Written by Jim Eanes & Wade Perry
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(As performed by George Jones & Gene Pitney)
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A shoulder to cry on is all you want from me
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Someone to share your heartaches when you cry
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Someone you can depend on, who will always be around
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I'm nothing more than just your old standby
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(Chorus:)
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If you could call me darlin, if you could call me dear
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If you could learn to love me by and by
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I wouldn't mind this waiting, for I could stand the pain
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I'd be more to you than just your old standby
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You wouldn't call me darlin and you wouldn't call me dear
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I wonder if you'll miss me when I die
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You have no consideration, you show no sympathy
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I'm nothing more than just your old standby
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(Repeat chorus)
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Your Old Standby
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| George Jones |
