Crazy Arms - Lyrics - George Jones
George Glenn Jones was an American musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including "White Lightning", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last 20 years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill C. Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum."
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Now blue, ain't the word for the way that I feel
And the storm's are brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now, you're not mine.
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps saying, you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon, to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time.
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So please take the treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Some day my crazy arms may hold somebody new
But now I'm so lonely all the time.
Oh, Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps saying, you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon, to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time...
