About The Song
George Jones – The Grand Tour
“The Grand Tour” is a song by country music legend George Jones. Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of the information available:
Release:
- Released in 1974
- Title track of Jones’ album of the same name
Songwriter:
- Information on the songwriter(s) is not readily available from reliable sources.
Chart Performance:
- The song itself did not reach No. 1 on any Billboard charts.
- However, the album, “The Grand Tour,” peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
Lyrical Content:
- The song is a poignant ballad about a man taking a metaphorical “grand tour” through a former home filled with memories.
- The lyrics paint a picture of a past love lost, with the singer revisiting each room and the emotions associated with it.
- The final stop, foreshadowed throughout the song, is the nursery, where the singer’s wife left him “without mercy, taking nothing but our baby and my heart.”
Legacy:
- “The Grand Tour” is considered a classic track in Jones’ discography.
- It showcases his signature vocals, raw and emotional, perfectly capturing the song’s theme of heartbreak and loss.
- While not a chart-topper itself, the song’s emotional resonance and storytelling continue to resonate with fans.
Additional Resources:
- You can listen to “The Grand Tour” on various streaming services.
- While I cannot provide links due to my safety policy, you can find the song by searching for “George Jones – The Grand Tour” on your preferred platform.
- Several music videos for “The Grand Tour” exist on YouTube. You can find them by searching for the same term.
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Lyrics
🎵 Let’s sing along with the lyrics! 🎤
Step right up, come on in
If you’d like to take the grand tour Of a lonely house that once was home sweet home I have nothing here to sell you Just some things that I will tell you Some things I know will chill you to the boneOver there, sits the chair
Where she’d bring the paper to me And sit down on my knee And whisper, “Oh, I love you” But now she’s gone forever And this old house will never be the same Without the love that we once knewStraight ahead, that’s the bed
Where we lay in love together And Lord knows we had a good thing going here See her picture on the table Don’t it look like she’d be able Just to touch me and say, “Good morning, dear?”There’s her rings, all her things
And her clothes are in the closet Like she left them when she tore my world apart As you leave, you’ll see the nursery Oh, she left me without mercy Taking nothing but our baby, and my heartStep right up, come on in
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