YOU CAN'T DO WRONG AND GET BY 

(George)
I remember my grandfather's counsel
As he layed the leather to my hide
He said there's just one rule to life that always will
apply
You can't do wrong and get by.

(Ricky)
Now, lessons tend to fade as we grow older
And I found myself in jail at twenty-five
Had to sit there by my lawyer, the old judge looked me
in the eye
Said, you can't do wrong and get by.

(Both)
You can't do wrong and get by for very long
Do wrong and all your troubles multiply
(George)
You may not face them here but you'll face the man on
high
(Both)
You can't do wrong and get by.

--- Instrumental ---

(George)
Now once I had a wife and lovin' children
But I gave into the pleasures of the night
Used my grand dads very words to say her last goodbye
You can't do wrong and get by.

(Both)
You can't do wrong and get by for very long
Do wrong and all your troubles multiply
Ricky)
Oh, you may not face them here but you'll sure face the
man on high
(Both)
You can't do wrong and get by.

No, no, you can't do wrong and get by
You can't do wrong and get by.

Oh no, you can't do wrong and get by...

YOU COMB HER HAIR 

I know that you wonder who I dream about
And if I met someone who thrills me so
Well, I've finally met a girl who turns me inside out
I'll tell you about her for you ought to know.

You comb her hair every mornin'
And make sure she's dressed just right
You comb her hair every mornin'
And put her to bed everynight.

When she's around me sometimes I can hardly speak
I stammer and I walk right into doors
And just to hold her hand in mine makes me feel weak
Oh, you know her heart is a friend of yours.

You comb her hair every mornin'
And make sure she's dressed just right
You comb her hair every mornin'
And put her to bed everynight...

YOU COULDN'T GET THE PICTURE 

I walked In the front door,
Turned the light on in the hall.
Then I saw the post-it notes
That she had stuck up on the wall.
The first one said, "I love you,
but I can't live on love alone."

The Little yellow post-it-notes
were stuck up everywhere.
One was on the microwave
and one on the Fridgidaire.
It said "I cried all night
but you weren't there to watch the teardrops fall."
But if you couldn't get the picture
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.

Sometimes you do what you've gotta do
If ya do anything at all.
Sometimes it takes a freight train comin'
Sometimes it takes a mountian to fall
Sometimes you do what you've gotta do
Sometimes you gotta walk before you crawl
And if you couldn't get the picture
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.

The post-it note on Her pillow said,
"The lonely nights were hell"
The one on the mirror said,
"Take a good look at yourself"
And the one she put on the closet door Said,
"I waited long enough for you to call."
And if you couldn't get the picture
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.

Sometimes you do what you've gotta do
If ya do anything at all.
But if you couldn't get the picture,
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.
And if you couldn't get the picture,
Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.

YOU DON'T SEEM TO MISS ME 

It's a long way off from where I should be going
And everytime I hate to leave your side
And now when I return there's somethin' missin'
When I'm gone you don't seem to miss me.

Now life's so fast and everything is changing
And if your changeing too then I don't blame you
I remember how you used to kiss me
But when I'm gone you don't seem to miss me.

I'm going back I wonder why
I'm running fast to get home
I just can't wait to see your face
But you don't seem to miss me.

--- Instrumental ---

No one can take away the things you've given
And all the good we've had along together
There was a time when you could not resist me
Now I'm gone you don't seem to miss me.

I'm going back I wonder why
I'm running fast to get home
I just can't wait to see your face
But you don't seem to miss me.

I can't wait to see your face
But you don't seem to miss me...

YOU DONE ME WRONG 

Well you tell me that you care but now you're gone you got me cryin'
 No use denyin' you done me wrong
 If I could look inside your heart maybe I could find the reason
 Why you are leavin' me all alone
 Well you know it's not so when you say it's not well you know you lie
 I didn't do one wrong thing to you
 Won't you tell me baby why you went and left me here so lonely
 I miss only yes I love you
 [ fiddle - steel ]
 Did I ever make you sad so you'd be mad and love to hurt me
 And desert me for so long
 Well you're telling everyone what you done you think it's funny
 Well listen honey you done me wrong
 Well you know it's not so...
 [ piano ]
 Well you know it's not so...

YOU GOTTA BE MY BABY 

Oh you said you were my baby now I know that you're my baby
But it seems to me you got rovin' eye
If you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
You can't keep your finger in two different fire
I remember how you pleaded when you told me that you needed
My lovin' I believe it without a doubt
So if you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And you gotta leave 'em kissin' cousins out
Oh when you're high steppin' I'm a crawlin' low
I get suspicious and I'm a gonna tell you so
If you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And be nobody's baby but mine
[ guitar - steel ]
Now I heard there was another so I went and asked your mother
If anybody hung around besides me
She gave me no satisfaction and now I can't take no action
But I think I'll hang around and see
If you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And you gotta come to me and tell me so
If you're gonna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And I'm tired of waitin' round so let me know
Yes when you're high steppin'...

YOU MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF ME 

I never thought I'd find someone
Who could make me stay at home
I thought I always wanted to be free
But you walked into my life
And today you are my wife
And made a believer out of me.

You said that I belonged to you
And my running days were through
And I realized then that's how it had to be
And you made a believer out of me.

Yes, you made a believer out of me
You convinced me that I needed you
And I don't want to be free
Yes, you made a believer out of me

--- Instrumental ---

You said the women that I knew
Could never take the place of you
You promised to erase their memory
You gave your love and now I know
It won't be hard to let them go
You made a believer out of me.

I'll stay with you both day and night
'Cause your love is outta sight
I hope that you don't never set me free
And you made a believer out of me.

Yes, you made a believer out of me
You convinced me that I needed you
And I don't want to be free
Yes, you made a believer out of me...

YOU MUST HAVE WALKED ACROSS MY MIND AGAIN 

I woke up downtown in jail again this morinin'
They say I went half crazy with the booze
Then they hit me one more time for no reason
But they can't hurt me, not half as much as you

(Chorus:)
You must have walked across my mind again
I don't recall what I've done or where I've been
I was holding my own, then everything went wrong
You must have walked across my mind again

That old jukebox won't be playing my favorite song no more
The bottle that I through knocked out it's lights
They say I damaged everything I put my hands upon
And one man might not make it through the night

(Repeat chorus)

YOU NEVER KNOW JUST HOW GOOD YOU'VE GOT IT 

Hey, once I was a honky-tonkin talk of the town
Riding high up in my bad Chevrolet
Had seven pretty woman, Lord, hanging on me
A kissing one for every day.

Aw, but look at me now my women's left town
And a buck is getting hard to come by
Yes, I must confess my life's a big mess
I'm so low I could lay down and die.

Well, you never know just how good you've got it
Till you ain't got it no more
You never know just how high you're flyin'
Till you fall straight down on the floor.

All I can do now is just to moan the blues
And dream about what I had before
You never know just how good you've got it
Till you ain't got it no more.

Yeah, uh huh
--- Instrumental ---
Lookout now

Oh, the first time in my ramblin' life
True love finally fell in my hands
But it's impossible to love just one
With another on the other end.

Hey, I begged her to stay but she left anyway
I lost her and she's to hard to find
What else can I do, some you win, some you lose
But I think I lost a good one this time.

Well, you just don't know how good you've got it
Till you ain't got it no more
You never no just how high you're flyin'
'Till you fall straight down on the floor

All I do now is just to moan the blues
And dream about what I had before
You never know just how good you got it
Till you ain't got it no more.

Hey, you never know just how good you've got it
Till you ain't got it no more...

YOU NEVER LOOKED THAT GOOD WHEN YOU WERE MINE 

George Jones: Well I saw you today and I thought for a while I was dreaming. You were the loveliest girl I'd seen in a long long time. You introduced me to him and while we were talking I just stood there thinking you never looked that good when you were mine.

Patti Page: It was all I could do to hide all the things I was feeling. Lord just lookin' at you sent chills up and down my spine. I wanted so much to reach and touch you but I just stood there dyin'. You never looked that good when you were mine.

George Talking: You know hunny, I've wondered so many times if you still stayed out late the way we used to do. With all of our old friends, the jukebox and all that wine.

Patti: Oh maybe you just stay at home lovin' one another

Together: Cuz you never looked that good when you were mine.

Patti: Oh if I knew then what I know now we'd still be together. Cuz you never looked that good when you were mine.