George Strait – If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)

George Strait – If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’), is a song written by Tommy Collins and originally recorded by country music artist Faron Young, reached number two for three weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for Faron Young in 1954.

It was also covered by George Strait on his album If You Ain’t Lovin’, You Ain’t Livin’. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B− grade, saying that it “features Strait singing in such an exaggerated twang that the entire proceedings feel more campy than country. George Strait’s version was a chart topper in 1988, his eighth consecutive single to do so. Its chart performance on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart is unknown. His version became his 15th number 1 single in the U.S.

George Strait – If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)
From the album If You Ain’t Lovin’, You Ain’t Livin’
B-side “Is It That Time Again”
Released August 22, 1988
Recorded September 30, 1987
Genre Country
Length 2:17
Label MCA 53400
Songwriter(s) Tommy Collins
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen & George Strait

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George Strait – If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If you got a Cadillac, boy
And a forty room shack, boy
A bucket full of money and a tree full of honey

But if you’re getting no hugging
No smooching
Or a mugging
If you ain’t loving, then you ain’t living

[Verse 2]
If you’re riding on a gravy train
Instead of walking down lover’s lane
You can’t make hay, boy
Cause you’re going the wrong way boy

You gotta get a little honey
It’s better than money
If you ain’t loving, then you ain’t living

[Verse 3]
If they call you a big man
Cause you gotta lotta bottom land
If you’re kin to the president
And you help run the government

But if you’re getting no attention
You’re better off on a pension
If you ain’t loving, then you ain’t living

[Verse 4]
If you got a string of long cars
And you’re smoking them four-bit cigars
You ain’t no well to do unless you get a little kochi-ko

It takes a little bit of smacking
All your life’s a-lacking
If you ain’t loving, then you ain’t living

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