George Jones

[fox69]

"Mama's Family Bible"

"Mama's Family Bible"


The estate is being settled, there was only one thing left
My mama's family bible was laying on the chest
All the others they didn't want it and that was plain to see
So I took mama's bible home with me

One sister got the dishes and one the silver ware
And my brother took the radio and her old rocking chair
One by one all the pieces of her home was packed and hauled
But they left me the best part of it all

Mama's family bible, oh, what a book
It inspired me every time I looked
At all the scriptures that she marked and loved
Mama's family bible is the treasure I'm proud of

Now all the dishes are broken, yes, and someone sold the silver ware
And the old radio was sittin' in some junkstore in the square
One by one all the pieces of moma's life had all disappeared
But mama's family bible is still here

Mama's family bible, oh, what a book
It inspired me every time I looked
At all the scriptures that she marked and loved
Mama's family bible is the treasure that I'm proud of

Mama's family bible, oh, what a book...

 

[fox69]

"Mama's Hands"

"Mama's Hands"


My daddy's hands held Three's and Two's while mom's were holding me
And daddy's hands lost everything to a hand of Kings and Three's
And daddy's hands they shook so bad that he turned to wine
But mama's hands were strong and calm as they held on to mine

Yes mama's hands held on to mine to guide me day and night
And it took the scheme of mama's hands to teach me wrong from right
When times were bad and money's slim she'd fold her hands in fray
Ands somehow she would make the food hold out another day

Now mama's hands they tremble when she prays
But her voice is strong as she thanks God for the bygone days
She looks at me and then she smiles she knows I understand
That everything I am today I owe to mama's hands
Everything I am today I owe to mama's hands

 

[fox69]

"Mama, Take Me Home"

"Mama, Take Me Home"


A drunk man across the street today
He staggers all around
I heard his scream and saw the car
That knocked him to the ground.

A silver haired old lady rushed to him
And raised his head
He must have thought she was his mama
Cause these words he said

Mama (mama) my wife has gone and left me
Mama (mama) she left with my best friend
Oh, mama (mama) I was coming home to tell you
So mama take me home and help me live and love again.

I saw him lying there, his drunken body racked with pain
I wanted so to help him but I was to ashamed
He rolled his head from side to side and struggled for life
You don't know how I felt 'cause I the friend ho took his wife.

Oh, Mama (mama) they took my baby from me
Mama (mama) she loves another man
Oh, mama (mama) it's getting hard to breath now
So mama take me home and help me live and love again

 

[fox69]

"Man Worth Loving You"

"Man Worth Loving You"


If I hadn't quit my ways of wrong
I know what I would have done
I kept falling down in life
Till I became no one.

But you found me just in time
And held my head up high
And showed me the right way I should go
And made me realize.

I hadn't reached the end of life
Your love have pulled me through
Then you made me become
The man worth lovin' you.

Yes, you gave me a reason to keep livin' in
And made me have some faith in what I do
Yes, you gave me a reason to start givin' in
When I became the man worth lovin' you.

I thought that life have turned on me
And made me lose my faith
But I know now it wasn't life
That filled my heart with hate.

I thought that love have turned me down
Until you came along
But now I know what real love is
I feel it to the bone.

I hadn't reached the end of life
Your love have pulled me through
When you made me become
The man worth lovin' you.

Yes you gave me a reason to keep livin' in
And made me have some faith in what I do
Yes, you gave me a reason to start givin' in
When I became the man worth lovin' you.

When I became the man worth lovin' you...

 

[fox69]

"Mansion On The Hill"

"Mansion On The Hill"


Tonight, down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh, how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill.

Do you recall when we parted
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love, dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill.

I've waited all through the years, love
To give you a heart true and real
'Cause I know you're living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill.

The light shine bright from your window
The trees stand so silent and still
And I know you're alone with your pride, dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill...

 

[fox69]

"Mansion Over The Hilltop"

"Mansion Over The Hilltop"


I'm satisfied with just a cottage below
A little silver and a little gold
But in that city where the ransomed will shine
I want a gold one that's silver lined

I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
And some day yonder, we'll never more wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold

Don't think me poor or deserted or lonely
I'm not discouraged, I'm heaven bound
And I'm just a pilgrim in search of a city
And I want a mansion, a harp and a crown

I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
And some day yonder, we'll never more wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold

I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
And some day yonder, we'll never more wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold
But walk on streets that are purest gold

 

[fox69]

"Mary Don't Go 'Round"

"Mary Don't Go 'Round"


Well, forget about the table in the corner
She won't be there tonight
'Cause me and my darlin'
We haven't made things right
We've had our share of trouble
But now we know the score
And Mary, she don't go around no more.

I know she's the life of the party
Everybody loves her so
But I said darlin', if you love me
Please, don't go, you don't go
So tonight don't be a-watchin'
For her to walk through those doors
'Cause Mary, she don't go around no more.

Well, I talked to Mary
And I changed her mind
And before she'd cheat so proudly
That kind of life's behind
So tonight tend to your business
And let me handle my chores
'Cause Mary, she don't go around no more.

So tonight tend to your business
And let me handle my chores
'Cause Mary, she don't go around no more.

No, Mary, she don't go around no more

 

[fox69]

"Mathew Twenty-Four"

"Mathew Twenty-Four"


Oh, I believe the time is coming when the Lord will come again
I believe the end is closer every day
Let's be ready for the judgement when we look upon his face
For he tells us in his word to watch and pray.

We are living, surely living in the days he speaks about
I believe the end is near in every door
So let's be ready for his coming let us meet him with a shout
And believe today in Matthew twenty-four.

While upon the Mount of Olives his disciples came to him
Saying tell us when these things are going to be
Jesus answered be ye watching let each one be free from sin
And take heed no man shall ever you deceive.

We are living, surely living in the days he speaks about
I believe the end is near in every door
So let's be ready for his coming let us meet him with a shout
And believe today in Matthew twenty-four.

We are living, surely living in the days he speaks about
I believe the end is near in every door
So let's be ready for his coming let us meet him with a shout
And believe today in Matthew twenty-four...

 

[fox69]

"Maybe Little Baby"

"Maybe Little Baby"


Everybody's lonesome for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
So everybody's thinkin' of somebody else
But nobody's thinkin' 'bout me

When the time rolls around for me to lay down and die
I bet, I'll have to go and hire me someone to cry
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me

Everybody's longin' for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
Everybody's dreamin' 'bout somebody else
But nobody dreams about me

All I need is a bride who wants a big hearted groom
I wouldn't care if she came ridin' in on a broom
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me

Everybody's pinin' for somebody else
But nobody's pinin' for me
Everybody's crazy 'bout somebody else
But nobody's crazy bout me

Oh, I shine up my shoes and then, I slick down my hair
Put on my Sunday suit but I ain't goin' nowhere
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me

Everybody's yearnin' for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
Everybody's fallin' for somebody else
But nobody's fallin' for me

Now, I ain't had a kiss since I fell out of my crib
It looks to me like, I've been cheated out of my rib
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me

 

[fox69]

"Maybellene"
(originally by Chuck Berry)
(feat. Johnny Paycheck)

"Maybellene"
(originally by Chuck Berry)
(feat. Johnny Paycheck)



Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin'
The things you used to do

As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe DeVille
Cadillac rollin' on an open road
But nothin' outrun my V8 Ford
Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
Bumper to bumper, rollin' side to side

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin'
The things you used to do

Well, the Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It done got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passing lane
The rainwater poured up under my motor hood
I knew that wern't doin' my motor good

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin'
The things you used to do

Well now, the heat went down
And the motor cooled down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
Cadillac lookin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten, a half a mile ahead
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin'
The things you used to do

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin'
The things you used to do