George Jones

[Torrent Maniak]

Country Christmas

Country Christmas

In our little country settlement there's harmony a-ringing
The echo flowing softly through the hills of silent night
All the shinny decorations on the big tree in the church yard
Will make the folks for miles around sing I Saw the Light.

We're gonna have a country christmas
We're gonna Christmas the old time away
We'll let the church bells ring as we gather 'round to sing
And show our love for Jesus as we pray.

We'll have lots of homemade candy and presents for the children
And let the elders grace the table filled with the food and wine
There's not a better way to say happy birthday Jesus
Than to have a good old gospel singing country Christmas time.

We're gonna have a country christmas
We're gonna Christmas the old time away
We'll let the church bells ring as we gather round to sing
And show our love for Jesus as we pray.

Jesus as we pray...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Crawdad Song

Crawdad Song

You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe
You get a line and I'll get a pole
We'll go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, baby of mine.

Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, honey (honey)
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, babe (babe)
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back
Got all the crawdads in his sack
(Honey, baby of mine.)

The man feel down and he burst his bag, honey (honey)
The man feel down and he burst his bag, babe (babe)
The man feel down and he burst his bag
Along came the crawdads back in the bag?
(Honey, baby of mine.)

You get, I'll get, honey
You get, I'll get, babe

You get, I'll get
We'll get
(Honey, baby of mine.)

--- Instrumental ---

What you goin' do when the sun goes dry, honey (honey)?
What you goin' do when the sun goes dry, babe (babe)
What you goin' do when the sun goes dry
Sit on the back and watch the crawdads die
(Honey, baby of mine.)

You get, I'll get, honey
You get, I'll get, babe
You get, I'll get
We'll get
(Honey, baby of mine.)

You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe
You get a line and I'll get a pole
We'll go down to the crawdad hole.
(Honey, baby of mine...)

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Crazy Arms

Crazy Arms

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
Now blue ain't the world for the way that I feel
And the storm's brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach to...
So please take the treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms may hold somebody new but now I'm so lonely all the time
Crazy arms that reach to...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Cry Baby Cry

Cry Baby Cry

(Chorus
Tell me why baby why baby why
You make me cry baby cry baby cry
I can stop loving you 'til the day that I die
So tell me why baby why baby why

I got a crow I wanna pick with you
Just like last time that the feathers flew
Your running wild kicking up your heels
Leaving me home with a hand full of bills

I can't live with out your you know it's true
There's no living with you so what'll I do
I'm going honky tonking get as tight as I can

Maybe by then you'll appreciate a good man

(Repeat chorus)

I don't know but I've heard say
Every little dog is gonna have his day
You'd better pay attention and don't forget
'Cause I'm just a little bitty puppy yet

I caught you honky tonking with my best friend
I shoulda quit you way back then
Now I'm too old to leave you but I still get sore
When you come home feeling for the knob on the door

(Repeat chorus)

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Cry Like A Baby

Cry Like A Baby

By now I bet she's wonderin' how I'm doin
If it broke my heart when she told me goodbye
Well every night I sleep just like a baby
I wake up every hour and cry

I'll bet she even thinks I'm gonna miss her
She probably thinks she's always on my mind
But every night I sleep just like a baby
I wake up every hour and cry

She believes that I can't live without her
And it hurts so bad some times I almost die
Well every night I sleep just like a baby

I wake up every hour and cry

(Spoken)
You know I bet way down deep
That she thinks I'll always love her
And I'll bet she thinks I'll never
Love another no matter how hard I try

'Cause every night I sleep just like a baby
I wake up every hour and cry
Lord every night I sleep like a little bitty baby
I wake up every hour and cry
I wake up every hour and cry

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Cryin' Time

Cryin' Time

(Both)
Oh, it's crying time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that faraway look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darling,
Darlingm that it won't be long before it's crying time.

(George)
Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder
And the tears are only rain to make love grow
Well, my love for you could never grow no stronger,
Baby, if I live to be a hundred years old.

(Both)
Oh, it's crying time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that faraway look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darling,

Darlingm that it won't be long before it's crying time.

(Tammy)
Now you say you've found someone you love better
That's the way it's happened every time before
And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow
Crying time will start when you walk out the door.

(Both)
Oh, it's crying time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that faraway look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darling,
Darlingm that it won't be long before it's crying time.

No, it won't be long before it's crying time...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Cup Of Loneliness

Cup Of Loneliness

I see Christian pilgrims so redeemed from sin
Called out of darkness a new life to begin
Were you ever in the valley when the way is dark and dim
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him

Did you ever have them laugh at you and say it was a fake
The stand that you so boldly for the Lord did take
Did they ever mock at you and laugh in ways quite grim
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him

Did you ever try to preach then hold fast and pray

And even when you did it there did not seem a way
And you lost all courage then lost all your vim
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with him

Oh my friends 'tis bitter sweet while here on earthly sod
To follow in the footsteps that our dear Savior trod
To suffer with the Savior and when the way is dark and dim
To drink of the bitter cup of loneliness with Him

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Daddy Come Home

Daddy Come Home

A year and a half, may not seem like much time.
But its almost forever, when you're only nine.
Yes, she still adores him, and tears fill her eyes.
As she clings to her pillow, and cries.

Daddy come home oh please, Daddy come home.
Sweet Daddy, Are you out there somewhere all alone?
Was Mommy mean to you, Did I treat you wrong?
Daddy, Oh Daddy come home.

Down on the coast, in a honeymoon suite.
Someone's tossing and turning, and trying to sleep.
Was that just the wind, in the pines 'cross the bay?
Or the small voice, from so far away.

Daddy come home, oh please, Daddy come home.
Sweet Daddy, Are you out there somewhere all alone?
Was Mommy mean to you, Did I treat you wrong?
Daddy, Oh Daddy, come home.

Daddy, Oh Daddy, come home!...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Day After Forever

Day After Forever

VERSE1
E A
if you think you can depend on me
A
your right you can
B
if you think that im in love with you
A E
your right I am
E
but nuthin lasts forever
A G#m F#m
all good thing's must end
E B E
and it's only a matter of time



CHORUS
A
day after forever
E
im out that door
B
one way or the other
E
to return never more
A
don't count on me baby
E
for I will be gone
B
day after forever
(pause) E -- B -- E
honey your on your own




VERSE2
E A
if you think I love you more than life

A
your right I do
B
if you think your in my heart and soul
A E
your right it's true
E
but I must leave you someday
A G#m F#m
although I worship you
E A E
and it's only a matter of time



chorus
A
day after forever
E
im out that door
B
one way or the other
E
to return never more
A
don't count on me baby
E
for I will be gone
B
day after forever
E
honey your on your own
B B (pause and let chord ring)
day after forever
E -- B -- E
honey your on your own..

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Detroit City

Detroit City

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home
I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home
Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
But by day I make the cars by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines
Cause you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time
So I just think I'll take my foolish pride
And put it on a Southbound freight and ride
And go on back to the loved ones the ones that I left waitin' so far behind
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home