If You Ain't Loving Then You Ain't Living Song Lyrics and Chords
If You Ain't Loving Then You Ain't Living Song Lyrics and Chords by Faron Young
If You Ain't Loving Then You Ain't Living
Recorded by Faron Young
Written by Tommy Collins
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If you got a Cadil
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lac boy and a forty room
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shack
boy
A bucket full of
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money and a tree full of
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honey
But if you get no
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hugging no smooching or
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mugging
Well if you ain't
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loving then you ain't
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living
If you're riding on a
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gravy train stead of walking down
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lovers
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You can't make
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hay boy you're going the wrong
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way
boy
You gotta get a little
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honey it's better than
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money
Well if you ain't
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loving then you ain't
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living
If they call you a
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big man cause you got a lotta
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bottom
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If you're kin to the
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president and you help run the
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government
But if you get no
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attention you better off on a
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pension
Well if you ain't
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loving then you ain't
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living
If you gotta string of
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long cars and you're smoking them
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four bit cigars
You ain't so
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well to do unless you get a little coochy
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coo
It takes a little bit of
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smacking or your life is a
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lacking
Well if you ain't
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loving well brother then you ain't
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living
FAQ
Who sang the the song If You Ain't Loving Then You Ain't Living?
- The song If You Ain't Loving Then You Ain't Living was sang by Faron Young.
Who is Faron Young?
- Faron Young (February 25, 1932 - December 10, 1996) was an American country music producer, singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s. Hits including "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style and his chart-topping singles "Hello Walls" and "It's Four in the Morning" showed his versatility as a vocalist. Known as the Hillbilly Heartthrob, and following a singing cowboy film role as the Young Sheriff, Young's singles charted for more than 30 years. In failing health, he died by suicide at 64 in 1996. Young is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
