| George Jones | |
|---|---|
 Jones performing at Harrah's Metropolis in Metropolis, Illinois in June 2002 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | George Glenn Jones |
| Also known as | No Show Jones[1] The Possum[1] |
| Born | September 12, 1931 Saratoga, Texas, USA |
| Origin | Vidor, Texas, USA |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupations | singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | acoustic guitar vocals |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Labels | Starday Mercury United Artists Musicor Epic MCA Nashville Asylum Bandit |
| Associated acts | Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard |
George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931) is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.
Over the past 20 years, Jones has frequently been referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill C. Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved."
Throughout his long career, Jones made headlines often as much for tales of his drinking, stormy relationships with women, and violent rages as for his prolific career of making records and touring. His wild lifestyle led to Jones missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones."[ With the help of his fourth wife, Nancy, he has been sober for over 10 years. Jones has had more than 150 hits during his career, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists. The shape of his nose and facial features have given Jones the nickname "The Possum." Jones said in an interview that he has chosen to tour only about 60 dates a year.
1. WALK THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH ME
Walk through this world with me,
Go where I go
Share all my my dreams with me,
I need you so
In life we search and some of us find
I've looked for you a long, long time
And now that I've found you,
New horizons I see
Come take my hand
And walk through this world with me
--- Instrumental ---
Walk through this world with me,
Go where I go
Share all my dreams with me,
I searched for you so
And now that I've found you,
New horizons I see
Come take my hand,
And walk through this world with me
Come take my hand,
And walk through this world with me...
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2. HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY
Songwriters: BRADDOCK, BOBBY / PUTMAN, CURLY
He said I'll love you til I die
She told him you'll forget in time
I watched the years pass slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind
He kept her pictures on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
But he still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again
They found love letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single I love you
I went to see my friend today
Oh but I didn't see no tears
He was all dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
Soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
You know she came to see him one last time
Oh, we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
Well, this time he's over her for good
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
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3. JESUS HOLD MY HAND
As I travel through this pilgrim land
There is a friend who walks with me
Leads me safely through the sinking sand
It is the Christ at Calvary.
This would be my prayer dear Lord each day
To help me do the best I can
For I need Thy light to guide me day and night
Blessed Jesus hold my hand.
Chorus:
Jesus hold my hand
I need thee every hour
Through this pilgrim land
Protect me by thy power.
Hear my feeble plea
O Lord look down on me
When I kneel in prayer I hope to meet you there
Blessed Jesus hold my hand.
--- Instrumental ---
Let me travel in the light divine
That I may see the blessed way
Keep me that I may be wholly Thine
And sing redemption's song some day
I will be a soldier brave and true
And ever firmly take a stand
As I onward go and daily meet the foe
Blessed Jesus hold my hand.
Chorus:
Jesus hold my hand
I need thee every hour
Through this pilgrim land
Protect me by thy power.
Hear my feeble plea.
And O Lord look down on me
When I kneel in prayer I hope to meet you there
Blessed Jesus hold my hand.
When I kneel in prayer I hope to meet you there
Blessed Jesus hold my hand...
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4. I DON'T NEED YOUR ROCKING CHAIR
Songwriters: DYCUS, FRANK / YATES, BILLY WAYNE / PHILLIPS, KERRY KURT
I don't need your rockin' chair
Your Geritol or your Medicare
Well, I still got neon in my vein
This gray hair don't mean a thing
I do my rockin' on the stage
You can't put this possum in a cage
My body's old but it ain't impaired
I don't need your rockin' chair
I ain't ready for the junkyard yet
'Cause I still feel like a new Corvette
It might take a little longer but I'll get there
Well, I don't need your rockin' chair
I don't need your rockin' chair
Your Geritol or your Medicare
Well, I still got neon in my vein
This gray hair don't mean a thing
I do my rockin' on the stage
You can't put this possum in a cage
My body is old but it ain't impaired
I don't need this rockin' chair
Retirement don't fit in my plan
You can keep your seat, I'm a gonna stand
An Eskimo needs a Frigidaire
Like I need your rockin' chair
I don't need your rockin' chair
Your Geritol or your Medicare
Well, I still got neon in my vein
This gray hair don't mean a thing
I do my rockin' on the stage
You can't put this possum in a cage
Yeah, my body's old but it ain't impaired
Well, I don't need your rockin' chair
My body's old but it ain't impaired
I don't need your rockin' chair
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5. AIN'T LOVE BEEN GOOD
Ain't love been good to us, ain't it been good
It's given us happiness and we're knockin' on wood
We're livin' in sunshine like we knew that we could
Ain't love been wonderful, oh, ain't it been good.
We walk through life side by side
We found the door to happiness open wide
And folks who gather now right where we stand
And love's been heaven here on earth in every ways.
The world is troubled in many ways
It seems the problem always are here to stay
But we'll keep holdin' on till the very end
And we'll get by no matter what shape the world is in.
Ain't love been good to us, ain't it been good
It's given us happiness and we're knockin' on wood
We're livin' in sunshine like we knew that we could
Ain't love been wonderful, oh, ain't it been good...
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6. ARE YOU MINE
Songwriters: GOSS, LUKE / GOSS, MATTHEW WESTON / POWELL, PAUL
Will you kiss me when I'm blue
Will you whisper I love you
And make all my dreams come true.
Will you share the good and bad
Bring me joy when I am sad
Tell me darling are you mine
And only mine?
Are you mine? (yes I am.)
All the time? (yes I am.)
Mine alone? (yes sirree.)
All my own? (yes sirree.)
No one else will ever do
I'll be yours and I'll be true
Don't worry dear have no fear
'Cause I'm yours.
Are you mine, tell me dear
Will I always have you near
Will the love light always shine
In your heart just like in mine.
Will you give as well as take
Keep the vows that you will make
Tell me darling are you mine
And only mine?
Are you mine? (yes I am.)
All the time? (yes I am.)
Mine alone? (yes sirree.)
All my own? (yes sirree.)
--- Instrumental ---
Are you mine rich or poor
Tell me darling are you sure
Will you whisper yes I do
And forever love me true?
Will you honor and obey
Will you promise not to stray
Tell me darling are you mine
And only mine?
Are you mine? (yes I am.)
All the time? (yes I am.)
Mine alone? (yes sirree.)
All my own? (yes sirree.)
Don't worry dear have no fear
'Cause I'm yours...
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7. BEFORE I MET YOU
I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time
But that was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine
But that was before I met you.
I thought I was swinging the world by the tail
I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
But that was before I met you.
I wanted to ramble and always be free
But that was before I met you
I said that no woman could ever hold me
But that was before I met you.
They tell me I must reap just what I have sown
But darling I hope it's not true
For once I made plans about living alone
But that was before I met you...
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8. BOOK OF MEMORIES
You've stolen my world from under me
By cheating and deceving me
And now you've gone and set me free
It's in my book of memories.
Inside the book of pages black
With photographs that take me back
I hide the dreams that used to be
Here in my book of memories.
The photograph that shows a bride
And a man with joy he could not hide
And one of a boy on his daddy's knee
It's in my book of memories.
--- Instrumental ---
Inside the book of pages black
With photographs that take me back
I hide the dreams that used to be
Here in my book of memories.
The photograph that shows a bride
And a man with joy he could not hide
And one of a boy on his daddy's knee
It's in my book of memories...
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9. 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU
But now I want to settle down
There nothin' I won't do to be with you
I'm gonna start this very day
Yes, I'm gonna change my way
There nothin' I won't do 'cause I love you.
I did agree to set you free
On you I have no claim
But now I see you're for me
Won't you please take back my name.
I'm gonna start this very day
Yes, I'm gonna change my way
There's nothing I won't do 'cause I love you.
--- Instrumental ---
I did agree to set you free
On you I have no claim
But now I see you're for me
Won't you please take back my name.
I'm gonna start this very day
Yes, I'm gonna change my way
There's nothing I won't do 'cause I love you...
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That look that's in your eyes pulls me apart
Don't open the door to heaven if I can't come in
Don't touch me if you don't love me, sweetheart.
Your kiss is like a drink, oh, when I'm thirsty
Oh, and I'm thirsty for you with all my heart
But don't love me then act as though we've never kissed
Don't touch me if you don't love me, sweetheart.
Don't give me something, oh, that you might take away
To have you then lose you it wouldn't be smart on my part
Don't open the door to heaven if I can't come in
Don't touch me if you don't love me, sweetheart.
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No, don't give me something, Lord, that you might take away
To have you then lose you it wouldn't be smart on my part
Don't open the door to heaven, honey, if I can't come in
And don't touch me if you don't love me, sweetheart.
Don't touch me if you don't love me, sweetheart...
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11. FADED LOVE
That you wrote to me
It's you that I am thinking of
As I read the lines
That to me were so sweet
I remember our faded love.
I miss you darlin' more and more everyday
As Heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat I still think of you
And remember our faded love.
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I think of the past
And all the pleasures we've had
As I watch the mating of the doves
It was in the springtime
That you said goodbye
And I remember our faded love.
I miss you darlin' more and more every day
As Heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat I still think of you
And remember our faded love...
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12. FAMOUS LAST WORDS
She said hold me as tight as you can
She said I live just for you, won't you live for me too
She said I could never love another man.
Oh, those famous last words
Oh, how they hurt me
They go down in my memory
As the saddest I've heard
Oh, those heart breakin' words
She whispered so sweetly
Like I love you, believe me
Famous last words.
--- Instrumental ---
When I come back she asks, it won't be like the past
She said forgive me for I still love you so
But I still hear in my mind it's forever this time
As I stand now watching her go.
Oh, those famous last words
Oh, how they hurt me
They go down in my memory
As the saddest I've heard
Oh, those heart breakin' words
She whispered so sweetly
Like I love you, believe me
Famous last words...
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13. IT'S A SIN
Because I know our love can never be
It's a sin to keep this mem'ry of you
When silence proves that you've forgotten me.
The dream I built for us has tumbled
Each promise broken like my heart
It's a sin, my darling, how I love you
So much in love and yet so far apart
--- Instrumental ---
I'm sure you're happy with another
Who shares the love I can't win
Why pretend that I can't live without you
When deep inside I know that it's a sin...
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14. LOVING YOU MAKES YOU MINE
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
You are with me and I am complete.
But somehow I never quit hoping
That I will hold you in time
Till then it's nexts years tomorrow
Just lovin' you makes you mine.
You set a fire to my feelin's
Each time that I look in your eyes
You smile and I climb up to heaven
There's a rainbow from earth to the sky.
But somehow I never quit hoping
That I will hold you in time
Till then it's nexts years tomorrow
Just lovin' you makes you mine...
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