George Jones

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"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half As Bad As Losing You)"

"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half As Bad As Losing You)"


Well, I've had a splittin' headache from my eyebrows to my backbone
Arthritis appendicitis brights disease and gall stones
Bleedin' ulcers ingrown toe nails swollen adenoids
The Asian flu a time or two and inflamed vocal chords
I've had a toothache so severe my jawbone split in two
But nothing's ever hurt me half as bad as losing you.

Well, I've had the lit end of a cigar pressed against my belly
Whupped on with a crowbar till my eyeball turned to jelly
Accident'ly nailed my index finger to the wall
Cut off half my toes and soaked my foot in alcohol
I've had my pelvis ruptued by an angry kangaroo
But nothing's ever hurt me half as bad as losing you.

Well, it's not because you measure fifty, twenty, forty-four
It's surely not because you own a chain of liquor stores
It's not because your daddy is the richest man in town
It's just that I've grown used to you and having you around.

I've had my parents tell me son we don't love you at all
I've seen my sister's name written on a washroom wall
My best friend set my barn on fire burned my horse to death
I went out with a girl who told me that I had bad breath
Last week I drew a crowd when I went to the city zoo
But nothing's ever hurt me half as bad as losing you.

Well, I've had a splittin' headache from my eyebrows to my backbone
Arthritis appendicitis brights disease and gall stones
Bleedin' ulcers ingrown toe nails swollen adenoids
The Asian flu a time or two and inflamed vocal chords
I've had a toothache so severe my jawbone split in two
But nothing's ever hurt me half as bad as losing you...

 

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"Now Tell Me"

"Now Tell Me"


Have you ever come home tired and all worn out
Life is gay and you're wonderin' what it's about
Still you find out what is it mothers comin' for a visit
Have you ever, I have, haven't you now tell me?

Have you ever asked you hubby for some dough
With a dirty look he'll tell you where to go
Oh, you thought you had a thinker, but it turns out he's a stinker
Have you ever, I have, haven't you now tell me?

We're not sorry we got married
Even though sometimes we fuss and fight
We're so happy we're together
Hope you know that everything will turn out right.

Have you ever called your wife and made a date
Just to have your honey show up three hours late
While across the floor you pace she's a-fixing up her face
Have you ever, I have, haven't you now tell me?

Have you ever spent the day a-scrubbin' floors. oh me
You've washed and ironed and done up all the chores
Well, your so tired your life is ruined then hubby asked what you've been doin'
Have you ever, I have, haven't you now tell me?

Have you ever set and worried about your debt
You wonder how you'll ever get 'em met
Then wife says she needs some cloths she's just got to have some dough
Have you ever, I have, haven't you now tell me?

We're not sorry we got married
Even though sometimes we fuss and fight
We're so happy we're together
Hope you know that everything will turn out right.

Have you ever called up your honey for a date
Just to have your honey show up three hours late
While across the floor you pace she's fixing up her face
Have you ever, I have, haven't you now tell me?

Have you ever, I have, haven't you now tell me?...

 

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"Number One"

"Number One"


I don't wanna see no lips of all the lips you've ever kissed
I just wanna be your No 1
I don't need no one to warm me I don't care who came before me
I just wanna be your No 1
All that happened yesterday is now a part of history
Let me be your destiny let's do what's right for you and me
I don't wanna try and undo all the wrong somebody done you
I just wanna be your No 1
My whole world revolves around you life began the day I found you
I just wanna be your No 1
Let's not spend no time discussin' anything that don't mean nothin'
I just wanna be your No 1
Take me in your arms turn out the light lock the door
And I won't even wonder if somebody had a key before
I don't wanna solve no mist'ry yesterday belongs to hist'ry
I just wanna be your No 1 No 1 I just wanna be your No 1
I just wanna be your No 1 I just wanna be your No 1

 

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"Oh, Lonesome Me"

"Oh, Lonesome Me"


Everybody is going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free
Oh, lonesome me.

A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool that's blind and just can't see
Oh, lonesome me.

Well, I'll bet she's not like me, she's out and fancy free
A flirtin' with the boys with all of her charms
Yeah, but I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms.

Well, there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new.
I've thought of everything from A to Z
Oh, lonesome me.

Well, I'll bet she's not like me, she's out and fancy free
A flirtin' with the boys with all of her charms
Yeah, but I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here, in my arms.

Well, there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new.
I've thought of everything from A to Z
Oh, lonesome me.

Oh, lonesome me.
Oh, lonesome me.
Oh, lonesome me...

 

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"Ol' Frank"

"Ol' Frank"


She was just 17 but she was all woman
when Ol' Frank slipped the ring on her hand.
My God he was wealthy, owned half of the county,
but he'd never see 60 again.
After 10 years of Heaven and long nights of love
his ole heart couldn't keep up the pace.
But friends you can bet that he had no regrets.
Ol' Frank ran one Hell of a race.

She cried all the way to the chapel,
like she really cared for Ol' Frank.
She cried all the way to the grave where he lay.
Then she smiled all the way to the bank.

He had bought her big diamonds and long limousines
as she taught him what happiness meant.
Lord he spent a fortune on his prized possession.
And to him she was worth every cent.
Now Ol' Frank is gone and the whole town's still talkin'
They think what she did is a disgrace.
There are many who think that she killed poor Ol' Frank
but he died with a smile on his face.

She cried all the way to the grave where he lay.
Then she smiled all the way to the bank.

 

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"Ol' George Stopped Drinkin' Today"

"Ol' George Stopped Drinkin' Today"


Me and the bottle
Have always been friends
Oh, we've had a few ol' nasty fights
But the bottle would always win
And when I go to answer that final curtain call
I can hear these words bein' whispered by all.

Ol' George stopped drinkin' today
They're all gonna gather round me
Lord, I wish they could hear me say
No more income taxes
No more bills to pay
Ol' Geroge stopped drinkin' today.

Down in Mississippi
The highway patrol
Will read it in the paper
And say, God Rest his soul
No more will he wobble
Down life's highway
'Cause George stopped drinkin today.

They'll say he had a problem
Dealing with his mind
He just couldn't seem to make it
Anywhere on time
But when the roll is called up yonder
And heaven I know
You can bet the Possum is gonna show.

Ol' George stopped drinkin' today
They're all gonna gather round me
Lord I wish they could hear me say
No more income taxes
No more bills to pay
Ol' Geroge stopped drinkin' today.

Ol' Geroge stopped drinkin' today...

 

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"Ol' Red"

"Ol' Red"


Caught my wife with another man
Now I'm doin' ninety-nine
At a prison down in Georgia
Close to the Florida line.

I've been here for twelve long years
And I finally made the warder my friend
So he sentenced me to a life of ease
Takin' care of ol' Red.

Now ol' red he's a dangerous dog
This old boy has ever seen
He's got a nose that can smell a two day trail
Lord, he's a four legged tracking machine.

Just consider yourself mighty lucky
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I've been here
Ain't nobody got past Red.

Hear the warder say,
Come on somebody why don't you run
Ol' Red's a-itchin' to have a little fun
Get my latern, get my gun
Red'll have 'em treed 'fore the mornin' sun.

I payed off a guard and he slipped out a letter
To my cousin in Tennessee
And he brought down me a blue tick hound
Lord, she was pretty as she could be.

They penned her up in the swampland
About a mile just south of the gate
And when I take ol' Red for his evening run
And I'd just drop him off and wait.

Hear the warder say,
Come on somebody why don't you run
Ol' Red's a-itchin' to have a little fun
Get my latern, get my gun
Red'll have 'em treed 'fore the mornin' sun.

Now old red got use to seein'
This little lady.there every night
So I kept him away for three or fours days
And waited till the time got right.

I made my run with the evening sun
And I smiled when I heard 'em let him out
'Cause I headed north to Tennessee
And ol' Red was a-headed south.

I hear the warder say,
Come on somebody why don't you run
Ol' Red's a-itchin' to have a little fun
Get my latern, get my gun
Red'll have 'em treed 'fore the mornin' sun.

Now, there's red hair blue ticks dogs in the south
Love got me in there and love got me out

 

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"Old Blue Tomorrow"

"Old Blue Tomorrow"


The rope on the swing and the pine tree is rotten
The old climbin' tree house has long been forgotten
The ones who were raised here don't come any more
And all blue tomorrow is here at my door
These hard workin' hands now calloused with age
The lines on my face are a well written page
My footsteps are feeble and I can't hardly see
For old blue tomorrow done caught up with me

The hair of my head is white as the snow
And so many loved ones have gone on before
But I won't be alone as I make my last stand
For old blue tomorrow is holdin' my hand
The sun soon no longer will shine on my face
The bushes and bramble will take this old place
And wait for the doorway, wait for the call
For old blue tomorrow has won after all
Old blue tomorrow has won after all...

 

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"Old Brush Arbors"

"Old Brush Arbors"


(Old brush arbors by the side of the road.)

I remember them so clearly,
Mom and dad loved them so dearly.
Old brush arbors by the side of the road.
Where I learned about salvation,
From the book of Revelation.
And in arbors by the side of the road.

Old brush arbors by the side of the road,
Where a sinner could lay down his heavy load.
It was in those old brush arbors,
Troubled souls found peaceful habor.
Brush arbors by the side of the road.

Many times I had departed,
From the way of life I started.
In them arbors by the side of the road.
But each time the devil caught me,
I remember what they taught me.
In brush arbors by the side of the road.

Old brush arbors by the sude of the road,
Where the mighty light of God's great mercy flowed.
There was praying, shouting, singing,
Till the country side was ringing.
Brush arbors by the side of the road...

 

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"Old Fashioned Singing"

"Old Fashioned Singing"


I just love that good old gospel singing
I'll fly away's my favorite song
I just love that good old time religion
This old world has gone without it much too long.

Oh how, I love to sing and tell
When they ring those golden bells
And I just can't stand in one place
When they sing Amazing Grace.

I just love that good old country preaching
This old world has gone without it much too long.

Yes, I love them good old fashioned gathering
Where all of God's children came to pray
And oh how, I really miss those old brush arbors
How I wish we had more of these days today.

Oh how, I love to sing and tell
When they ring those golden bells
And I just can't stand in one place
When they sing Amazing Grace.

I just love that good old country singing
This old world has gone without it much too long...