1.

(# 9 country hit)

Chill Factor

Merle Haggard

© Inorbit Music, BMI

Mmm hmm hmm mmm hmm

Seems like every November when the weather gets bad
I start to remember all the good love we had
And the long nights get longer I wish a friend would come by
The forecast is zero and the chill factor's high

You know the chill factor's higher on a clear windy day
But there's no wind this morning and no wind on the way
But there's a snow storm inside me where there's high record wind
Think I'm colder this morning than I've ever been

Seems like every November when the weather gets bad...

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2.

(# 1 country hit)

Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star

Merle Haggard

© Inorbit Music, BMI

Twinkle twinkle lucky star
Can you send me luck from where you are
Can you make a rainbow shine that far
Twinkle twinkle lucky star

Can you really make a wish come true
Or do you shine on just a chosen few
Is it over have I gone too far
Twinkle twinkle lucky star

Like two ships on the ocean we drifted apart
And you found an island at sea
I’m still adrift with this pain in my heart
Won’t you send her sweet love back to me

Twinkle twinkle lucky star...
[ guitar - sax ]
Like two ships on the ocean we drifted apart...
Hey twinkle twinkle lucky star...

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3.

Man From Another Time

Merle Haggard - Freddy Powers

© Inorbit Music, BMI

I lost a woman I believe to be perfect for me
And you could replace her but you're so much younger than me
Our lives are so different our music is not the same kind
It's like we're just out of focus with no way to bring us in line

I'm like a man from another time
I'm old fashioned music I'm old fashioned wine
A pilgrim like Jesus but in no way divine
I'm like a man from another time

I may be reincarnated from a soldier who died in some war
With our thirty year difference I'm like born in some lifetime before
I'm old fashioned music I'm old fashioned wine
I'm like a man from another time
[ dobro ]
Maybe reincarnated from a soldier who died in some war...
I'm like a man from another time

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4.

(# 22 country hit)

We Never Touch At All

Hank Cochran

© Pamper Music, BMI

We're caught in a trap like prisoners in a cage
Growing old from hate not from age
The running love we had is down to a crawl
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all

You go out with someone else while I'm out with someone too
Yet we come back to prison when we're through
Why don't we just stay out while we still can climb the wall
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all

Are we afraid that we'll wind up alone
Is this the tie that keeps us hangin' on
Why don't we just stay out while we still can climb the wall
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all
[ steel - fiddle ]
Are we afraid that we'll wind up alone...

We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all
Not at all

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5.

(# 23 country hit)

You Babe

Sanger D. Shafer

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

Sometimes this ol' world's a drag it really pulls me down
I try so hard but nothin' comes around
Then I look up and find that I've no reason to be blue
I've already found the whole wide world with you

And if there's nothin' else I do I'll spend my whole life through
Lovin' you babe you babe
I'll always be in command just as long as I'm the man
Lovin' you babe you babe
And I can stand real tall stand up to it all
Lovin' you baby just you
[ instrumental ]
One time this ol' rocky road of life was just too tough
I felt like sayin' Lord I've had enough
Then I heard something special that a deaf man couldn't miss
I heard it in the whisper of your kiss

And if there's nothin' else I do...

Mmm hmm hmm mmm hmm
Lovin' you babe you babe
Mmm hmm hmm mmm hmm

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6.

Thanking The Good Lord

Merle Haggard - Theresa Lane

© Inorbit Music, BMI

The pieces are all falling together
The picture is coming in view
When I thought the end was upon me
I found my purpose in you

And let the power that made me
Help me to prosper and be fair in all things that I do
The love I've been needin' I just found in your heart
And I'm thanking the good Lord for you

Yeah I'm thanking the good Lord for you
I'm thanking the good Lord for you

Let the power that made me...
[ guitar - piano ]
I'm thanking the good Lord for you
I'm thanking the good Lord for you

Hey let the power that made me...

Yeah I'm thanking the good Lord for you
Oh yeah I'm thanking the good Lord for you

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7.

After Dark

Merle Haggard

© Inorbit Music, BMI

After dark when the lights turn on all over the world
Gamblers and musicians lovers and harlots all turn on
I bid a hearty good mornin' to the evenin' that beckons me on
And dares me to sleep while the night half of the world moves along
[ instrumental ]
After dark when the lights turn on all over the world...

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8.

1929

Merle Haggard - Freddy Powers

© Inorbit Music, BMI

All my life I've heard about hard depression days
They so resemble times we're living now
And old news of yesteryear sounds like yesterday
And hunger lines always look the same somehow

Are we living now or is it 1929
A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime
And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind
Are we living now or 1929

Old songs tell about the way it was back then
I think I've sung 'em all from time to time
It looks like we are headed for the same old fall again
But a hard depression blues would sure do fine

Are we living now or is it 1929...
[ instrumental ]
The devil's changed the candy flavor some
Somehow we've gone to drugs instead of wine
But old skid row is still alive where the demons run
Is it the eighties now or 1929

Are we living now or is it 1929...

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9.

Thirty Again

Merle Haggard

© Inorbit Music, BMI

Youth should be saved for the last
But it's wasted on the young and the fast
But I wish I could go back in time to a faster time back then
And I wish I could just be thirty again

I know thirty seems old to a child
But to me it seems crazy and wild
So many places that a young man ain't been
And I wish I could just be thirty again

Wish I could be thirty again
Wish time didn't wrinkle my skin
They say life starts at fifty ha ha we've been lied to my friend
And I wish I could just be thirty again
[ guitar ]
Wish I could be thirty again
Wish time didn't wrinkle my skin
There's so many places that a young man ain't been
And I wish I could just be thirty again
Oh I used to be thirty

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10.

I Don't Have Any Love Around

Merle Haggard

© Inorbit Music, BMI

I'm tired of pretending and tired of defending
An option to smile or to frown
It's great to be single it's hell to be lonely
I don't have any love around

I try to stay sober and always be friendly
Sometimes I really get down
And friends try to cheer me guess they didn't hear me
I don't have any love around

I don't have any love around
I've tried all my life and I'm still lonely now
I don't have any love around
[ instrumental ]
I'm not complaining but I'm tired of explaining
The tears in the eyes of a clown
It's great to be single but it's hell to be lonely
I don't have any love around
I don't have any love around

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11.

More Than This Old Heart Can Take

Merle Haggard - Freddy Powers - Dean Holloway

© Inorbit Music, BMI

You walk into his arms before my very eyes
You can't even wait to be somewhere alone
The ties that bind have broken loose and I'm about to break
Loving you is more than this old heart can take

There was a place in time when I was always on your mind
And now I'm nothing more than just a fool
I thought that I was strong enough to live with my mistake
But loving you is more than this old heart can take

I don't know what's kept my mind from going crazy
But when you laugh at me it's more than I can stand
And when you're dancing with someone too close it causes me to shake
Loving you is more than this old heart can take
Hey loving you is more than this old heart can take

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