A Picture of Me (Without You) (song)

According to Rich Kienzle's liner notes for the 1994 Sony retrospective The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country, the song was written specifically for Jones with co-writer Norro Wilson singing the song for George "imitating the Jones style to show how he wanted it sung. Even with the string arrangement, the country feel remained undiminished." The narrator tells his lover to imagine incomplete things, like "a world where no music is playing, a church where nobody's praying, a sky with no blue", and by seeing this, she can see his picture without her by his side. The song is similar to an older Webb Pierce song called "That's Me Without You". It was originally recorded by George Jones, whose version peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1972. In his 1995 autobiography I Lived to Tell It All, Jones quoted lines from the song to describe his own sadness at the passing of his brother-in-law W.T. "Dub" Scroggins in 1993.

The song was covered by Lorrie Morgan on her 1991 album Something in Red. Morgan's version was released as the album's second single in June 1991 and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1991.^[1]

Chart performance

George Jones

Chart (1972)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	13

Lorrie Morgan

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	95

References

↑ Lorrie Morgan Hot Country Songs Chart History
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1682." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 23, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Lorrie Morgan – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lorrie Morgan.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

George Jones songs

Singles	"No Money in This Deal" "Why Baby Why" "Achin', Breakin' Heart" "Seasons of My Heart" "Too Much Water" "Just One More" "Don't Stop the Music" "Color of the Blues" "White Lightning" "Window Up Above" "Tender Years" "She Thinks I Still Care" "I'll Share My World with You "The Race Is On" "Love Bug" "Walk Through This World with Me" "If My Heart Had Windows" "Good Year for the Roses" "Loving You Could Never Be Better" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "The Grand Tour" "The Door" "He Stopped Loving Her Today" "I'm Not Ready Yet" "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" "Still Doin' Time" "Same Ole Me" "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" "I Always Get Lucky with You" "Tennessee Whiskey" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "She's My Rock" "Hallelujah, I Love You So" "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" "Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way" "Wine Colored Roses" "The Right Left Hand" "I Turn to You" "The Bird" "I'm a One Woman Man" "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" "Choices" "Funny How Time Slips Away"

Collaborative singles	"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "Let's Invite Them Over" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "What's in Our Heart" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "We're Gonna Hold On" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Golden Ring" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Near You" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Maybellene" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Two Story House" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "You Better Move On" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Yesterday's Wine" (w/ Merle Haggard) "C.C. Waterback" (w/ Merle Haggard)

Guest singles	"A Few Ole Country Boys" (w/ Randy Travis) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (w/ Patty Loveless) "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (w/ Chad Brock and Hank Williams, Jr.) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ Dierks Bentley)

Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards

Lorrie Morgan

Studio albums	Leave the Light On Something in Red Watch Me War Paint Greater Need Shakin' Things Up Secret Love My Heart I Finally Found Someone Show Me How A Moment in Time Dos Divas

Compilation albums	Reflections: Greatest Hits To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection

Holiday albums	Merry Christmas from London

Notable singles	"Trainwreck of Emotion" "Dear Me" "Out of Your Shoes" "Five Minutes" "He Talks to Me" "We Both Walk" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "Except for Monday" "Something in Red" "Watch Me" "What Part of No" "I Guess You Had to Be There" "Half Enough" "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" "Back in Your Arms Again" "By My Side" (with Jon Randall) "Good as I Was to You" "Go Away" "One of Those Nights Tonight" "Maybe Not Tonight" (with Sammy Kershaw)

Guest singles	"'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" (with Keith Whitley)

Related articles	Discography RCA Records BNA Records George Morgan

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