Merle Haggard — This Song Is For You

[Verse 1] This song is for you, you know who you are I won't embarrass you by calling out your name You're here every night, serving up the drinks Wearing your superficial smile You still wear the wedding band on your left hard-working hand For a memory of a man who's chained and bound Lord, knows you need a man and an understanding hand Before you run completely out of love [Chorus] 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 The sad part is the picture is not of me [Verse 2] That cold December day, they took her man away Never dreaming of a gentle heart they've grown 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'd wish they let him go, so I'd be free Break this chains that bind and release this heart of mine Before I run completely out of love [Chorus] You can't stay in love with a memory You can't fall in love with a dream Yet you've fallen in love with a picture on the wall The sad part is the picture is not of me