<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" (1970) </Td> <Td> "A Good Year for the Roses" (1970) </Td> <Td> "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" (1971) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" (1970) </Td> <Td> "A Good Year for the Roses" (1970) </Td> <Td> "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" (1971) </Td> </Tr> <P> "A Good Year for the Roses" is a ballad written by Jerry Chesnut and originally recorded by American country singer George Jones . It rose to #2 on the country singles chart in 1970 . </P> <P> "A Good Year for the Roses" describes the thoughts of a man as his wife is preparing to leave him, and is as good an example as any of Jones' ability to deliver an intensely moving vocal, in this case one that conveys both the sadness and profound bitterness that comes with a broken marriage . Although recorded while George was with Musicor, the production is typical of the sound Billy Sherrill would employ when Jones moved to Epic Records the following year . Although supported by a choir of background singers and strings on the chorus, Jones' stunning clenched - teeth vocal is the centerpiece throughout, with Chris Woodstra of AllMusic calling it "one of his all - time greatest performances ." The lyric, infused by Jones' nuanced delivery, captures the disillusion of the narrator: </P>

Who wrote a good year for the roses