George Jones

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Borrowed Angel

Borrowed Angel

Her fingers feel so gentle with her hand in mine
Her hair feels like silk on my arm
Her lips tell me so tenderly she's mine alone
Until we part tonight and she goes home.

Barrowed angels, belong to someone else
I love my borrowed angel, I just can't help myself
That ring upon her finger don't belong to me
But she loves me and I know she'll save
Some borrowed time for me.

--- Instrumental ---

I wish that I could have her more than just tonight
We can't go on like this, it isn't right
When that lonesome feelin' comes a-knockin' on my door
I'll call my borrowed angel to ease the pain once more.

Barrowed angels, belong to someone else
I love my borrowed angel, I just can't help myself
That ring upon her finger don't belong to me
But she loves me and I know she'll save
Some borrowed time for me...

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Bridge Washed Out

Bridge Washed Out

(The bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side)
When I awke this a morning the rain was a pouring down
I was gonna wed the little river girl just over the bridge across town
Now I'm a runnin' up and down the river and my nerves are drivin' me wild
Because the bridge washed out I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
Rain oh rain stop a fallin' dark clouds hurry from the sky
The preacher and my bride is a waitin' and the weddin' bells are starting to chime
I can't kiss and hold her and it's driving me out of my mind
The bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
[ guitar ]
Now I got one foot in the water the other foot solid on the ground
When I try to swim that ragin' ol' river I know if I try I'd drown
There's not a boat around me they walked on out with the tide
And the bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
Rain oh rain stop a fallin'...
The bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Brother To The Blues

Brother To The Blues

You and I don't need an introduction
Neither one of us has that much to lose
'Cause you're just a sister to satisfaction
And I'm just a brother to the blues

Now, I don't have to tell you nights are lonely
There's a hunger in our eyes that tells the news
And you're just a sister to satisfaction
And I'm just a brother to the blues

It's hard to tell exactly which direction

We might go at any given time
It's just a constant search for affection
And we need all the comfort we can find

I know you can feel this attraction
From a night of love that both of us could use
'Cause you're just a sister to satisfaction
And I'm just a brother to the blues

Yes, you're just a sister to satisfaction
And I'm just a brother to the blues...

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Brothers Of A Bottle

Brothers Of A Bottle

Bartender,come over here.
I want to buy the next round of beer.
Boys,name your poison,don't nobody pass-
We're all brothers of a bottle an' glass.

The happiest moment,that I've ever known.
Was the day,that she told me,she would be my own.
But the bluest moment,that ever could be.
When she said,she loved someone much better,than me.

Bartender.....

Well,I once had a buddy,as fine as could be.
We trusted each other completely,you see.
Well,then I betrayed him,just like any wretch
No one,but a woman could make you do that.

Bartender.....

When God made man,I guess this made him sad.
For now they're all good and none are all bad.
Then he made woman to cheat and deceive.
There's been hell ever since,the snake tempted Eve.

Bartender.....

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Brown To Blue

Brown To Blue

We stood there in the courthouse room
So close yet far apart,
You had brought your lawyer
And I'd brought a broken heart,
The judge pronounced the words
The way you wanted him to do,
And changed your name from Brown to Jones,
And mine from Brown to blue.

I couldn't keep my tears from falling,
On the courtroom floor,
By law, they took away my rights,
To love you anymore,
My world just seemed to stop,
While I stood there so close to you,
They changed your name from Brown to Jones,
And mine from Brown to blue.

The judge forgot to tell me
How I'd live my life alone,
What I would do without you
After loving you so long,
He didn't seem to care that
I am still in love with you,
He changed your name from Brown to Jones,
And mine from Brown to blue.

I couldn't keep my tears from falling,
On the courtroom floor,
By law, they took away my rights,
To love you anymore,
My world just seemed to stop,
While I stood there so close to you,
They changed your name from Brown to Jones,
And mine from Brown to blue...

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Bubbles In My Beer

Bubbles In My Beer

Tonight in a bar alone I'm sitting apart from the laughter and the cheer
While scenes from the past rise before me just watching the bubbles in my beer
A vision of someone who loved me brings along silent tears to my eyes
Oh I know that my life has been a failure just watching the bubbles in my beer
[ steel - fiddle ]
I'm seeing the road that I've travelled a road paved with heartaches and tears
And I'm seeing the past that I've wasted while watching the bubbles in my beer
As I think of the heart that I've broken and the chances I know have passed me by
And the dreams that I've made now are empty as empty as the bubbles in my beer

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Bull Mountain Lad

Bull Mountain Lad

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

I've seen his moma cryin' while he was a-runnin' wild
I heard his daddy say, boy, you're no son of mine
I watched his uncle whip him hard with a double plow line
I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
Lord, I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

Well, I seen his moma barefoot in the cold winter time
His dad would lay out drinkin' for weeks on the wine
I've seen the children hungry and cry at supper time
Lord, I've seen a lot of trouble in my time.

Well, I've heard moma prayin', read the bible late at night
His dad would say it's bedtime, woman, blow out the light
I've see her do the washin', the clothes freezin' on the line
I've seen a lot of trouble in my time.

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
Lord, I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
Lord, I've seen a lot of trouible in my time...

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Burn The Honky Tonk Down

Burn The Honky Tonk Down

I work on the mountain cuttin' the timber
I work till my fingers are sore
Cutting the timber, goes through the saw mill
To build another honky tonk bar.

While down in the valley she's spendin' my money
Havin' herself quit a ball
Spending my money I earn at the sawmill
To build another honky tonk bar.

--- Instrumental ---

Early each mornin' I'm back on that mountain
Wishin' her lies were the truth
Cutting the tiber that goes through the sawmil
To build another honky tonk bar.

But tonights all over
I'm through cuttin' the timber
I know right where she''ll be found
I look through the window
And if she's still in there
I'm gonna burn a honky tonk down.

--- Instrumental ---

Yes tonights all over
I'm through cuttin' the timber
I know right where she''ll be found
I'll look through the window
And if she's still in there
I'm gonna burn another honky tonk down.

I'll look through the window
And if she's still in there
I'm gonna burn another honky tonk down...

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Bury It With Johnny

Bury It With Johnny

Johnny went off to fight the war.
They had no idea what lied in store.
Off to fight from some unknown shore.
To help his country settle the score.

Elizabeth was left behind.
The only true love he'd ever find.
She said I'll wait right here for you.
I'll stay loyal and see you through.

Elizabeth was good with a pen.
She would write Johnny every
now and again.
But Johnny could never capture
the words.
To tell her how much she meant
to him.

She walked down to the post office today.
Her stomach quivering with so much to say.
Hello Johnny, I write with good news.
Johnny, we have a baby on the way.

The letter should be reaching Johnny soon.
We believe the clock read five past noon.
Well dressed men came to the door.
Elizabeth fell crying and landed on the floor.

The sun today will never rise.
People gathered today to cry
their eyes.
The folded flag was presented by the
men.
Elizabeth addressed the men
and rose again.

She said.

This flag may represent freedom,
It maybe its a symbol of this war.
You can bury it with Johnny,
because to us he was fighting
for so much more.

Two weeks went by, they
felt like years.
Many Kleenex tossed away they
were all drenched in tears.
The mailman came and knocked
on the door.
He said, "Hello sweety, there is just
one more."

He didn't stop loving her that day.
Johnny finally found the pen.
He told her all he had to say.
He told Elizabeth, "I can't wait to
meet our baby and see your
beautiful face again."

Torrent Maniak · 11.03.2012

Bury Me Beneath The Willow

Bury Me Beneath The Willow

(Both)
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So she may know where I am sleeping
Then perhaps she'll weep for me.

(Porter)
My heart is sad I am lonely
For the only one I love
When will I see her oh no never
'Til we meet in heaven above.

(Both)
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So she may know where I am sleeping
Then perhaps she'll weep for me.

--- Instrumental ---

(Pamela)
He told me that he loved me deeply
How could I think him untrue
Until an angels softly whispered
He had proven untrue to you.

(Both)
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
Then perhaps he'll weep for me.

(Pamela)
So he may know where I am sleeping
(Both)
Then perhaps he'll weep for me...