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1. Ragged But Right
2. Once You've Had The Best
3. The Race Is On
4. Bartender's Blues
5. Her Name Is
6. I'm Not Ready Yet
7. Still Doin' Time
8. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms

tonight, i ride up danced in the club
i'm a feeling free and i'm so strong
when i'm dancing all night long

tonight, this beats falling down like rain
i feel the music go my veins
dj replay this song again

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

Off to work with no kiss of goodbye
Wear a smile on my face but I lied
Cup of coffee at the corner cafe
Catch the bus, read the news on my way
Those emotions the whole mornin' through
Start a day in the life of a fool
Sometimes I dial our number in hopes you return
But there's never an answer, guess I'll never learn

He embarrasses his child and wife
Lord, he leads a miserable life
But still he thinks the bottle is his right hand

Yes and he can tear down more
Than he's ever built before
A man can be a drunk sometimes
But a drunk can't be a man

When I feel so lonesome and I think that I
Can't go on with out you there ain't no use to try
Then I tell my heart the things I mean to do
Run and hide and have a good old fashioned cry.

When my memory start talkin' back to me
And I almost feel the lips that said goodbye
Then I tell myself the thing for me to do

No, she not gone forever
She's just playing one of her games
And tonight when I get home
Everything will be the same

'Cause when I woke up this morning
Yes, I found her goodbye note
It just a game she plays

Well, I can see you're advertisin'
'Cause you keep givin' me the eye
It won't take long 'til your in my song
I want to be with you tonight
I've been battlin' needin' bookin'
You the best contract I've known
I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow
If you keep comin' on.

(Jimmy Dickens - Clarke VanHess - Marty Hale)
(It was only a rose from the bride's bouquet.)
I went to a wedding one bright summer day
The bride was a beauty and the people were gay
Alone in a corner I stood till the end
For the girl was my sweetheart and the boy my best friend
When the service was over there beside the church door
I picked up a rose that fell on the floor

Oh, lend me a hand, please Lord, and guide me
And help lead me down the road that is right
Oh, carry me through these hours of darkness
And show me the path of shining light

I'm a wandering soul, I'm lost from my Savior
A sheep that has strayed so far from the fold
Just tarrying along in the clutch of old Satan

Oh, lend me a hand please Lord and guide me
And help lead me down the road that is right
Oh, carry me through these hours of darkness
And show me the path the shining light.

I'm a wandering soul, I'm lost from my Saviour
A sheep that has strayed so far from the fold
Just tarrying along in the clutch of old Satan

Have you found, since you turned me down
The one that you were searching for
Are you glad that you made me sad
For you know I vowed to love you ever more
Chorus:
What did you have in mind when you broke this heart of mine
Are you laughing in my face
Darling, what can I do, when you say that we are through

AIN'T IT FUNNY WHAT A FOOL WILL DO
(George Jones - Johnny Mathis)
« © '63 Glad Music »

(Funny what a fool will do)
Here am I without your love again
Oh how many times have you walked out and walked back in
And I cry just like a baby after you

Oh well, I remember back in my younger days of high school
Back then baseball was my biggest dream
But when I stood in line for my turn at bat
I found that wasn't where they wanted me at
I wound up totten the water for all the teams

Well, there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm leavin'
There ain't nobody ever loved me very long

(George Jones, Red Lane, Royce Porter)

I woke up with her in my arms this morning
God knows I love her over all
As she whispered she loved me your memory appeared
Ain't your memory got no pride at all

Tonight I lay here touching her sweet body

I once held that someone special, didn't have to let go
I just stood back and watched my future pass
And for the awful shape I am in, I can only blame myself
It's no wonder that her love for me wasn't strong enough to last

Holding on for all its worth to all that we got left
And for what its worth we've been less than easy on ourself
If we could write a book they couldn't keep it on the shelf

It's so good to hear the word congratulations
It's so good to know at last, respect is mine
But as I stand here in the midst of all the conflict
There's a lovely face that's smiling, on my mind
All the praises should be given to my woman
She's the one who helped me up when I was down, all the way
All the praises should be given to my woman
She's the one who made me what I am today

Did I wake up this mornin' thinkin' of you
Am I losin' your memory or mine?
Do I remember makin' coffee for two
Am I losin' your memory or mine?

I know that you're gone and I'm almost alone
We're just about over it this time
Hon. am I losing your memory or mine?

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now I am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear.
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear

I can't leave you in the mornin'
When you wake your childs little head looks so appealin'
Walking around in your bunny shoes
And my pajama tops you see that stay home feelin'.

I can't leave you in the night
'Cause you're afraid to be alone
And beg these tears to dry

I'll love you dear, as long as I live.

It was easy said the night we parted
That we'd forget we'd ever met
I haven't forgotten, I wonder if you have
Or if your heart is full of regret.

As long as I live if it be one hour

Oh I've come to the point where I've had one too many
And one short of having too few
Oh my bottle of freedom is one drink from empty
And I'm back down to hung up on you
I come here to escape and some say too often
But not as much as I would like to
Cause as high as I get is how low I'll be fallin'
Oh back down to hung up on you

Many souls are driftin' on the troubled sea of sin
The under tow of evil has pulled so many in
Tonight the troubled ways of sorrow fill our hearts with pride
And we're so blind that we can't see the beacon in the night.

The beacon in the night is always shinin'
And darkest clouds can have a silver linin'
Just set your torch for glory then don't turn left or right

(Dallas Frazer)

Beneath still waters
There's a strong undertow
The surface won't tell you
What the deep water knows
Darling, I'm saying
I know something's wrong

I'm callin' to tell you it's over
Yes darlin', you're now free to go
You're sayin', you're sorry you hurt me
But you can hurt me no more, I know

You're asking me where this call comes from
Oh I hope, that it won't interfere
If your new romance turns out a failure

(Michael Garvin - Ron Hellard)

They called the wrecker for my heart
This time I think I need a jump start
And if she tore it up again
She might just have to tow me in
They call the man up on the phone
Tell him I'm stranded and alone

Up above me are the skies like the twinkle in your eyes
These things are the colors of the blues
In the mail your letter came the ink and paper looked the same
Blue must be the color of the blues
Bluebird's singin' in the trees seems to sympathize with me
But he's not singing like he used to do
The pearly waters in the sea feel as cold as you left me
Blue must be the color of the blues

I say, Christian pilgrim, so redeemed from sin
Called out of darkness a new life to begin
Were you ever in the valley where 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 you ever have them mock at you and laugh in ways quite grim

If you think, you can depend on me
You're right, you can
If you think, that I'm in love with you
You're right, I am
But nothing lasts forever
All good things must end
And it's only, a matter, of time.

I can bring you back anytime I want to
I remember an angel in your veil of white so fine
You were always very near, well, I think that you're still here
It's so reads in the diary of my mind.

On the first page there we are down by the river
With the flowers bloomin' in the warm sunshine
Speaking love words, soft and sweet and as our lips slowly meet

We've lived together for a long time
But now the love is gone we once knew
We're old enough to know we can't live life this way
And young enough to start with somebody new.

So it's divorce or destroying each other
Which one of the two should we chose
You say in your heart there's no love left for me

Don't be angry with me darling if I fail to understand
All your little whims and wishes all the time
Just remember that I'm dumb I guess like any foolish man
And my head stays sorta foggy cause you're mine

Well I recall the first time that I flirted with you dear
When I jokingly said come and be my bride
Now that time has turned the pages it's the sweetest joke on earth

(Melba Montgomery)

It sure gets lonely, alone
No one to talk too, alone
Night sure gets longer since you've gone
Don't leave me lonely, too long
I need your arms, holdin' me
And hear you say you, need me

You said I'm taking everthing that is mine
Right down to the clock on the wall
I watched as you packed up your things
Then you turned and said, well, that's all
Oh, but you overlooked just once item
It's as much yours as the cloths that you wear
Don't leave without taking your silver
You left it right here in my hair

Don't let me cross over love's cheating line

I'm tempted, my darling, to steal you away
Don't let me cross over, stay out of my way
You know that I love you but I'm not the stealing kind
And I'm faced with heartaches that love's cheating line

Don't let me cross over love's cheating line

Don't stop the music
Let it play one more song
The same one that played
But not for so long
He's out with another
I saw him tonight
Sitting there close together
He knows that's not right

ESKIMO PIE
(George Jones)
« © '57 Glad Music »

You can talk about your Frauleins and your pretty Geisha girls
And about the one you got in the USA
But I found myself a sweetheart in Alaska way up high
She's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie

I got a hundred dollars smokin' in my billfold
I know I ought to save it, but it's burnin' a hole
Right through my pocket and into my skin
Come Monday morning I'll be broke again
It's finally Friday, I'm free again
I got my motor running for a wild weekend
It's finally Friday, I'm out of control
Forget the workin' blues and let the good times roll

Flowers For Mama
recorded by George Jones [3/4 time]
written by Eddie Noack, Cindy Walker, Al Rumley

C F C
Papa brought flowers for mama today
D7 G7
And all the grown children but it's not mother's day

She stepped out of the Taxi with a suitcase in her hand
And a hand bag too full for her to hold
I felt her body tremble as I took her in my arms
And she whispered, "Don't ever let me go"

The I watched her hang her dresses up and close the closet door
And I watched her put her satin things away
Somehow now I know she won't be leaving anymore

(Hillman Hall - Glenn Ray)

I'm really glad that you called me
I'm unhappy you found someone new
I've been looking myself and if I'd find someone else
First so I'm telling is you
We're better off to have known love
We're more than we might have been

Frozen heart that's standin' all alone
It's because your love is forever gone
Needin' you like a cold hand needs a glove
Take my heart and warm it with your love.

I can't count the times I've hide my face
Tryin' just to be in your warm embrace
The winter of life has fallen at my door

(Girl you sure know how to say goodbye)

You kissed me and you said I was a gentleman to you
You said I was a person you could trust
You told me that you love me in a way that couldn't die
Girl you sure know how to say goodbye

You kissed me in a way you never did when love was right

You took her from my side
The day you took her from me
And you though that it would hurt my pride
But there were things you failed to see.

You thought you stole away her love
But I want the world to know
It's the truth she turned her back on me

(Bobby Abshire)

(Woooo.)
I've been working all day long on some old forgotten grave
The place where mom and papa rest, beneath the cold, cold clay
Though the tear may fill my eyes, there's a smile upon my face
I see God remembered mom and dad, he put flowers on thier grave
And there's wild flowers bloomin' on mom and papas grave

He said I'll love you 'til I die
She told him you'll forget in time
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind

He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all

Oh, I love her and just can't live without her
And I've got the urge to tell the world about her
But our love's a secret and can't see the light of day
But I went and wrote this love song anyway

Her name is, her eyes are
Her hair is just like and she measures
But someday I'll fill in the lines when she and I are free

(Earl Montgomery)

No, I didn't see you comin' as I was goin' down life's street
I met you and you knocked me off my feet
You left me lame and crippled lovin' you was all I've done

You wrecked my life forever for you're a hit and run
I should have known that you were speeding for you live your life so fast

Well, it won't be long now
Until that 'ol sun goes down
And darkness helps me hide my shameful tears.
My wife works all night long
For a man who's halfway gone
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs.

Chorus:

I love you. I hate you. Forget you. But I'm afraid to.
You loved me, or did you? I'll never be sure.
But one thing's for certain in spite of this hurtin' forever I'm hopelessly yours.

From laughing to crying from living to dying.
From Heaven to heartaches I know I can't cure.
But one thing's for certain in spite of this hurtin' forever I'm hopelessly yours.

We read of a place that's called heaven,
It's made for the pure and the free;
These truths in God's word He has given,
How beautiful heaven must be.

Chorus:
How beautiful heaven must be
Sweet home of the happy and free;

George Jones
I Always Get Lucky With You lyrics

I've had good luck, and bad luck
And no luck, it's true
But I always get lucky with you

I've been turned on, and turned down

We were sitting at the table and we saw your old flame
You grew restless as he passed by
Though you say you can hardly remember his name
I can still see him in your eyes
Oh, when you whisper sweet words to me
I don't hear them for I realize
Should our love grow dim you'd go back to him
I can still see him in your eyes

You know that I'm a humble man Lord
And I try just as hard as I can Lord
I've searched this life for joy but mostly I found tears
So lead me home for I can't find it here

Lead me home for I can't find it here
Everything I've ever wanted always disappeared
Take my hand and with your hand dry my tears

I'm looking for the town where sadness can't be found
Where happiness is blooming all year 'round
A place where there's no heartaches and no one cries a tear
But they all say I can't get there from here.

Surely there's a place to rest a tortured mind
Oh, what I'd give if I could find
A place where there's no mem'ry of all those wasted years

I've got to get used to being lonely
And get used to knowin', darling, that you're gone
Cause how can I prepare myself without you
When I can't get used to being all alone

I got to get used to being lonely
And say this is the last day of the year
Cause how can I look forward to tomorrow

"I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"

[Chorus:]
I don't need your rockin' chair
Your Geritol or your Medicare
Well I still got Neon in my veins
This grey hair don't mean a thing
I do my rockin' on the stage

Well I get lonely in a hurry if you left for a minute
I go crazy inside while you were gone
Yes I get lonely in a hurry if you left for another
I don't think I could take it very long

There would be so many little teardrops fall I don't think that I could count them all
And I know a heart could never ache like mine if I couldn't love you all the time
Cause I get lonely in a hurry...

You got the money, the big career
You can fly most anywhere to get away from here
I got my man, we ain't too tight
But we can rock all night the roof to every Saturday night
I got my girl, got my guitar, I got everything

You've got a website up on the net
And you can stare at that computer till your eyes turn red

My life with trouble goes back to the candy
That I stole from Jessie Walker's country store
A penny separated me from choosing sides with honesty
And I just got tired of being poor.

Some folks eat their supper off of silver
And the only world they'll ever know is wealth
But I can't blame the rich folks for these big stone walls

In a bar room I'm standin' with a drink in my hand
Trying to hide from the world
Drink dulls my memory and so here I stand
I just lost my favorite girl.

I'll stay till I'm no longer able to stand
And drink till my head's in a whirl
I'm living the life of an ungodly man

(George Jones - Dale Ward)

See that girl over there by the jukebox
Here the lonely songs that she plays
Well, you ask me if I know that's she's lonesome
I know a little, I made her that way.

But I knew her when she was happy

I must have done something bad, sometime in my life
And I paid for it time and again
But this time you've hurt me so bad, I could lay down and die
And the pain grows each day, ten times ten times ten

If I thought my hand was against you, why I'd cut off my arm
And I'd walk off and leave it behind
If I thought that you needed money, why I'd sell my own soul

Spent a week in Houston and watched it rain
Spent a day in Dallas missing planes
Lord, it sure was cold up in Montreal
I thought of you, I should`ve called

Acapulco, lying in the sun
Spending all my gold drinking lots of rum
Mexicali women, tan and tall

Rivers turn to oceans and flow on to the sea, embers turn to ashes, and love to memories. Rain turns to rainbows and gray skies turn to blue. But when the world turns on me I turn to you.

A thirsty man needs water. A bluebird needs the sky. A man needs his woman or he'll wither up and die. Roses need sunshine. Violets need the dew. But not half as much as I need you.

Deep in my soul, and always on my mind, forever in my heart, you're the light that shines. Someone to hold when no one else will do. When the world turns on me I turn to you. When the world turns on my I turn to you.

We used to drink Blue Nun there in room 3-2-1
Over the river where we weren't well known
Now it's two coffees then off to the office
Then back in the driveway sittin' at home.

Sneaking around with me, being tied down with me
Which one would you rather have, be honest
Dying to be with me, watching TV with me

I'll be your stepping stone while you keep stepping on
From him to him
I'll try to keep the pace just looking for a place
In your heart within.

You told me once just how my kisses thrilled you
Since that time there's been many lips you've known
Now there you go again in love with someone new

I stumbled in this morning
Completely out of my mind
Down to my last warning
Down to my last line

But before I got one word out
She unloaded on me
Said if that bottle is all that important

I gave you love when you were lonely
And I gave you strength when times were bad
I've been a daddy to your children
And I've dried your tears when you were sad

But darling you don't need to thank me
Having you is thanks enough
And if there's anything you owe me

If you can find it in your heart to just forgive
Then I'll come back and live the way you wanted me to live
All I want is you to be my girl
Let me come and get you and take me to my world
I'll take you to my world away from bar rooms filled with smoke
Where you won't have to sell a drink or here another dirty joke
All I want is you to be my girl
So please come with me let me take you to my world.

How can you say I want you and keep on giving more
You know where I'm going when I walk out the door
She wraps me 'round her finger as any fool can see
But I'm a fool for loving her and you're a fool for loving me.

She doesn't really want me, oh, but she keeps me hangin' on
I'm just someone to talk to when she's all alone
I know you keep on hoping someday she'll set me free

You're lookin' at a satisfied fellow
Unhappy, well, I should say not
If somebody told me that she cheated
No, I wouldn't believe them 'cause I'm all she's got.

I'm the reason that she goes on with him
Oh, she loves me with all of her heart
No, she can't get enough of my lovin'

I know I shouldn't do this but I will anyway
I'll write you this letter and I'll mail it today
I've told me you won't read it but I can't tell my mind
That I'm wasting good paper, a stamp and my time.
You make take what I'm writing as some sort of joke
For I said all this before in the last one I wrote
I know it won't be opened for you won't read one line
I'm just wasting good paper, a stamp and my time.

Oh I've been known to cry for kisses that you gave me
All those arms that used to hold me tight
Though I tell my heart that I don't miss you
I've been known to cry for you at night

I might say that I don't miss you I was glad you said goodbye
Make believe I might be lonely
But my heart knows that I've been known to cry

Tonight I went out with some old friends
We laughed and joked and oh we downed a few
I was feeling strong, till someone played our song
I've still got some hurtin' left to do

There's a waitress that I like down at the diner
I've even asked her out a time or two
But she says, Not until your broken heart has healed

The bars are all closed, it's four in the morning
Must have shut 'em all down by the shape that I'm in
I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking
The whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again

If drinking don't kill me, her memory will
I can't hold out much longer the way that I feel
With the blood from my body, I could start my own still

If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
Recorded by George Jones
Written by James Rowe and James W. Vaughn

G C G
How sweet and happy seemed those days of which I dream
A7 D7
When memory recalls them now and then

IF YOU BELIEVE
(Darrell Edwards)
« © '60 Glad Music »

(Life's supreme reward receive if you believe)
Oh the promise of tomorrow will banish all your sorrow
No need to grieve if you believe
There will be a brighter future and a way prepared

There's a closet full of dresses that I bought you
And here's the keys to the new car in the drive
And before you leave our room, put on your best perfume
If you're gonna do me wrong, do it right

Oh, the next time that old phone rings, I won't answer
'Cause I don't want to be the fool I was tonight
I don't want to know the truth, I don't want to see the proof

IN PERSON
(Liz Anderson)
'66 Greenback Music

You gave the heart you gave to me in person
You made the vows you made to me in person
Then when your love has lost all its glow
You said your friend to let me know

Same old story they all hand me
Preacher tells me these are troubled times
But I know the Lord's been in tougher scrapes than this one
It ain't gonna worry, it ain't gonna worry
No, it ain't gonna worry my mind

Got no money in my pocket, you don't get rich working overtime
But as long as you can't buy the springtime in Virginia

It's A 10-33

We're traveling down the back roads, down the highway filled with lights
With a CB for directions and our ears on day and night
Get Jesus on the airways so he can take command
We won't ever need a roadmap just His soul salvation plan.

You don't have to tell your handle Jesus knows just who you are

I had drifted for so long with my life so full of wrong
That the Lord should have turned his back on me
But he took the trembling hand of a lost and lonely man
Broke the chains from mortal shame and made me free
Yes he took away the sin from my soul where it had been
And he helped my blinding eyes again to see
Yes and now I understand the beauty of salvation's plan
Out on the cross you paid the cost and made me free

Well, I'm knocking on the door of your heart, my dear
Like the three little pigs you have it locked with fear
I'm a-huffin' and a-puffin' like the others do
I'm not a big wolf I'm just a-little boy blue.

Open up your heart and let me come in
I have no hair on my chiny, chin, chin
You know I love you and I want her too

Put the bottle on the table
Let it stay there 'til I'm not able
To see your face in every place that I go
I've been sitting here so long
Just remembering that you are gone
Well, one more drink of wine
Then if you're still on my mind
One drink, just one more, and then another

(Alan Rhody - Bill Caswell)

Just when I learned how to dance they changed the music
Just when I learned how to sing they changed the song
Just when I learned how to love you changed your mind babe
Just when I thought I'd found everything my everything was gone.

Just when love felt so right I found I was wrong, babe

I gave her that diamond she dreamed of,
And I bought her a home with a view;
I took her to the ends of the rainbow,
But all I left her was blue.
Seems I never had time to love her,
Now it seems time just stands still;
I thought I was king of the mountain,
But I was only a fool on the hill.

(I'll be late getting home once again.)

Oh, I guess I should go while the going is good
And my legs are still able to stand
But your lovely smile froze my feet to the floor
And I'll be late getting home once again.

When I'm with you I lose all control

(Lathan Hudson)

The man who ran the motel
Said we couldn't spend the night there anymore
That it'd take a week to clean the room twenty-three
And put new carpet on the floor.

That we harmed his reputation

Why don't you let a little lovin', let a little lovin'
Let a little lovin' come in
Open up your window to your heart and let it in.
Won't you let a little lovin' come in.

Well, ain't no use in you keepin' all that misery bottled up inside you
You could have a blast and forget about the past
If you'd only give yourself a chance

Seems like everyday your love for me is changin'
Either stay with me or leave me here behind
For one day it storms the next day it's fair weather
Make up your mind, let it rain or let it shine.

I want your love but I would rather lose you
Than to keep on having you just pass the time
Set me free or promiss me your love forever

If she seems cold and bitter than (then) I beg of you
Just stop and consider all she's goin' through
Don't be quick to condemn her for things she might say
Just remember life turned her that way.

She's been walked on and stepped on so many times
And I hate to admit it but that last footprint's mine
She was crying when I met her, she cries louder today

It will take a long time to forget you, my dear
A long, long time I'll regret you're not here
A long time remembering when I had you so near
It will take a long time to forget.

There's a lot of people out a-walkin' tonight
Thinkin' about arms that held 'em so tight
Memories keep a-comin' in sight

Oh, that little bitty teeny weeny thing they call the love bug
Nobody's ever seen it, but it's got the whole world shook up
It all started with a little bitty kiss and a hug
It's a little bitty teeny weeny thing they call the love bug

Well, I was ruling the roost, and I had all the chicks to myself
And then suddenly it happened, that funny little feeling I felt
Yeah, I tried to outrun it, but it finally caught up with me

I remember how your eyes used to
Light up over promises that I made
But for the first time in my life
I know now, how it feels to be afraid

I don't know what Id do if you go away
This would sure be one lonely old town

Love Me Love Me
recorded by Tammy Wynette
written by Glenn Sutton and George Richey

C F C
I've searched so long for love and understanding
G7 C
Someone to share my dreams as I grow old

Well, here we are again, tonight alone, just us two
Where the lights are dim and true love is coming through.
There's no one else in this whole world as far as we're concerned
We built ourselves a fire so let it burn.

When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Because I know what's on your mind it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes

Just for a moment I hold you
Each time someone mentions your name
And it happens each time that I see you
And the feelings inside are the same.

You are the dream I keep dreamin'
Each night when I drift off to sleep
Though it's only in dreams that I hold you

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

I remember when daddy died, he said the Lord was by his side
With his last breath, he said I'm goin' to the promised land
That's when mama told us all that she had heard the call
And mama would be a preacher man.

Far as I can remember back mama was a woman that dressed in black
With the sould filled full of gospel and the Bible in her hand
She would go from town to town spreading God's word all around

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

(Larry Kingston - Frank Dycus)

My daddy's hands held Ten'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

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.

There's a name that my lips cannot deny
There's a dream that I know will never die
There's a time that will stand forever still
There's a place in my mind called Mem'ryville.

There's a hope (there's a hope) that hangs on and won't turn loose
There's a heart (there's a heart) that will always beat for you
There's a pain that no one but you can kill

The old man who sold his apples
Isn't there any more
And the city square don't seem as big
As it did before

They tore down that old drug store
We used to love so much
But everything is still the same

I've got a feeling you'll soon be leavin'
But I won't beg you not to go
Because I've always been
A fool to cry for you.

I know this time it's really over
For there's no happiness in store
And I will never be the fool I was before

Well, I can meet you on the street
And I'll stop and talk to you
You can walk around the block
And I will walk around it too

But you can sit down in the park
Do some lovin' in the dark
But to me you don't appeal

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

What goes wrong with the mind of a man in a bar
Who sits and keep drinking with his thoughts strayed so far
It's the same old sad story that has often been told
One drink then another till he's out of control

As he sits at a table with his hands on the glass
For him there's no future there's only the past
He reaches for the bottle but his hands don't take hold

A REAL CLOSE FRIEND
(George Jones - George Riddle)
« © '63 Glad Music »


(I think you know a real close friend of mine)
The girl that you described sounds so familiar
The one you say you've loved for quite some time

The seasons come, the seasons go
Get a little sunshine, rain and snow
Just the way that it was planned to be
But there's no seasons in my heart
While you play t by George Jones and Darrell Edwards
He leading part
Cause the flowers will bloom eternally

Just because I ask a friend about her
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today
She thinks I still care

Just because I haunt the same old places
Where the mem'ry of her lingers ev'rywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be

A dollar an hour, eight hours a day
Will soon make a young man wither away
I work for my family with my wrinkled hands
For I'm a small time laboring man
Six long days each week I toil and I sweat
But on Sunday my family gives me comfort and rest
Then again Monday morning I'll make tracks in the sand
For I'm a small time laboring man

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 can't win.

My love never meant much to you dear
Or yo you I was always a friend

Written by Billy Cox
(As recorded by Webb Pierce w/ The Wilburn Brothers)

There's a ramshackle shack
In old Caroline
It's callin' me back
To the girl of mine
Those two brown eyes

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

Well, I'm a-gonna tag along with Jesus
I'm a-gonna keep a-taggin' along
Well, if I see that's heaven's story
Ain't nothin' ever a-go wrong.

Ah, when the saint goes marchin' in there
Do not might tell me I'm wrong
For by the help and the grace of God

Oh Jesus, please please take the devil outta me.
I've traveled far down this lonesome road
The devil he's got me bent down so low
I've just found out where I want to be

Oh Jesus, please please take the devil outta me.
I'm getting tired of living in sin, I'm tired of keeping the devil for my friend
I want so badly to be set free

I stopped off at the Quick-sack
For some beer and cigarettes
The old man took my money
As he stared at my corvette
He said I had one just like her son
In 1963
'Til a man down at the bank took her from me

I'm tired of sitting home, sick of being all alone
Thought I'd just go for a drive
I was headed downtown, when I did me a turnaround
When I saw the neon sign
Happy hour two for one, sounded like a lot of fun
So I stopped and went inside
The next thing that I knew, I was sittin' on a bar stool
Having the time of my life

Even though I know it's over and your hearts with someone new
There ain't no grave deep enough to bury my love for you
There's no way to hide my feelings or cover up the truth
There ain't no grave deep enough to bury my love for you.

If ever you may need me if your new love does you wrong
On bended knee with open arms I'll welcome you back home
My love for you won't let me be ashamed of what you do

I had a talk with one of your old friends in town today
And she told me that your new love went astray
Now isn't that just the way I said it would be
Come on back home what's bad for you is good for me.

It's good for me to have this chance to win your love again
It's bad for you to lose his love but this is not the end
Still lets pretend to move along that used to be

Well, in the North of Carolina, way back in the hills
Me and my old pappy and he had him a still
He brewed white lightnin' 'til the sun went down
And then you'd fill him a jug and he'd pass it around
Mighty, mighty pleasin', pappy's corn squeezin'
Sh, white lightnin'

Well, the "G" men, "T" men, revenuers, too

Tell me why baby, why baby
Why baby, why you make me cry baby, cry baby
Cry baby, cry
I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die
So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why

Well, I got a crow I wanna pick with you
Just like last time when the feathers flew

They sent him to Asia to fight in a war
He came back home crazy and asking, What for?
They had him committed, oh, medals and all
To a mental hosipital with rubber walls.

They cut off the funding, oh, they cut off the lights
He hit the street runnin' that cold winter night
Now the streets are the only place he can call home

I was standin' by my window
On one cold, and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rollin'
For to carry my mother away.

Will that circle be unbroken
By and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waitin'

You got a reputation
Goin' all over town
For buildin' up a love affair
So you can't tear it down

The hearts you've stepped on one by one
Are prices that you'd pay
But still I'm so in love with you

On the wings of a snow white dove he sends his pure sweet love
A sign from above on the wings of a dove
When troubles surround us and evils come
The body grows weak and the spirits grow numb

When these things beset us he doesn't forget us
He sends down his love on the wings of a dove
On the wings of a snow white dove...

I live in the world, world of forgotten people
Who've loved and lost their hearts so many times
I'm here in the world, a world of forgotten people
Where every heart is aching just like mine

Well, I've loved and I'd been loved but I had the reckless heart
And the many dreams I had are torn apart
Now I find that I was wrong too late I'm all alone

I've been called the world's worst loser
And I don't doubt a moment that it's true
But I can't smile pretending I won't miss you
I'm the world's worst loser when I'm losing you
I may even cry when it's over
And make fun of your somebody new
But I'll hold on as long as I can because
I'm the world's worst loser when I'm losing you

My fingers tremble as I slowly touch the phone
I dial your number not knowing if your own
It rings you answer with sweet hello
My heart beats loudly as the teardrops start to flow.

I bite my lip until the blood runs free
And keep the words I love you hidden deep deep inside of me
I hang up wrong number I hear you tell your friend

Some men look for diamonds
Some men look for gold
I'm just trying to find myself
Before I get too old
Different people have their ways
Of measuring success
Maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best
Well, I walk the straight and narrow

You are the one, you're the one in my heart
You're my darling, my life's greatest thrill
You are the one in my heart and I know
That I love you and I always will.

I've had some sweethearts and dear so have you
And I've done somethings I know I shouldn't do
We tasted life both the bitter and the sweet

Oh you said you were my baby now I know that you're my baby
But it seems to me you got rovin' eye
If you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
You can't keep your finger in two different fire
I remember how you pleaded when you told me that you needed
My lovin' I believe it without a doubt
So if you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And you gotta leave 'em kissin' cousins out

The jukebox is playing a honky tonk song
One more I keep saying and then I'll go home
What good would it do me, I know what I'll find
An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind

The people are laughing and having their fun
While I sit here crying over what you have done
My pockets are empty, my last drink of wine