That's Why I Sing This Way

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 those 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 what I am today

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 played 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 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 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