You know that one lyric that hits so hard you have to replay it three times? This is a collection of the songs that shifted my mindset, felt like therapy, and became the advice I didn’t know I needed.

Merle Haggard might not have written "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive", but it still struck a fearful chord in his heart when he heard it.

Though a few songs on his new album reach a kind of timelessness, the pop perfectionist mostly delivers lover-man clichés.