A Girl Named George (Larry W Jones 09/03/2019) (song #7591) Started life as a girl in nineteen thirty one The old Texas doc yelled It’s a girl, not a son My Daddy Jones fell down on his face on the floor Then he opened up one bottle and drank some more And what he did is something hard to get undone He signed my birth certificate in bitter tones My Mama didn’t see what Daddy did to me Cause my Daddy he done gave me the name George Jones So, at nineteen I left Texas In Nashville, worked to make money As a waitress down on Broadway No cowboys would call me honey Cause all the uniforms I owned Had my name written as George Jones I know I coulda had me any ‘ol cowboy If Daddy had named me Daisy and not a dude But when cowboys read the name on my uniform They laughed so hard they couldn’t eat their plate of food So, I just clean up the bar with my tray caddie While I try to understand my own darn hormones And that’s when I start in to cussin’ my Daddy For him not a-namin’ me Daisy, but George Jones One night I finished work on Broadway in Nashville Then headed for my empty room And I wished there was any way to change my name That had brought on me so much gloom When on the corner there stood a handsome cowboy He said something that thrilled my bones Cause what he told me was that his name was Daisy Pleased to meet you then, I’m George Jones Well, me and Daisy we got hitched Got us a daughter and a son Yeah, we named our girl Johnnie Cash And our son Jill gets diaper rash Now, when I get home from my job Me and Daisy, we get along When Daisy whispers in my ear Dear, I’m in love with you, George Jones
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