting you but never having you
Makes it hard to face tomorrow
Cause I know I'll wake up wanting you again
Always loving you but never touching you
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand

I'd been better off if I turned away and never looked at you the second time
Cause I really had my life all together till your eyes met mine
And there I saw a yearning and a feeling crossed the room that you felt for me
Wish I'd had a way of knowin' that the things we had in mind could never be

Always wanting you but never having you...
[ instrumental ]
Always loving you but never having you...

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8.

(# 1 country hit)

Kentucky Gambler

Dolly Parton

© Owepar Pub, BMI

I wanted more from life than four kids and a wife
And a job at a dark Kentucky mine
A twenty acre farm with a shaky house and barn
That's all I had and all I left behind
But at gambling I was lucky and so I left Kentucky
And left behind my woman and my kids
Into the gay casino in Nevada's town of Reno
This Kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick

Kentucky gambler who's gonna love your woman in Kentucky
Yeah and who's gonna be the one to give her everything she needs
Kentucky gambler who's gonna raise your children in Kentucky
And who's gonna keep 'em fed and keep them shoes on their feet

There at the Gambler's Paradise Lady Luck was on my side
And this Kentucky gambler played just right
Hey I won at everything I played really thought I had it made
But I should've quit and gone on home that night
But when you love the greenback dollar sorrow's always bound to follow
And Reno's dreams fade into neon amber
And Lady Luck she'll lead you on she'll stay a while and then she's gone
You better go on home Kentucky gambler

But a gambler never seems to stop till he loses all he's got
And with a money hungry fever I played on
I played 'til I'd lost all I'd won I was right back where I'd started from
Then I started wantin' to go home

Kentucky gambler there ain't nobody waitin' in Kentucky
When I run out somebody else walked in
Kentucky gambler looks like you ain't really very lucky
And it seems to me a gambler loses much more than he wins
Much more than he wins

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9.

Here In Frisco

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

It's four a.m. in New York City three a.m. in Dallas
The night is still early here in Frisco
Market street's still going the same old shows are showing
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco

They say it's raining in Chicago but it's cold and clear in Denver
Been windy all night long here in Frisco
Trolley cars are clinging the big Bay Town's swinging
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco

The way I feel tonight I won't be staying long
But when I leave I leave my heart just like in the famous song
Trolley cars are clinging the big Bay City is swinging
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco

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10.

I've Got A Yearning

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

I've got a yearning to hold you tight
A burning desire I live with day and night
Everything I wanna lose keeps on hanging on
This feeling isn't leaving and by now it should be gone

I keep on thinking those thoughts that keep making me want you all the time
I should be trying to find me a way I can drive you from my mind
I know that you wanted to give and I know that you gave all you could
Wish I could accept what is over and done with for good

But I've got a yearning to hold you tight...
[ instrumental ]
I've got a yearning to hold you tight...
I've got a yearning to hold you tight...

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11.

A Man's Gotta Give Up A Lot

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Well a man's gotta give up a lot to keep a woman satisfied
You gotta give 'em everything you've got or they'll kick you aside
It don't take much to take 'em home with ya
But it takes a whole lot to keep 'em there with ya
A man's gotta give 'em some ground to keep 'em around

Turn everything around sideways try to look through a woman's eyes
And you'll find the whole world takes on a different view
Try to see mankind like a woman does
You'll know what it takes to make a woman love
You'll know how to act when your woman comes back to you

Cause a man's gotta give up a lot to keep a woman satisfied...
[ instrumental ]
Cause a man's gotta give up a lot to keep a woman satisfied...
A man's gotta give 'em some ground to keep 'em around

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