THANK YOU FOR CARING (Jeanette Williams & George Jones)
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

CHORUS: THANK YOU FOR CARING
(DUET) THANK YOU FOR SHARING
IT'S SO NICE OF YOU
TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
THANK YOU FOR CARING
THANK YOU FOR SHARING
A LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE
WE STILL HEAR TO THIS DAY

VERSE 1: WE WERE DRIVING AROUND
(DUET) RAISING MONEY FOR THE CHURCH
WE WERE WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY
WHERE THE FOLKS ARE POOR AS DIRT
WE PULLED UP TO A FARMHOUSE
WHERE A LITTLE FAMILY LIVED
WE KNEW BEFORE WE KNOCKED
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO GIVE

VERSE 2: A LITTLE WIDE EYED GIRL
(GEORGE) CAME TO GREAT US AT THE DOOR
SHE WAS EIGHT OR NINE YEARS OLD
AND ASKED US WHAT WE'D COME THERE FOR
WE SAID WE'RE RAISING MONEY
FOR SOME ORPHANS BACK IN TOWN
WE ASKED HER IF HER MOTHER
OR HER FATHER WAS AROUND

VERSE 3: HER MOTHER CAME OUT
(JEANETTE) AND SHE SAID YOU ALL COME IN
JUST OVERLOOK THE MESSY HOUSE
SHE ADDED WITH A GRIN
SHE SAID MY HUSBAND'S WORKING
HE AIN'T GOT NO BIG CAREER
JUST HAS TO TAKE WHAT WORK HE GETS
TO FEED THE FAMILY HERE

THANK YOU FOR CARING
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By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 4: THE LITTLE GIRL WAS QUIET
(JEANETTE) AS SHE SAT UPON THE COUCH
SHE LISTENED AS WE TOLD THEM
WHAT OUR MISSION WAS ABOUT
WE DIDN'T ASK FOR MONEY
SEEING HOW THEY SEEMED SO POOR
AS WE LEFT THE LITTLE GIRL
WENT WITH US TO THE DOOR

VERSE 5: I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU
(JOHNNY) SHE EXPLAINED WITH A SMILE
THIS IS MY LITTLE HOPE CHEST
THAT I'VE HAD FOR A WHILE
GIVE IT TO AN ORPHAN
A LITTLE GIRL LIKE ME
AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID TO US
AS WE STOOD UP TO LEAVE

REPEAT CHORUS
(DUET)