Money to Burn

About Money to Burn

"Money to Burn" is a song written by Johnny Nelms and recorded by American country music artist George Jones. It was released on the Mercury label as the B-side to his 1959 single "Big Harlan Taylor" and became a hit, reaching #15 on the Billboard country survey. The song is similar in theme to the Joe "Red" Hayes song "A Satisfied Mind" in that it observes how worthless wealth can be without love ("A wealth of love is worth much more than all my money to burn"). Jones himself exhibited an ambivalent attitude towards wealth himself for much of his life; although entrenched in the country music business, he remained unimpressed by stardom. In 2006 he explained to Billboard magazine, "A lot of artists come to the big city of Nashville with dollar signs floating around in their heads, they're gonna get a lot of glory and popularity and be somebody and all this crap...you've got to have a love for it to be successful." more »

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2016

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Everywhere you seem to go there I suppose you'll find a yearn
Oh, how I'd like to be that man, he's got money to burn
Oh, how I'd like to be that man, he's got money to burn.

It's money in my pocket but heartaches in my heart
And how many times have you heard it said
A fool and his money will part.

I thought money it was everything and was all I'd ever need
Oh, but a man without a woman's love is like a garden without seed
Oh, but a man without a woman's love is like a garden without seed.

Yes, money in my pockets and memories on my mind
Memories of an old love, the one I left behind.

I'm a rich man in pennies but oh, what I paid to learn
A wealth of love is worth much more than all my money to burn
A wealth of love is worth much more than all my money to burn.

I thought money in my pocket was all I'd ever need
Oh, but a man without a woman's love is like a garden without seed
Oh, but a man without a woman's love is like a garden without seed

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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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