Karaoké That's Why I Sing This Way Daryle Singletary

My momma used to tell me

Son you better get your work done

Your daddy's comin' home at five

And if you ain't all through with the chores you got to do boy I'm gonna skin you alive

But I was glued to the radio

Listenin' to my heroes

Singin' them sad old songs

Just a-singin' 'em sadder than a one car funeral

And nobody sings like Jones

I'd take that old kitchen broom up to my room and I'd play it like an old guitar

Or sit out on the porch trying to sing like George and dream about becomin' a star

Yeah the things I never did when I was just a kid made me what I am today

You see momma used to whoop me with a

George Jones album

That's why I sing this way

So I ended up in Nashville workin' at a sawmill just to be close to the stars

But I got a little broke and I couldn't ask the folks so I had to hock my old guitar

But I still hang around

Tootie's Orchid Lounge thinkin' he'll walk through that door

But a voice in my mind says

You're wastin' your time see

George don't drink no more

I still take that old broom up to my room and I play it like an old guitar

Or sit out on the porch tryin' to sing like George and dream about becomin' a star

Yeah the things I never did when I was just a kid made me what I am today

You see momma used to whoop me with a

George Jones album

That's why I sing this way

Yeah my momma used to whoop me with a

George Jones album

That's why I sing this way

Yeah yeah yeah hey hey yay