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Life To Go
George Jones
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I had a wife and family when they put me in this cell
That's the reason this story of mine is very hard to tell
I've been in here eighteen years, that's a long time I know
But time don't mean a thing at all when you've got life to go
I remember back when that little girl would crawl on her daddy's knee
The sweet little words that she once said keeps coming back to me
She'd say, "Daddy, I love you much more than you'll ever know"
Still I've been in here eighteen years and got life to go
I went one night where the lights were
Bright just to see what I could see
I met up with an old friend there that thought the world of me
He bought me drinks and took me to every honky-tonk in town
Then words were said, now he's dead, I had to bring him down
It has been a long time now since I've heard from my wife
I could still be with her now if I hadn't used the knife
I bet that little girl of mine don't realize and know
That her daddy's been in here eighteen years and more
I bet there's not a man outside that's stayed this long in jail
I'll be here in this prison 'til my body is just a shell
Can't be free to run and see the ones that I love so
Yes, I've been in here eighteen years and got life to go
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