A PAIR OF OLD SNEAKERS 

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Stringin' each other along
Sometimes I feel just like a heel
'Cause I know in my soul, that it's wrong

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Kickin' each other around
Eight times a week, we play 'hide an' cheat'
'Til we've run that game in the ground

We're just a pair of old sneakers
We know that cheatin' is wrong
We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Worn out an' comin' unglued
Both wea
A Pair Of Old Sneakers
Tammy Wynette and George Jones


We're just a pair of old sneakers
Stringin' each other along
Sometimes I feel just like a heel
'Cause I know in my soul, that it's wrong

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Kickin' each other around
Eight times a week, we play 'hide an' cheat'
'Til we've run that game in the ground

We're just a pair of old sneakers
We know that cheatin' is wrong
We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Worn out an' comin' unglued
Both wearin' rings, feelin' ashamed
Tryin' to run from the truth

We're just a pair of old sneakers
And nothin' can tear us apart
Living the lie and Lord knows we've tried
To stop walking on each other's heart

We're just a pair of old sneakers
We know that cheatin' is wrong
We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long
rin' rings, feelin' ashamed
Tryin' to run from the truth

We're just a pair of old sneakers
And nothin' can tear us apart
Living the lie and Lord knows we've tried
To stop walking on each other's heart

We're just a pair of old sneakers
We know that cheatin' is wrong
We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

A PICTURE FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE 

(Spoken)
In the world's mighty gall'ry of pictures
Hang the scenes that are painted from life
There's pictures of love and of passion
And there hangs a pictures of peace and of strife.

There hangs pictures of youth and of beauty'
Of old age and the blushing young bride
They all hang on the wall, aw, but the saddest of all
Are the picture from life's other side.

Chorus: (Sang)
Yes, te picture from life's other side
Someone has fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide
Aw, That may have been happy some day.

There a poor old mother at home
She's watching and waiting alone
Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear
It's just a picture from life's other side.

(Spoken)
Now the first scene is that of a gambler
Who'd lost all of his money playin'
And then his draws his dead mother's ring from his
finger
That she wore long ago on her wedding day.

Aw, it was his last earthly treasure, but he staked it
And then he bows his head that his shame he might hide
Aw, but when they lifted his head, they found he was
dead
That's just a picture from life's other side.

Now the last scene is set down by the river
Of a heart-broken mother and babe
And as the harbor lights shine and they shiver
On an outcast that no one will save.

And yet she was once a true woman
She was somebody's darlin' and pride
(Sang)
God help her, she leaps, for there's no one to weep
It's just a picture from life's other side...

A PICTURE OF ME WITHOUT YOU 

G C G
Imagine a world where no music was playing
G D
then think of a church where nobody's praying
G G7 C G
if you've ever looked up at a sky with no blue
G D G
then you've seen a picture of me without you

G
C G
Have you walked in a garden where nothing was growing
G D
or stood by a river where nothing was flowing
G G7 C G
if you've seen a red rose unkissed by the dew
G D G G7
then you've seen a picture of me without you

C G
Can you picture Heaven with no angels singing
G D

or a quiet Sunday morning with no church bells ringing
G G7 C G

if you've watched as the heart of a child breaks in two
G D G
then you've seen a picture of me without you

G D C G
then you've seen a picture of me without you

A PLACE IN THE COUNTRY 

G C D D7
For thirty some odd years he faced a grinder in the city,
G C D D7
hustlin' day in day out just tryin' to survive,
C G
he bought his wife the finer things,and sent his kids to collage,
C Am D
that always took what little bit he tried to put aside,

G C D D7
But thru it all he had one thing that seemed to keep him going,
G C D D7
a dream that someday he could leave this city life behind,
C G
I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but his dream never faded,
C D G
he told me all about it at least a thousand times.
(chorus)
G G7 C
He always wanted, a place out in the country,
G G7 Am D
where the birds sing, in the morning,and the grass is emerald green,
G C
a place where, he could feel the mornin' sunshine,
G D G
and sit out in the evenin', where the air is, fresh and clean.

It took lots of overtime to keep his wife up with the jonses,
and more to get his son out of his run-ins with the law,
the more it took the more he gave, never once complaining,
I don't know how he ever stood the pressure of it all.

I never thought he'd make it, but he finally left the city,
and now he's got that special little place to call his own,
today I took a ride out in the country just to see him,
it wasn't hard to find because his name was on the stone.
(repeat chorus)x 2

A REAL CLOSE FRIEND 

(I think you know a real close friend of mine)
The girl that you described sounds so familiar
The one you say you've loved for quite some time
Are you sure there's no mistake for I have a feeling
That your real love's a real close friend of mine
Well I am glad we've had this little talk together
For at last I began to see the light
I've been spending many lonely nights here lately
All because of that real close friend of mine
(I think you know a real close friend of mine)
Well I'll bet she says each day her love grows stronger
And if you left she'd surely lose her mind
And if she ever makes you feel unwanted
Then I think you know a real close friend of mine
Yes I am glad we've had this little talk together...
All because of a real close friend of mine

A ROSE FROM A BRIDE'S BOUQUET 

(It was only a rose from the bride's bouquet.) I went to a wedding one bright summer day The bride was a beauty and the people were gay Alone in a corner I stood till the end For the girl was my sweetheart and the boy my best friend. When the service was over there beside the church door I picked up a rose that fell on the floor Alone and neglected as I was that day Was my sweet little rose from the bride's bouquet. It was only a rose from the bride's bouquet Once filled with loves perfume now faded and grey Like the love that she gave me it faded away This sweet little rose from the bride's bouquet. Each petal reminds me of a moment of bliss A sweet little love word and a lingering kiss I waited in teardrops then hide it away My sweet little rose from the bride's bouquet...

A THOUSAND ARMS 

A thousand arms to hold you tight
Five hundreds hours to love you right.

Darling, each and every day I've known you
I fall in love with you a little more
More than just my arms and hours can show you
Maybe that's why I keep wishin' for.

A thousand arms to hold you tight
Five hundreds hours to love you right
A thousand arms to never let you go
Five hundred hours to always love you so.

It seems I just can't do enough things for you
To ever pay you back for lovin' me
I idolize and worship and adore you
Still if I had one wish that wish would be.

A thousand arms to hold you tight
Five hundreds hours to love you right
A thousand arms to never let you go
Five hundred hours to always love you so.

A thousand arms to hold you tight
Five hundreds hours to love you right
A thousand arms to never let you go
Five hundred hours to always love you so...

A WANDERING SOUL 

Oh lend me a hand please Lord and guide me
And help lead me down the road that is right
Oh carry me through these hours of darkness
And show me the path the shining light
I'm a wandering soul I'm lost from my Saviour
A sheep that has strayed so far from the fold
Just tarrying along in the clutch of old Satan
But I'm hoping someday you'll save my soul
Dear Lord please forgive the grief I have caused you
The thoughts of my sins that tortured my soul
Oh help me to know the joy of salvation
Help cleanse my life through and make me whole
I'm a wandering soul...

A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE FOR YOU 

Bisal makes a good burger
Campbell makes a great soup
Jack Danials make a fine boubon
And Miller's makes a good brew
John Deere thay make tractors
Black and Decker makes a good tool
But the only thing I ever make in my life
Is a whole lot of trouble for you, uhh.

A whole lot of trouble for you
Hey, a whole lot of trouble for you
The only thing I make in my life
Is a whole lot of trouble for you.

Colgate makes a great toothpaste
Breechnut makes a fine cereal
Johnson and Johbnson makes bandaides
And Elmers makes a good glue
Coke makes a good cola
And grandpa mountain dew
But the only thing I ever make in my life
Is a whole lot of trouble for you, uhh.

I said, a whole lot of trouble for you
Hey, a whole lot of trouble for you
The only thing I make in my life
Is a whole lot of trouble for you.

--- Instrumental ---

The Colonel makes a good chicken
Mason makes a fine jar
Alka Seltzer makes a lot of bubbles
And Cadilac makes a good car
Hershey makes a good candy
Florshine makes a good shoe
But the only thing I ever make in my life
Is a whole lot of trouble for you, uhh.

A whole lot of trouble for you
Hey, a whole lot of trouble for you
The only thing I make in my life
Is a whole lot of trouble for you.

The only thing I ever make in my life
Is a whole lot of trouble for you...

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE 

In the papers I saw you this morning
You were lovely, dressed in your wedding gown
And it said you would marry a stranger to me
That had drifted into our old home town

Accident'ly, you met him one ev'ning
And you say it was love at first sight
Accident'ly on purpose you're marryin'
Accident'ly on purpose, for spite

For you say that you saw me out painting the town
That I was just a fool with the heart of a clown
Accident'ly, you were mistaken that night
Accident'ly on purpose, for spite

Yes, you say that you saw me out painting the town
That I was just a fool with the heart of a clown
Accident'ly, you were mistaken that night
Accident'ly on purpose, for spite