George Jones - If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will) lyrics

Written by R. Beresford and H. Sanders

The bars are all closed

It?s four in the morning

Must have shut 'em all down

By the shape that I'm in

I lay my head on the wheel

And the horn begins honking

The whole neighborhood knows

That I'm home drunk again

(Chorus:)

And if drinking don't kill me

Her memory will

I can't hold out much longer

The way that I feel

With the blood from my body

I could start my own still

And if drinking don't kill me

Her memory will

These wild old bones they move slow

But so sure of their footsteps

As I trip on the floor

And lightly touch down

Lord it?s been ten bottles

Since I tried to forget her

But the memory still lingers

Lying here on the ground

(Repeat chorus)