Made me what I am today
Momma used to whoop me with a George Jones album
Dreaming of becoming a star
And I'd play it like an old guitar
I still hang around tootsie's orchid lounge thinking
That's why I sing this way
Nobody sings like Jones
Boy, I'm gonna tan you alive"
That's why I sing this way
Well, things I never did when I was just a kid
You see, Momma used to whoop me with a George Jones album
And I'd play it like an old guitar
So I ended up in Nashville working at a saw mill
Made me what I am today
I was glued to the radio, listening to my hero
That's why I sing this way
And if you ain't all through with the chores you gotta do
Or sit out on the porch trying to sing like George
But a voice in my mind says, "You wasting your time
Or sit out on the porch trying to sing like George
I'd take that old kitchen broom up to my room
So I had to hock my old guitar
I got a little broke but I couldn't ask my folks
Well, things I never did when I was just a kid
Made me what I am today
Singing them sad old songs
He'll walk through that door
I'd take that old kitchen broom up to my room
Singing them sadder than a one car funeral
Well, things I never did when I was just a kid
'Cause George don't drink no more"
You see, Momma used to whoop me with a George Jones album
Dreaming of becoming a star
You see, Momma used to whoop me with a George Jones album
Just to be close to the stars
