1.

(# 9 country hit)

A Friend In California

Freddy Powers

© Tree Pub, BMI

LA traffic is bad this time of year
But there's a friend of yours in California sure wishes you were here
And as you lay your head on your pillow tonight just remember
There's a friend of yours in California sure misses you

You've got a friend in California
That misses you
You've got a friend in California
That sure misses you

Fort Worth can get cold this time of year
But this southern California sun is warm you should be here
And as you lay your head on your pillow tonight just remember
There's a friend of yours in California sure misses you

You've got a friend in California...
You've got a friend in California...

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2.

This Time I Really Do

Freddy Powers

© Tree Pub, BMI

I can't believe I ever let you go
There's so much about love that I don't know
I can't believe I didn't recognize
Real love when it looked me in the eyes

There's an empty pillow on my bed
And you've always got a place to lay your head
This old room sure is a gloomy place
Cept the wall that holds the picture of your angel face

I can't believe I ever let you go
I love you I love you
This time I really do

I can't believe I ever let you go...
This time I really do

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3.

Texas

Merle Haggard - Freddy Powers

© Tree Pub, BMI

There's a pair of blue eyes down in Texas
Crying for me crying for me
There's a heart big as Dallas down in old Fort Worth tonight
Breaking for me breaking for me

I wish I was back in Texas where the big bluebonnets grow
Instead of up here in this jail house watching the north wind blow
There's a pair of blue eyes down in Texas
Crying for me crying for me

I wish I was back in Texas where the ol' bluebonnets grow...

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4.

This Cold War With You

Floyd Tillman

© Peer Int, BMI

The sun goes down and leaves me sad and blue
The iron curtain falls on this cold war with you
You won't speak and I won't speak it's true
Two stubborn people with a cold war to go through

Why oh why does love ever come to couples like you and me
Whose cold wars are never done and whose hearts can't be free
Let's do right or let's just say we're through
I just can't stand another cold cold war with you

Yeah why oh why does love ever come to couples like you and me...

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5.

(# 5 country hit)

I Had A Beautiful Time

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

We met downtown in a barroom
Both of us needing a friend
And you brought me home to your doorstep
It was there you invited me in

We spent the wee hours dancing
To your favorite home stereo sounds
We talked about what we've been needin'
Discussing our ups and our downs

And I've had a beautiful time
Holding your heart next to mine
I poured out my feelings while you poured the wine
And I've had a beautiful time

If I seem a wee bit uneasy
Then you really sized me up right
There's somebody home still up waitin'
She's probably been waitin' up all night

And I can't say I found any answers
But you listened while I rattled on
And you've been a beautiful lady
And you kept me from bein' alone

And I've had a beautiful time
Holding your body next to mine
You poured out the feelings and then I poured the wine
And I've had a beautiful time

I've had a beautiful time
Holding your heart next to mine
We poured out our feelings and then we poured the wine
And I've had a beautiful time

You poured out your feelings while we poured the wine
And I've had a beautiful time

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6.

Okie From Muskogee's Comin' Home

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Well me and Roy Nichols and a couple of the fella's in the band
We got to talkin' it over thought we'd take off a little time if we can
I don't mean to say I'm quittin'
I'm just tired of makin' love by the telephone

I'm comin' home
If I can find me a flight this morning
Man the Okie from Muskogee's comin' home

Play it Clint

It has been twenty years of travelin'
Twenty years of livin' out on the road
Learnin' these chords and learnin' these songs
And payin' up all these dues they said I owe

And I may always be a rambler
And never lose the urge to roam
I'm comin' home
When I can find me a flight this morning

Man the Okie from Muskogee's comin' home
Pound it out Mark

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7.

Mama's Prayer

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Back when I was doin' time there's a night I can't forget
A mad man with a knife in hand tried to kill me while I slept
And somehow the knife missed it's mark and I pinned the raging man
Somehow my Mama's prayers had worked again

One night while we were driving across the mighty Texas plains
A car pulled out with it's headlights out head on into our lane
Steering wheel swerved we missed the car I felt a mighty hand
Somehow my Mama's prayers had worked again

Mama's prayers were always with me through the battlefield of life
She prayed for me and said Amen in the name of Jesus Christ
From the death house in San Quentin I walked away a better man
Somehow my Mama's prayers had worked again

Mama's prayers were always with me through the battlefield of life...

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8.

Silverthorn Mountain

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Silverthorn Mountain flows down like a fountain
When the cold north wind comes down with the rain
But a warm summer evenin' keeps me from ever leavin'
Silverthorn Mountain shine on like your name

I look out my window and see what all men do
And I wonder how long it'll be before a change
The Statue Of Liberty once gave me liberty
Took back my number and gave back my name

Silverthorn Mountain flows down like a fountain...

It's my own little Statue Of Liberty
And it's my own little piece of the American way
Silverthorn Mountain gleams in the moonlight
Beckons me homeward then begs me to stay

Yeah Silverthorn Mountain flows down like a fountain...

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9.

This Song Is For You

Freddy Powers - Mary Lou Powers

© Tree Pub, BMI

This song is for you and you know who you are
I won't embarrass you for callin' out your name
But you're here every night servin' up the drinks
And wearin' your superficial smile

You still wear the wedding band on your left hard workin' hand
For a memory of a man who's chained and bound
Lord knows you need a man and an understanding hand
Before you run completely out of love

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

That cold December day they took her man away
Never dreaming of a gentle heart they grow
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
I wish they'd let him go so I'd be free
Break these chains that bind and release this heart of mine
Before I run completely out of love

You can't stay in love with a memory...

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10.

Thank You For Keeping My House

Merle Haggard - Debbie Parret

© Tree Pub, BMI

Thank you for keeping my house
And thank you for loving a louse
And thank you for giving me someplace to come to
When I'm finally all down and out
And let me thank you for keeping my house

Thank you for being my friend
Let me thank you again and again
Thank you for giving me someone to talk to
When I'm finally all down and out
Oh and let me thank you for keeping my house

Thank you for keeping my house...

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