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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.
B B E B A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labour camp
B B F# F# Stand out in this memory I re vived;
B B E B Cause my daddy raised a family there, with two hard working hands
B F# B B And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes.
B B E B He d reamed of something b etter, and my m ama's faith was s trong
B B F# F# And us k ids were just to y oung to r ealize
B B E B That ano ther class of p eople put us s omewhere just b elow;
B F# B B One more r eason for my m ama's hungry e yes.
B E B B Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
B E B B But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try.
B E B B She only wanted things she really needed;
B F# B B One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes.
B B E B I re member daddy pr aying for a b etter way of l ife
B B F# F# But I d on't recall a c hange of any s ize;
B B E B Just a little loss of c ourage, as their a ge began to show
B F# B B And more sa dness in my m ama's hungry e yes.
B E B B Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
B E B B But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try.
B E B B She only wanted things she really needed;
B F# B B One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes.
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B F# B B Oh, I s till recall my m ama's hungry e yes