Audio controls: Hungry Eyes Mel O'Joe Written by Merle Haggard - Tree Pub. Co. Inc. / CBS Music Group (BMI), 1968? From: Merle Haggard "Collectors Series" - Capitol Records, 1990. Original single released in 1969.
D D G D A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labour camp
D D A A Stand out in this memory I re vived;
D D G D Cause my daddy raised a family there, with two hard working hands
D A D D And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes.
D D G D He d reamed of something b etter, and my m ama's faith was s trong
D D A A And us k ids were just to y oung to r ealize
D D G D That ano ther class of p eople put us s omewhere just b elow;
D A D D One more r eason for my m ama's hungry e yes.
D G D D Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
D G D D But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try.
D G D D She only wanted things she really needed;
D A D D One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes.
D D G D I re member daddy pr aying for a b etter way of l ife
D D A A But I d on't recall a c hange of any s ize;
D D G D Just a little loss of c ourage, as their a ge began to show
D A D D And more sa dness in my m ama's hungry e yes.
D G D D Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
D G D D But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try.
D G D D She only wanted things she really needed;
D A D D One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes.
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D A D D Oh, I s till recall my m ama's hungry e yes