Hungry Eyes Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
Hungry Eyes
Written and Recorded by Merle Haggard
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A canvas covered cabin in a
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crowded labor
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Stand out in this memory I
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revived
Cause my
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daddy raised a family there with
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two hard working
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hands
And tried to feed my
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mama's hungry e
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He dreamed of something better and my
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mama's faith was
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strong
And us kids were just to young to rea
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That
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another class of people put us
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somewhere just
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below
One more reason for my
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mama's hungry
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eyes
Mama never had the
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luxuries she
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wanted
But it wasn't cause my
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daddy didn't
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try
She only wanted
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things she really
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needed
One more reason for my
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mama's hungry
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eyes
I remember daddy praying for a
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better way of
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life
But I don't recall a change of any
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size
Just a
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little loss of courage as
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their age began to
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show
And more sadness in my
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mama's hungry
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eyes
Repeat #3
FAQ
Who sang the the song Hungry Eyes?
- The song Hungry Eyes was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
