1.

Lonesome Life

George Jones - George Riddle

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

(Have pity on me please oh won't you lonesome life)

That's ended now old lonesome life it's for the best
I'm tired inside and this old heart could use the rest
It might as well stop beating far as she's concerned
Inside I know there's not a chance that she'll return

Rid yourself off me I beg old lonesome life
And free me from all memories of her tonight
Unchain my heart and let the world turn out its light
Have pity on me please oh won't you lonesome life
(Have pity on me please oh won't you lonesome life)

Old lonesome life I've been through many things with you
Like sleepless nights and broken dreams and love untrue
You know I've searched my practice let's do what's right
And let me go from you I plead old lonesome life

Rid yourself off me I beg old lonesome life
And free me from all memories of her tonight
Unchain my heart and let the world turn out its light
Have pity on me please oh won't you lonesome life
Have pity on me please oh won't you lonesome life

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2.

Old Old House

George Jones - Hal Bynum

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

There's an old old house that once was a mansion
On a hill overlookin' the town
But time has left the wreckage where once there was beauty
And soon the old house will tumble down

But when the leaves start to fall in autumn
And the rain starts to drift from the dream
And there's an old old man who once grew through the garden
And his head is bowed in memory
[ steel ]
Many say he built the mansion because of a woman
And they planned to be married in the fall
But her love withered in the last days of summer
And the house grew empty after all

But when the leaves start to fall in autumn...

And there's an old old man who once grew through the garden
And his head is bowed in memory

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3.

(# 29 country hit)

I Saw Me

George Jones - June Davis

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI / Mixer Music, BMI

For the first time tonight I saw me
And I said to myself what a fool
She placed a crown on your head
Believed the lies each one you said
For the first time tonight I saw me

Yes I looked into my eyes
And saw the reason why she cries
Saw a picture of a fool who should still be by her side
For the first time tonight I saw me
And I'm ashamed for now I can see
Love she gave all in vain I was her world her everything
For the first time tonight I saw me

Yes I looked into my eyes...
Yes for the first time tonight I saw me

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4.

Every Time I Look At You

George Jones - Johnny Mathis

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

I see a beautiful rose
And my heart full of love overflows
I get a feeling that I never knew
Every time that I look at you

The world looks so different to me
Everything's so pretty I see
I get a feeling that I never knew
Every time that I look at you

The world is your lips so divine
In you arms heaven is mine
I always see a dream come true
Everytime that I look at you
Everytime that I look at you

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5.

I Wish Tonight Would Never End

George Jones - Johnny Mathis

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

Go out on a date with me tonight
Kiss me hard and hold me tight
Baby I've loved you for so long
You're really just a huggin' and kissin' pet
Make love that ain't been made yet
Baby true love just can't be wrong

Well we'll a make love underneath the stars under a lovers moon
Make us some plans about a weddin' day that's comin' up real soon
So I'm a gonna take you out tonight
And I'm a gonna treat you real real nice
Wish that tonight would never end
[ guitar ]
Well a we'll a get in about two o'clock
And all your neighbors in the block
They won't know what time that you get in
Cause we'll a just a sneak up to your door
Kiss me once and I'll beg for more
Wish that tonight would never end

Yeah yeah we'll make love underneath the stars...

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6.

Flame In My Heart

George Jones - Bernard Spurlock

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

with Melba Montgomery

You cheated on me (you cheated me)
I tried to be fair (I tried to be fair)
But you don't believe enduring your share
But I've learned my lesson (I've learned my lesson)
And now I can say (and now I can say)
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away

Your kisses don't thrill me like they used to do
Your arms only chill me I'm glad that we're through
My heart was once yearning (my heart was once yearning)
But now I can say (but now I can say)
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away
[ fiddle ]
You fool me a while (you fool me a while)
You thought you were wise (you thought you were wise)
You even believed I fell for your life
But the trick's turned on you (the trick's turned you)
Now gladly I say (now gladly I say)
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away

Your kisses don't thrill me like they used to do...

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7.

Ain't It Funny What A Fool Will Do

George Jones - Johnny Mathis

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

(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 I cried baby after you
Oh Lord it's funny what a fool will do

Here am I with empty arms again
Counting all the times that you've walked out and walked back in
Still my heart goes right on wanting you
Oh Lord it's funny what a fool will do

Yes your love with all these heartaches I must say so
I can't hold you and yet I can't let you go
You just speak and I'm a slave to you
Oh Lord it's funny what a fool will do
Oh Lord it's funny what a fool will do

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8.

There's No Justice

Leon Payne

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

Oh I told you if you walked out on me we were through
And you told me that it couldn't matter less to you
You turned me down for someone who
Wouldn't turn a hand for you
There's no justice in this world anymore

There's no justice in this world anymore
Sometimes I ask myself what am I living for
If wrong can try out for the right
If we are licked before we fight
There's no justice in this world anymore
[ fiddle - steel ]
Oh you turned me down because you knew I loved you so
And you tried to see exactly how far you could go
Well I thought that you would change your mind
But there's no hope for now I find
There's no justice in this world any more

There's no justice in this world anymore...

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9.

(# 3 country hit)

We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

with Melba Montgomery

We said our goodbyes long ago
Never thinking we'd miss each other so
All the memories we can't leave behind
Oh we must have been out of our minds

I thought I loved another not you
How foolish I thought the same too
They both turned out to be the wrong kinds
Oh we must have been out of our minds
[ steel ]
Let's forgive and forget the past we've known
And reap together the wild seeds we've sowed
Surely they can forgive us and find
That we must have been out of our minds

I thought I loved another not you...
Yes we must have been out of our minds

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10.

I Can't Change Overnight

George Jones - Johnny Mathis

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

There's a love in my heart that I'd been keeping
I don't know how to give it away to someone new
Oh you walked out the door and left me weeping
And I can't change overnight from loving you

If I can't walk with you then I'll walk all alone
Till my feet touch the ground then that's where I'll call home
I don't like all this loneliness that I go through
But I can't change overnight from loving you
[ steel ]
All you say to forget the lips I used to kiss
Find someone to take the place of a love I once knew
Yes you walked out the door and left me weeping
And I can't change overnight from loving you

If I can't walk with you then I'll walk all alone...

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11.

In The Shadow Of A Lie

George Jones - Dick Overbey

© Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI

I lead a rich rewarding life good wife, a home, a car
But generally you can find me down in some dim lit bar
I hold all the treasures of the world this fact I can't deny
But I'm living yes I'm living in the shadow of a lie

My wife's first husband and myself were on a fishing trip
He was in our rowboat me on shore when I saw my partner slip
A hellish thing took hold of me and I delayed my rescue dash
Still I knew my lover's husband had finally breathed his last

I took his body back to town and restrained a happy smile
When they said there'd be a hearing wouldn't even be a trial
That a fine upstanding citizen like me to do no wrong
And the walls between me and my love would finally to be gone

Now just when my world glows brightest and warm thoughts run through my head
A chilling darkness hovers like a demon overhead
And sometimes the guilt inside me reigns so strong I hope to die
For I'm living is it living in the shadow of a lie

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12.

Seasons Of My Heart

George Jones - Darrell Edwards

© Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI

The seasons come the seasons go
We 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 the leading part
Cause the flowers will bloom eternally

Your leaving will bring autumn sorrow
And my tears like withered leaves will fall
But spring could bring some glad tomorrow
And darling we could be happy after all
[ steel ]
As it is in nature's plan
No season get the upper hand
Oh how I try to keep this fact in mind
The trees are bare the cold wind blows
And by experience we should know
That winter comes but the spring is close behind

Your leaving will bring autumn sorrow...

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