You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It

George Jones · The Cold Hard Truth [Asylum] [1999]

Hey, once I was a honky-tonkin talk of the town

Riding high up in my bad Chevrolet

Had seven pretty woman, Lord, hanging on me

A kissing one for every day.



Aw, but look at me now my women's left town

And a buck is getting hard to come by

Yes, I must confess my life's a big mess

I'm so low I could lay down and die.



Well, you never know just how good you've got it

Till you ain't got it no more

You never know just how high you're flyin'

Till you fall straight down on the floor.



All I can do now is just to moan the blues

And dream about what I had before

You never know just how good you've got it

Till you ain't got it no more.



yeah, uh huh

--- Instrumental ---

lookout now



Oh, the first time in my ramblin' life

True love finally fell in my hands

But it's impossible to love just one

With another on the other end.



Hey, I begged her to stay but she left anyway

I lost her and she's to hard to find

What else can I do, some you win, some you lose

But I think I lost a good one this time.



Well, you just don't know how good you've got it

Till you ain't got it no more

You never no just how high you're flyin'

'Till you fall straight down on the floor



All I do now is just to moan the blues

And dream about what I had before

You never know just how good you got it

Till you ain't got it no more.



Hey, you never know just how good you've got it

Till you ain't got it no more...