George Jones — Billy Ray Wrote a Song

(Hank Cochran - Glenn Martin) Well, we left home free spirits, me and Billy Ray He was a going to be going to be going and I was running away Now we was broke before we got started and it got worse later on I wrote home for money and Billy Ray wrote a song Now the people sure get picky when it comes to givin' a ride It didn't take long us leavin' but I thought we'd never arrive Now we get more rides than hitches as we hitch hiked along I got sore feet and blisters and Billy Ray wrote a song Billy Ray wrote a song about everything we did I was a-findin' fault he was findin' rhyms that fit ? Well, we did a lot of thinkin' most of my thoughts were wrong I wanted to ride to Nashville but Billy Ray wrote a song Well, we got into Nashville tired, a-hungry and cold If we'd had a dime between us we could a-called everybody we know We found a bar still open a little band was pickin' away And I set in to drinkin'. Billy Ray set in to play He was an overnight sensation I heard the radio say Somehow they failed to mention the miles all along the way Anyway that's how it happened, yeah, and it sure happened strong They wrote about it happenin' Billy Ray wrote a song Billy Ray wrote a song about everything he knew If I'd a known what I know now, well, I'd-a been writting too Billy Ray sure had it made and I'm still taggin' along I'm a-writing home for money, Billy Ray' still writes the songs...