my momma used to tell me son you better get your work done your daddy s coming home at five and if you ain t all through with the chores you gotta do boy i m gonna tan you alive i was glued to the radio listening to my hero singing them sad old songs singing them sadder than a one car funeral nobody sings like jones i d take that old kitchen broom up to my room and i d play it like an old guitar or sit out on the porch trying to sing like george dreaming of becoming a star well things i never did when i was just a kid made me what i am today you see momma used to whoop me with a george jones album that s why i sing this way so i ended up in nashville working at a saw mill just to be close to the stars i got a little broke but i couldn t ask my folks so i had to hock my old guitar i still hang around tootsie s orchid lounge thinking he ll walk through that door but a voice in my mind says you wasting your time cause george don t drink no more i used to take that old broom up to my room and i d play it like an old guitar or sit out on the porch trying to sing like george dreaming of becoming a star well things i never did when i was just a kid made me what i am today you see momma used to whoop me with a george jones album that s why i sing this way well things i never did when i was just a kid made me what i am today you see momma used to whoop me with a george jones album that s why i sing this way momma used to whoop me with a george jones album that s why i sing this way