George Jones

[fox69]

"Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)"

"Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)"


Would you look at what came down the road today
Wanting me to be one more mistake to make
A bridge to burn to get to someone new
Hey pass me by if you're only passing through

You sure look like the traveling kind to me
Don't stop if this ain't where you want to be
I don't know what you think you run into
Hey pass me by if you're only passing through

I'm not gonna be another stepping stone
Among the other hearts that you've walked on
Lord help me if I fall in love with you
Hey pass me by if you're only passing through

You sure look like the traveling kind to me...
Hey pass me by if you're only passing through

 

[fox69]

"Peace In The Valley"

"Peace In The Valley"


Oh well, I'm tired and so weary
But I must go alone
Till the lord comes and calls, calls me away, oh yes,
Well the morning's so bright
And the lamp is alight
And the night, is as bright as the day, oh yes.

There will be peace in the valley for me, some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray
There'll be no sadness, no sorrow
No trouble, trouble I see
There will be peace, peace in the valley for me, someday.

Well, that old bear is goin' to be gentle
And the wolf will be tame
And that old lion is gonna lay down by the little lamb, (oh yes)
And the beasts from the wild
Ohh it's gonna be led by a child

I'll be changed, changed from this creature that I am,
(Oh yes.)

There will be peace in the valley for me, some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray
There'll be no sadness, no sorrow
No trouble, trouble I see
There will be peace, in that old valley for me, someday
There will be peace, in that old valley for me...

 

[fox69]

"Perfect Match"

"Perfect Match"


Well, I look across my morning cup of coffee
And see an angel smiling back at me
And I think of how your loving seems to fit just like a glove
And your disposition suits me to a T.

And nothing gives me greater satisfaction
Than knowing that you feel the way you do
'Cause it makes my life worth living and I get a thrill from giving
All my love to you and only you.

You and me together we're a perfect match
In each other we have found a perfect catch
Like two ol' birds on the eggs of happiness knowin' they're gonna hatch.
You and me together we're a perfect match.

You know just what I need and when I need it
With you contentment it wasn't hard to find
And though we have our problems we let love and kindness solve 'em
You think that we could read each other's minds.

Sometimes I think that we should start all over
I'll bet we wouldn't want to change a thing
Through the good times and the bad ones just a few real sad ones
We found happiness that only true love brings.

You and me together we're a perfect match
In each other we have found a perfect catch
Like two ol' birds on the eggs of happiness knowin' they're gonna hatch.
You and me together we're a perfect match.

You and me together we're a perfect match...

 

[fox69]

"Playing Possum"

"Playing Possum"


Well, you didn't think I knew that you'd been cheatin' on me
You thought that I was stayin' home while you went on a spree
But I've been staying outta sight and I see the things you do
I've been playin' possum, I've been a-watchin' you.

Playin' possum, (playin' possum,) a-watchin' you
Seein' you do all those thing that I know you shouldn't do
But I'll keep hanging on because my love for you is true
I'll keep playing possum and keep on loving you.

Last night I climbed up in a tree a-just outside his house
And I saw him a-chasing you, a-playing cat and mouse
Then I crawled up and went on home I didn't know what to do
I've been a-playing possum, yes I've been a-watching you.

Playin' possum, (playin' possum,) watchin' you
Seein' you do all those thing that I know you shouldn't do
But I'll keep hanging on because my love for you is true
I'll keep playing possum and keep on loving you.

I'm a-playin' possum, (playin' possum,) a-watchin' you
Seein' you do all those thing that I know you shouldn't do
But I'll keep hanging on because my love for you is true
And I'll keep playing possum and keep on loving you.

Yeah, I'll keep playing possum and keep on loving you...

 

[fox69]

"Please Be My Love"

"Please Be My Love"


I wanna be with you I can give you love that's true
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
No one could take you place with me don't ever think of setting me free
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
Please be my love
No one can thrill me like you do I've spent the lifetime loving you
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
I think of you each day and night I just wanna hold you tight
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
Please be my love
No one could take you place with me don't ever think of setting me free
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
Please be my love please be my love

 

[fox69]

"Please Don't Let That Woman Get Me"

"Please Don't Let That Woman Get Me"


Throw me in a den full of great big lions or take me to the hangin' tree
But please don't let that woman get me
Tie me up on the railroad track or drown me in the deepest sea
But please don't let that woman get me
Oh the woman I believed in turned up to be deceivin'
She almost beaten my poor old heart to death
Yes she left my heart forsaken and every rule she's breakin'
Every word she said was spoke with a lyin' breath
So throw me in a den full of great big lions...
If I hear that woman a callin' and I feel my heart a fallin'
I think I'll make me a bomb and light the fuse
If I ever see her a comin' I'm a gonna take off a runnin'
If I'll slow down it'll be just to cool my shoes
Oh throw me in a den full of great big lions...
Oh yeah I said please don't let that woman get me

 

[fox69]

"Please Don't Sell Me Anymore Whiskey Tonight"

"Please Don't Sell Me Anymore Whiskey Tonight"


Please don't sell me any more whiskey tonight
Or when I go home me and baby will fight
Cause when I start drinkin'
You know that my reasoning is not right
So please don't sell me any more whiskey tonight

I know bootlegger that you're making money
But you're trouble at home
Cause every bottle that you sell to me
We're doing my baby wrong
When I am sober I never fail
To kiss my little darling goodnight
I know she loves me
But I love my whiskey
And I just don't do baby right

I used to love good country preaching on Sundays
And fishing on warm summer days
But now it don't matter if the sun never shines
Cause drinking has changed all my ways
If I come back mister for any more whiskey
Please let your conscience be right
I come here please please don't you sell me
Any more whiskey tonight

Please don't sell me any more whiskey tonight…

 

[fox69]

"Poor Little Rich Boy"

"Poor Little Rich Boy"


(Poor little rich boy, poor little rich boy)
Poor little rich boy ain't got nothin' but lots and lots of money
Poor little rich boy don't take nothin' but some sad poor boys honey
Got to run all day with his fancy clothes and a big long limosine
Poor little rich boy ain't got nothin' but everything
(Poor little rich boy, poor little rich boy)
Now theres an old saying I used to hear keeps a-running through my mind
How a baby boy born with a silver spoon was in for a mighty bad time
Pity the rich kid I've always heard, I can't for the life of me
While he's a-wading in a pool of riches I'm sinking in poverty
(Poor little rich boy, poor little rich boy)
Poor little rich boy ain't got nothin' but lots and lots of money
Poor little rich boy don't take nothin' but some sad poor boys honey
Got to run all day with his fancy clothes and a big long limosine
Poor little rich boy ain't got nothin' but everything
(Poor little rich boy, poor little rich boy)
I work and sweat and played all day but what good did it do
[?] that I wasn't thinking of you
Cause a poor boys chances are mighty slim cause when I got into town
I walked by your house and saw your porch light burnin' and I knew who'd been around
(Poor little rich boy, poor little rich boy.)
Poor little rich boy ain't got nothin' but lots and lots of money
Poor little rich boy don't take nothin' but some sad poor boys honey
Got to run all day with his fancy clothes and a big long limosine
Poor little rich boy ain't got nothin' but everything
(Poor little rich boy, poor little rich boy.)
(Poor little rich boy, poor little rich boy.)
(Poor little rich boy, poor little rich boy...)

 

[fox69]

"Poor Man's Riches"

"Poor Man's Riches"


I've traveled to the ends of the rainbow
And I've looked for that old pot of gold
But I didn't realize until I looked into your eyes
That I had a greater wealth than ever told

Into each life there's many kinds of riches
There's diamonds, there's pearls and there's gold
But I'd be the richest man in this wonderful land
If I had you to have and to hold

A true love is the greatest of all riches
A true love will never grow cold
A real love is all that really matters
For it's worth more than diamonds, pearls and gold

Into each life there's many kinds of riches
There's diamonds, there's pearls and there's gold
But I'd be the richest man in this wonderful land
If I had you to have and to hold

I'd be the richest man in this wonderful land
If I had you to have and to hold...

 

[fox69]

"Possum Holler"

"Possum Holler"


As time goes by the tales grow taller
About possum in possum hollar.

As a young man I'd go a courtin'
With my sweetheart named Sally Blair
Down the mountain to possum hollar
Accidently I'd find her waitin' there.

She'd tell her mama she was pickin' blossoms
By the moonlight so sweet and fair
And I'd tell daddy I'm a-huntin' possum
And take off, friend and slicken down my hair.

As time goes by the tales grow taller
About possum in possum hollar.

Then one evening in possum hollar
Sally's daddy stopped all my fun
And we got married in possum hollar
Just me and Sally, her daddy and his gun.

Now when I see ol' possum hollar
Young and handsome and a fanfair
Well, I just lean back, ha, and bust out laughin'
'Cause I know there ain't no possums there.

As time goes by the tales grow taller
About possum in possum hollar.

About possum in possum hollar