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You can’t put this possum in a cage

George Jones

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
Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.
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Character Chemistry Drink Enough Maybe Other Problem
You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Cage Possum Puut
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
He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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Death Door Love Stop Today Wreath
Don’t let the ‘business’ change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.
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Always Business Change Fake Fan Love Response Singer Tell
Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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Artist Couple Five Forget Four Nowadays Year
Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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Anybody Artist Country Gospel Love People
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
It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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Half Hour Liquor might More Store Taken
Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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Choice Lessened Loneliness Lonely
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
Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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Country Directly High Life Low Music Relate Simply Something Speak
I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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Anymore Country Done Learn Love Modern Pop Sound Stand
Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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Inside Love Real Stay True Voice
We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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Artist Completely Country Gospel Modern Music Order People Style Young

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