George Jones — Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way

(Arthur Leo Owens - Dennis Knutson) Somebody keeps paying my bar tab But the bartender won't tell me who He gives me six cold ones, to go when he closes And slips me a dollar or two My woman is keeping me busy And I'm afraid to go ask her why But the more I keep drinking The more I keep thinking There's somebody new in her life Chorus: Somebody wants me out of the way And I bet I'll find out when I go home today Here comes the waitress with a loaded down tray Somebody wants me out of the way Now my woman is under suspicion And all I can see in my mind It's two cheating lovers who love under cover And the covers they're under is mine Chorus: Somebody wants me out of the way And I bet I'll find out when I go home today Here come the waitress with a loaded down tray Somebody wants me out of the way Somebody wants me out of the way....