Long Walk Off A Tall Rock

(album: George Jones & Melba Montgomery - 1968)

People keep talking and rocking the boat,
Making trouble for you and me,
Their favorite pastime is digging up the past times
Little things that used to be.
Before I met you I'll bet you we made time
but to the past we've never returned,
So they can take a long walk off a tall rock,
As far as we're concerned.

Yeah, let 'em keep flapping 'bout things that used to happen,
We'll take it with a little grain of salt,
'Cause I know, you know, things that happened long ago
Came to a screeching halt.
They're very little people with minds to match
And I guess they never will learn,
So they can take a long walk off a tall rock,
As far as we're concerned.

They'll never know how it feels to get better,
If they've never made a mistake,
They're so afraid that we're gonna be happy,
They can't bear to give us a break.
They're very little people with minds to match
And I guess they never will learn,
So they can take a long walk off a tall rock,
As far as we're concerned.

Yeah, let 'em keep flapping 'bout things that used to happen,
We'll take it with a little grain of salt,
'Cause I know, you know, things that happened long ago
Came to a screeching halt.
They're very little people with minds to match
And I guess they never will learn,
So they can take a long walk off a tall rock,
As far as we're concerned.