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(Joe) YOU GUYS ARE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.
WHAT A REAL HONOR IT IS
FOR THE OAK RIDGE BOYS TO BE HERE AND BE PART
OF THIS GREAT GEORGE JONES BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
WE ALL LOVE THE POSSUM. EVERYBODY LOVES THE POSSUM.
WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE POSSUM.
FOR THE OAK RIDGE BOYS WAY BACK IN THE EARLY '80s,
GEORGE JONES HAD A REAL BIG HIT RECORD OUT
ON A SONG CALLED "SAME OLE ME."
AND IF YOU REMEMBER THAT RECORD AT ALL,
THAT GROUP SINGING ON IT WAS US.
IT'S AN HONOR FOR THE OAK RIDGE BOYS
TO SING "SAME OLE ME" FOR GEORGE JONES TONIGHT.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGE!
(cheers and applause)
♪♪ WITH TIME MY FACE HAS WRINKLED ♪♪
♪♪ BUT MY BLUE EYES STILL SPARKLE ♪♪
♪♪ WITH THE LOVE I FELT FOR YOU ♪♪
♪♪ THE DAY WE MET ♪♪
♪♪ AND TO ME YOU'RE JUST AS LOVELY ♪♪
♪♪ AS THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU ♪♪
♪♪ TIME HAS CHANGED ♪♪
♪♪ BUT OUR LOVE ♪♪
♪♪ HASN'T YET ♪♪
♪♪ SAME OL' ME ♪♪
♪♪ SAME SWEET YOU ♪♪
♪♪ TIME ♪♪
♪♪ HASN'T WITHERED ♪♪
♪♪ OUR HEARTS ♪♪
♪♪ DAYS ARE THROUGH ♪♪
♪♪ LOVING YOU ♪♪
♪♪ EVEN DEATH ♪♪
♪♪ CAN'T KEEP US APART ♪♪
♪♪ THESE HANDS THAT ONCE WERE STEADY ♪♪
♪♪ HAVE NOW BEGUN TO TREMBLE ♪♪
♪♪ AND WHEN THEY TOUCH YOU ♪♪
♪♪ THE SAME OLD FEELING'S THERE ♪♪
♪♪ YOUR SMILE IS STILL AS SPECIAL ♪♪
♪♪ AS IT WAS THE DAY WE MARRIED ♪♪
♪♪ YEARS HAVEN'T CHANGED ♪
♪♪ THE LOVE WE SHARE ♪♪
♪♪ SAME OL' ME ♪♪
♪♪ SAME SWEET YOU ♪♪
♪♪ TIME ♪♪
♪♪ HASN'T WITHERED ♪♪
♪♪ OUR HEARTS ♪♪
♪♪ DAYS ARE THROUGH ♪♪
♪♪ LOVING YOU ♪♪
♪♪ EVEN DEATH ♪♪
♪♪ CAN'T KEEP US APART ♪♪
♪♪ SAME OL' ME ♪♪
♪♪ LOVIN' THE ♪♪
♪♪ SAME SWEET YOU... ♪♪
(cheering)
(Duane) I LOVE YOU, GEORGE.
(Nan) COMING UP,
THE ALL-STAR BIRTHDAY BASH FOR GEORGE JONES ROCKS ON