Track listing

1. "Swinging Doors" (Merle Haggard) – 2:50
2. "The Bottle Let Me Down" (Haggard) – 2:42
3. "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
   The Fugitive (song)
   "The Fugitive is a 1966 single by Merle Haggard which was written by Liz Anderson and Casey Anderson, parents of country star Lynn Anderson. "The Fugitive" was Haggard's sixth release to reach the U.S. country singles chart and his first number one on the chart. The single spent one week at...
   
   " (Casey Anderson, Liz Anderson
   Liz Anderson
   Liz Anderson was anAmerican country music singer/songwriter who was one of a wave of a new generation of female vocalists in the genre during the 1960's to write and record her own songs on a regular basis. Writing in The New York Times Bill Friskics-Warren noted, "Like her contemporary Loretta...
   
   ) – 3:09
4. "Branded Man
   Branded Man (song)
   "Branded Man" is a 1967 single written and recorded by Merle Haggard. "Branded Man" was Merle Haggard's second number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent fifteen weeks on the chart.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Haggard) – 3:09
5. "Sing Me Back Home
   Sing Me Back Home (song)
   "Sing Me Back Home" is a 1967 single written and recorded by Merle Haggard. "Sing Me Back Home" would be Merle Haggard's third number one. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of seventeen weeks on the country chart...
   
   " (Haggard) – 2:50
6. "Mama Tried
   Mama Tried (song)
   "Mama Tried" is an American country music song written and recorded by Merle Haggard. Released in July 1968, the song became one of the cornerstone songs of his career...
   
   " (Haggard) – 2:10
7. "Hungry Eyes
   Hungry Eyes (Merle Haggard song)
   "Hungry Eyes" is an American country music song written and recorded by Merle Haggard. Recorded in December 1968, the song became one of the most famous of his career.-Background:...
   
   " (Haggard) – 3:37
8. "Workin' Man Blues" (Haggard) – 2:41
9. "Okie from Muskogee
   Okie from Muskogee (song)
   "Okie from Muskogee" is an American country music song performed by its co-writer, Merle Haggard. Released in September 1969, the song became one of the most famous of his career.-Background:...
   
   " (Roy Edward Burris, Haggard) – 2:41
10. "The Fightin' Side of Me
    The Fightin' Side of Me
    "The Fightin' Side of Me" is an American country music song performed by its writer, Merle Haggard. Released in 1970 as the follow-up to "Okie from Muskogee", the song became one of the most famous of his career....
    
    " (Haggard) – 2:52
11. "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
    Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
    "Daddy Frank " is a 1971 single written and recorded by Merle Haggard. "Daddy Frank " was Haggard's tenth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles...
    
    " (Haggard) – 3:39
12. "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
    I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
    "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released as a single in October 1980 as the second single from the album, Back to the Barrooms. "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" would be Merle...
    
    " (Haggard) – 3:40
13. "Big City
    Big City (song)
    "Big City" is a song made famous by country music singer Merle Haggard. Co-written by Haggard and Dean Holloway, the song was released in 1982 as the title track to his first album for Epic Records...
    
    " (Haggard, Dean Holloway) – 3:00
14. "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
    Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
    "Are the Good Times Really Over " is a single by American country music artist Merle Haggard. Released in May 1982, it was the third single from his album Big City. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.-Chart performance:...
    
    " (Haggard) – 4:14
15. "Going Where the Lonely Go
    Going Where the Lonely Go (song)
    "Going Where the Lonely Go" is the title track from a 1982 album by Merle Haggard. "Going Where the Lonely Go" was written by Merle Haggard and would be his twenty-eighth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country...
    
    " (Haggard, Holloway) – 4:50
16. "Silver Wings" (Haggard) – 2:47

Chart performance