A DRUNK CAN'T BE A MAN 

He embarrasses his child and wife
Lord, he leads a miserable life
But still he thinks the bottle in his right hand
If' he can tear down more than he's ever built before
A man can be a drunk sometimes
But a drunk can't be a man.

He left your business lag behind
For the nightlife he can find
Why he does all this he'll never understand
And in the morning when he wakes up
Lord, he can't wait to fill his cup
A man can be a drunk sometimes
But a drunk can't be a man.

For he goes from Dr. Jekyle to Mr. Hyde
He seems bound to have the devil for his guide
If he keeps on reachin' out
Lord, he needs a helping hand
But a man can be a drunk sometimes
But a drunk can't be a man.

Yes, man can be a drunk sometimes
But a drunk can't be a man...

A FEW OLE COUNTRY BOYS (WITH RANDY TRAVIS) 

George Jones & Randy Travis

(Randy)
Not too many years ago
When dreams weren't comin' true
I'd reach for inspiration
Sometimes it would be you.

I'd hear you on the radio
I sure did like your sound
Say its good to know
There is still a few ol' country boys around.

(George)
From the smoke its hard to tell
What's coming down the line
We heard you were a fast train
Coming out of Caroline.

We wondered what were you were haulin'
When you rode into town
Say it's good to know
There is still a few ol' country boys around.

(Randy & George)
You must have felt that same ol' feeling
More than once or twice
Guitars pressed against our hearts
Under the neon lights.

(George)
I've got to say that feeling
Is the best that I have found
Lord its good to know
There is still a few ol' country boys around.

(Randy)
There's a lot of truth ya know
In our kind of songs
About the life your living
And how love's done you wrong.

(George)
As long as there's a jukebox
And a honkytonkin' town
It's good to know
There is still a few ol' country boys around.

(Randy)
It's good to know
There is still a few ol' country boys around...

A GIRL I USED TO KNOW 

There's a picture that I carry,
One we made some time ago
If they ask who's in the picture with me,
I say just a girl, I used to know.

Just a girl, I used to go around with
Just a friend, from long ago,
I don't tell them how lost I am without her
I say she's just a girl, I used to know.

I say, she's just another girl now
Just a flame, that's lost it's glow
And I say, her name has slipped my mind now,
And she's just a girl, I used to know.

Just a girl, I used to spend some time with
Just a friend, from long ago,
I don't talk about the nights I cry about her
I say she's just a girl, I used to know.

Just a girl I used to know...

A GOODBYE JOKE 

No, she not gone forever
She's just playing one of her games
And tonight when I get home
Everything will be the same.
'Cause when I woke up this morning
Yes, I found her goodbye note
It just a game she's plays
It just a goodbye joke.
She's just goin' downtown shopping
She'll bring me back some sporty clothes
'Cause I'm always on her mind
No matter where she plans to go.
If I thought she was gone forever
Lord, I'd find me a hangin' rope
That's why I'm drifting now
It's just a goodbye joke.
Ain't it funny the sense of humor
A woman can have sometimes
Especially that lovely woman of mine.
Hey, bartender won't you bring me a drink
'Cause I still like ???
On the words she wrote
In her little goodbye joke...

A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW 

Well, I can see you're advertisin'
'Cause you keep givin' me the eye
It won't take long 'til your in my song
I want to be with you tonight
I've been battlin' needin' bookin'
You the best contract I've known
I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow
If you keep comin' on.

I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow
Since you have set the stage
Take the key and unlock door
Let the tiger out of the cage
Just one more big rehearsal
Another night with you alone
And I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow
If you keep a-comin' on.

--- Instrumental ---

Well, the introductions over
We got our hearts in tune
Let me know before we start the show
Am I fallin' in love to soon
I got a heart nearly as big as Texas
About the size of the astro-dome
And I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow
If you keep -comin' on.

I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow
Since you have set the stage
Take the key and unlock door
Let the tiger out of the cage
I don't want no double feature
'Cause my heart just thinks that wrong
But I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow
If you keep a-comin' on.

Yeah, I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow
If you keep a-comin' on...

A HOUSE OF GOLD 

People steal they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy
But don't they know on the Judgement Day
That gold and silver will melt away
I'd rather be in a deep dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul
What good is gold and silver too
If your heart's not pure and true
Sinner hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray
I'd rather be in a deep dark grave...

A HOUSE WITHOUT LOVE 

For years we both have lived on pride dear and we agree
that love is gone

Why oh why do we keep tryin' a house without love is not
a home

The love light in your eyes has faded and I'm contented
just to roam

We slaved to gain a worthless treasure a house without
love is not a home

[ steel ]

No matter where our footsteps wander I know we'll both be
all alone

With the pride that came between us a house without love
is not a home

The simple things have gone forever we wanted wealth to
call our own

Now we've reached the hour of parting a house without
love is not a home

A LIFETIME TO REGRET 

Tonight I'm all alone and broken hearted
A love we knew I never shall forget
And tell myself that lonely night we parted
I got a lifetime to regret.

They tell me you are happy with another
And I wonder if my memory lingers yet
The things I said the night we said goodbye, dear
Oh, I got a lifetime to regret.

--- Instrumental ---

If we could just erase the mistakes we made, dear
I'm sure we could find happy moments yet
But we can't change the past and I'm afraid, dear
That I got a lifetime to regret.

I know down in my heart that I'm forgivin'
'Cause I'm just like the fish caught in a net
I know true love is what mad my life worth livin'
I got a lifetime to regret...

A MAN I ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET 

I was thrilled to death the day that Babe Ruth signed my baseball bat
I always remember that, the greatest one of all
When I was out in Hollywood John Wayne tipped his cowboy hat
And when I got his autograph I felt ten feet tall.

I met the great Hank Williams one night backstage at the Opy House
He look down and grinned when I said, "I'm your biggest fan."
And I was there the day when J.F.K. rode into Dallas
I walked up to the limosine and shook his mighty hand.

I've met the famous and I've met the best
But there one man I've never met that outshines all the rest
And He's one man I always wanted to meet
He is the King of Kings and He's the Prince of Peace.

If I ever get the chance I'll fall down at His feet
He's one man I always wanted to meet.

Jesus, is the man I always wanted to meet...

A NEW BABY FOR CHRISTMAS 

I want a new baby for Christmas
The one with long pretty hair
I can send her kisses
And I know I'll never miss her
Because she will aklways be there.

Now I don't want this old baby for Christmas
So Santa you know she's not true
She kissed me on a hay ride
And took me on a sleigh ride
The turned my white Christmas blue.

The people are happy at Christmas time
The children they're jumpin' all around
And I don't wan t to be left out of all the fun
So Santa don't you let me down.

I want a new baby for Christmas
So don't you bring me one that's untrue
You kissed me on a hay ride
And took me on a sleigh ride
And turned my white Christmas blue.

--- Instrumental ---

I want a new baby for Christmas
The one with long pretty hair
Then I can send her kisses
And I know I'll never miss her
Because she will always be there.

I don't want this old baby for Christmas
Now, Santa you know she's not true
'Cause she kissed me on a hay ride
And took me on a sleigh ride
Then turned my white Christmas to blue.

Yes, the people are happy at Christmas time
The children they're jumpin' all around
And I don't wan t to be left out of all the fun
So Santa don't you let me down.

I want a new baby for Christmas
Now don't you bring me one that's untrue
She'll kissed me on a hay ride
And took me on a sleigh ride
And turned my white Christmas blue...