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A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.

George Jones

Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
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Business Country Everybody Men Music Old Stuck Stuff Traditionalist
You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Cage Possum Puut
Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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Competing Country Even Gospel Modern New Problem Same Style Type
If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Baby Crazy Drink Drive
I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.
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Break Field Lost Love Naturally never Offer Other Road
A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.
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Artist Crook Fix Hat Jeans Kind Lighten Nose Right Straightened Teeth
There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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Lost Melody Nothing Prettier Song World
I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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Bought Cocaine Foolishness New Rest Spent Took
You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
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Always Out Shut Stop Waiting World
It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Beyond Goes Love Misuse Money Much People Something
I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
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Again Drunk Head Home Honk Lay Social Taboo
I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.
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Closer Friend God Just Manin Thank Thing Treat Trying Way
A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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Engine Glistening Glow Horsepower Key Rotary Seat Ten Under
It didn’t make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he’d say, “Get up and sing me some songs.”
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Country Difference Drunk Father Night Say Sing Song Time
Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
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Album Artist Away Buy Country Music Need Support
After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, ‘Lord, please give me a hit.’ I want one so bad.
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Bad Couple Giving Hit Lord Pray Record Want Year

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