[ti:If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me ] [ar:George Jones] [al:The Essential George Jones] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]George Jones If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me [00:00.64]The bars are all closed it's four in the morning [00:07.75] [00:08.44]Must have shut 'em all down by the shape that I'm in [00:15.68] [00:18.30]I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking [00:25.74] [00:26.55]The whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again [00:34.04] [00:36.28]And if drinking don't kill me her memory will [00:45.92] [00:48.54]I can't hold out much longer the way that I feel [00:58.96] [01:01.08]With the blood from my body I could start my own still [01:10.19] [01:12.87]And if drinking don't kill me her memory will [01:23.17] [01:38.52]These old bones they move slow but so sure of their footsteps [01:46.95]As I trip on the floor and lightly touch down [01:54.21] [01:56.65]Lord it's been ten bottles since I tried to forget her [02:05.07]But the memory still lingers lying here on the ground [02:12.25] [02:14.99]And if drinking don't kill me her memory will [02:23.96] [02:26.45]I can't hold out much longer the way that I feel [02:38.00] [02:38.75]With the blood from my body I could start my own still [02:48.68] [02:50.80]But if drinking don't kill me her memory will