If I Had Half The Sense Song Lyrics and Chords by Lefty Frizzell
If I Had Half The Sense
Recorded by Lefty Frizzell
Written by Don Pearce
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If I had half the sense a fool was
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born
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wouldn't let my
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pride keep hangin'
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on
To put up with the things you come
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up
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pick what's left of me and move
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along
Knowing just how much you liked to
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hurt
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Don't
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mean I've got to
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stand it every
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day
If I had half the sense a fool was
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born
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pack my bags and I'd be on my
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way
But I
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guess I'm twice as dumb as the biggest
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fool every born
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Cause even a fool leaves home when he knows the love is gone
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I had half the sense a fool was
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born with I'd
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leave my pride
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around
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cover me some
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ground and
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find myself to
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cry in another
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town
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FAQ
Who sang the the song If I Had Half The Sense?
- The song If I Had Half The Sense was sang by Lefty Frizzell.
Who is Lefty Frizzell?
- William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 - July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer.He gained prominence in 1950 after two major hits, and throughout the decade was a very popular country performer.
Frizzell influenced a number of other country singers, including George Jones, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Keith Whitley, Merle Haggard, and John Fogerty. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. After the death of Hank Williams in 1953, Frizzell released many songs that charted in the Top 10 of the Hot Country Songs charts. His success did not carry on into the 1960s, and after suffering from alcoholism, he died at age 47.
A vocalist who set the style of singing "the country way" for the generations that followed, Frizzell became one of the most successful and influential artists of country music throughout his career. He smoothed out the rough edges of a honky tonk song by sounding out syllables longer and singing longer. Because of this, his music became much more mainstream without losing its honky-tonk attitude and persona.
