Because You Can't Be Mine Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
Because You Can't Be Mine
Written and Recorded by Merle Haggard
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What makes something you can't have always
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look so good
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does something out of reach seem so
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fine
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makes you thrill me more than any
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girl I know
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guess it's just
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because you can't be
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mine
Why
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can't I be contented with
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what
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longs to
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me
And be satisfied with what's already
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mine
What
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makes a stolen moment such a
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precious
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guess it's just
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because you can't be
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mine
What makes me always want a woman
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I can't have
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does someone else's silver always
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shine
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passion rises every time you come
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around
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guess it's just
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because you can't be
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mine
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Because You Can't Be Mine?
- The song Because You Can't Be Mine 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.
