These Days (I Barely Get By)

About These Days (I Barely Get By)

"These Days (I Barely Get By)" is a song by American country singer George Jones. It was one of the few compositions that Jones composed with then wife Tammy Wynette. The song was released on the 1974 Epic retrospective The Best of George Jones, which also featured "The Door." The song is unremittingly bleak, recalling Jones' earlier hit single "Things Have Gone to Pieces," and reflected the dismal relationship that now existed between Jones and Wynette, who would divorce early the following year. As Rich Kienzle recalls in the liner notes to the 1994 Sony retrospective The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country, "Two days after he recorded it on December 11, 1974, he left Tammy. This time she didn't withdraw her divorce petition. The divorce was granted, property divided, and George was left as one of those mournful souls he sang about in 'The Grand Tour.'" more »

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1982

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I woke up this morning aching with pain
Don't think I can work, but I'll try
The car's in the shop so I thumbed all the way
Oh, these days I barely get by

I walked home from work and it rained all the way
My wife left and didn't say why
She laid all our bills on the desk in the hall
Oh, these days I barely get by

Put my only two dollars on my favorite horse
He lost by a nose and I cried
Oh, my boss says come winter, we'll all be laid off
Oh, these days I barely get by

These days I barely get by
I want to give up, lay down and die
Worst of all was when she told me goodbye
Whoa, these days I barely get by
Whoa, these days, one barely gets by

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George Jones

George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931) is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette. more »

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