George Jones

[fox69]

"Something I Dreamed"

"Something I Dreamed"


Forgive me if I'm pessimistic today
But I seem to feel our love slipping away
I have no special reason for feeling this way
It must have been something I dreamed

Darling hold me close and chase away the ghost that tortures me so
Kiss away my doubt until my poor heart shouts that you'll never go

This feeling's not your fault, you're sweet as can be
I have faith in you, I just lack faith in me
I'm afraid that I'll lose you, then where would I be?
Oh let it be something I dreamed

Your words lack conviction or do you suppose
That I love you too much and I listen too close?
I know I get jealous and sometimes it shows
It must have been something I dreamed

Darling hold me close and chase away the ghost that tortures me so
Kiss away my doubt until my poor heart shouts that you'll never go

This feeling's not your fault, you're sweet as can be
I have faith in you, I just lack faith in me
I'm afraid that I'll lose you, then where would I be?
Oh let it be something I dreamed

 

[fox69]

"Something To Brag About"

"Something To Brag About"


I've got a real important job
In a large office buildin'
Ridin' people in an elevator

I drive a '57 Chevrolet
With busted tail lights
Burned out valves
And a leaky radiator

I wear a twenty dollar suit
I bought from J.C. Penney's
Back in 1962

But I've got somethin' to brag about
Somethin' to brag about
Somethin' to brag about in you

I'm a short-order cook
At an all night cafe
Down on 18th avenue and 12th street

I wear a swingin' mini dress
That I made for myself
From mama's kitchen curtains
And old bed sheets

I've got 17 pages
Of Top Value stamps
And one old pair of shoes

But I've got somethin' to brag about
Somethin' to brag about
Somethin' to brag about in you

When you're with the fellas, I know
You start braggin' 'bout
My hour glass figure
And my big brown eyes

Tell 'em
You tell your girlfriends 'bout my
Sweet, sweet lovin'
And that's one better that
Money can't buy

So let's get married
In the not-to-distant future
We'll rent a little flat
On 29th street

You know we'll hang our washin'
On the clothes line from the window
We'll feast on corn bread,
Butter beans and lunch meat

We won't have a thermostat
A big long Cadillac
But we'll have a love that's true

Love has, somethin' to brag about
Yeah and I'll have, somethin' to brag about
Yeah, somthin' to brag about in you...

 

[fox69]

"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"

"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"


Just when the sunshines the brightest
And the world looks alright, again
Then the clouds fill the sky's
You can't believe your eyes
Sometimes you just cant win.

My love never meant much to you dear
Or yo you I was always a friend
Oh, why did I call,
You have no heart at all
Sometimes you just cant win.

I can't live like this any longer
Not knowing just where I stand
I know I should't care
But sweetheart it don't seem fair
Sometimes you just cant win

And then when the sunshines the brightest
And the world looks alright, again
The clouds fill the sky's
You can't believe your eyes
Sometimes you just can't win...

 

[fox69]

"Southern California"

"Southern California"


You always said someday you'd go to live
In Southern California
And me I'd stay right here in Tennessee

You always talked about the better days
In Southern California
But if you'll stay in Tennessee
I promise there'll be better days with me

It's not that I don't love you
But I hear the call
From Southern California
There's something I can't find in Tennessee

Silver screens and limousines
They wait for me in Southern California
Though you've been so good to me
The time has come you'll have to set me free

Tomorrow when you leave
You'll take my heart
To Southern California
But just remember I'll be here
To keep your heart with me until you see

Well, it's been five years
I guess I've cried a million tears
Lookin' out the window of this little room
Right over that flashin' neon sign that says, "Bar"
It's almost midnight,
An time to go downstairs and go to work
I wonder how he's doin' in, Tennessee?

Well, here I sit by the window
Of this big old lonely mansion
Lookin' out over the Smokies
And on in everything I can see

Oh, I guess by now she's found
What she was lookin' for
And as I look at this old faded photograph
Of the girl that I still love
I wonder if she ever, thinks of me

But the weather's good
In Southern California...

 

[fox69]

"Sparkling Brown Eyes"

"Sparkling Brown Eyes"


There's a rambleshackle shack
Down in old Caroline
It keeps a callin' me back
To that gal of mine.

Yeah, If I had the wings
Of a beautiful dove
Yes, you know I'd fly away
To the gal that I love.

Those two brown eyes
That sparkle with love
Shines down to me
From Heaven above.

Well, If I had the wings
Of a beautiful dove
Yes, you know I'd fly away
To the gal that I love.

When the whippoorwills call
On the hill far away
We'll, you could sing a love song
It's gonna help me to say.

My love for you
Ain't gonna never, never die.
Yes, I'd rather sing a song
Everyday that I die.

There's a rambleshackle shack
Down in old Caroline
It keeps a callin' me back
To that gal of mine.

Yeah, If I had the wings
Of a beautiful dove
Yes, you know I'd fly away
To the gal I love.

There's a rambleshackle shack
Down in old Caroline
It keeps a callin' me back
To that gal of mine.

Yes, If I had the wings
Of a beautiful dove
Yeah, I'd fly away
To the gal that I love..

 

[fox69]

"Stand On My Own Two Knees"

"Stand On My Own Two Knees"


I've tried everything I know to make you happy
Never knew someone could be so hard to please
Loving you is hard and I'm not sure I'll make it
But at least I've learned I would stand on my own two knees

I've still got my pride it's just that I misplaced it
Anyway it's better lost that no one sees
Maybe I'm not strong enough right now to hold you
But at least I've learned I would stand on my own two knees

It wasn't long ago you have me crawling
Oh but look how far I've come can't you see
Well I know it's still not walking tall but I'm trying
And at least I've learned I would stand on my own two knees

Yes I know it's still not walking tall but I'm trying
And at least I've learned I would stand on my own two knees

 

[fox69]

"Steel Guitar Rag"

"Steel Guitar Rag"


Been runnin' around, seen many a town,
And maybe you'll find I'm the kind of guy that brags.
But listen to me and see if you don't agree
No melody rolls like that old steel guitar rag.

And when they slide that thing, along those strings
It soubds so dogone heavenly, you can hear the Angels sing
And when you stomp your feet, your heart will beat,
A rhythm to the old steel guitsr rag.

You may be kind choosy, 'bout the kind of songs you hear,
You maybe like them blusey, makes you cry right in your beer,
But if you want a song that's bound to dry away your tears,
Make happy your soul with that old steel guitar rag...

 

[fox69]

"Still Doin' Time"

"Still Doin' Time"


Has it been a year, since the last time I've seen her
My God, I could swear it was ten
And the ocean of liquor I drank to forget her
Is gonna kill me but I'll drink 'til then

I've been living in hell with a bar for a cell
Still paying for my cheating crime
Oh, And I've got a long way to go
Still doin' time

[Chorus:]
Still doin' time
In a honky tonk prison
Still doin' time
Where a man ain't forgiven
My poor heart is breaking
But there's no escaping
Each morning I wake up and I find
Still doin' time

Oh when your caught me cheating twice
It's twenty to life in a place
Where the sun never shines
And tomorrow you're gonna find me right here
Still doin' time

[Chorus:]
Still doin' time
In a honky tonk prison
Still doin' time
Where a man ain't forgiven
My poor heart is breaking
But there's no escaping
Each morning I wake up and I find
Still doin' time

Still doin' time...

 

[fox69]

"Still Hurtin'"

"Still Hurtin'"


I'll tell you the reason I sit here a-greivin'
I want you to know one by one
I've been defeated by someone who cheated
My heart out of all of it's fun
Happy we could be if you had stayed with me
But you wouldn't see it my way
But I'm still a-hurtin' and I know for certain
I'll even with you day by day

There's no use denying, you know you were lying
You wouldn't admit it was true
But soon you'll be paying for things you've been saying
That made me defeated by you
Happy we could be if you had stayed with me
But you wouldn't see it my way
I'm still a-hurtin' and I know for certain
I'll even with you day by day...

 

[fox69]

"Stranger In The House"
(originally by Elvis Costello)

"Stranger In The House"
(originally by Elvis Costello)



This never was one of the great romances
But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes
For now they look in tired and bitter glances
At the ghost of a man walkin' 'round in my disguise

He gets the feeling that he should belong here
But there's no welcome in the window anyway
And he looks down for a number on his keychain
'Cause it feels more like a hotel everyday

There's a stranger in the house, nobody's seen his face
Everybody says he's takin' my place
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see
Everybody says he looks like me

And now you say you've got no expectations
But I know you also miss those carefree days
And for all the angry words that passed between them
She still can't understand him when he says

There's a stranger in the house, nobody's seen his face
But everybody says he's takin' my place
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see
But everybody says he looks like me

He looks like me...