This Song Is For You
Merle Haggard
[Verse 1] This song is for you you know who you are Won’t embarrass you by callin’ out your name. You’re here every night serving up the drinks Wearin’ your superficial smile. You still wear the wedding band on your left hard workin’ hand G7 C For a memory of a man who’s chained and bound Lord knows you need a man and an understandin’ hand D7 G Before you run completely out of love [Chorus] G D7 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 D7 G And the sad part is the picture’s not of me [Verse 2] That cold December day they took her man away Never dreamin’ of the gentle heart they broke 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 [Chorus] G D7 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 D7 G And the sad part is the picture’s not of me