Johnny Cash
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A Legend In My Time
If heartaches brought fame, in love's crazy game
I'd be a
legend in my time
If they gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets
I'd
be a legend in my time
But they don't give awards and there's no praise or fame
For hearts that are broken for love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim
Everyone would know my
name
I'd be a legend in my time
If heartaches brought fame, in love's crazy game
I'd be a
legend in my time
If they gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets
I'd
be a legend in my time
But they don't give awards and there's no praise or fame
For hearts that are broken for love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim
Everyone would know my
name
I'd be a legend in my time
Cry, Cry, Cry
Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down
I think
you only live to see the lights of town
I wasted my time when I would try,
try, try
When the lights have lost their glow you're gonna cry, cry, cry
I lie awake at night to wait till you come in
You stay a
little while and then you're gone again
Every question that I ask I get a
lie, lie, lie
For every lie you tell you're gonna cry, cry, cry
You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone
When
everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own
You're gonna cry, cry, cry
Soon your sugar-daddies will all be gone
You wake up some
cold day and find you're alone
You'll call for me but I'm gonna tell you bye,
bye, bye
When I turn around and walk away you'll cry, cry, cry
When your fickle love gets old, no one will care for you
And you'll come back for me for a little love that's true
I'll tell you no
and you're gonna ask me why, why, why
When I remind you of all of this and
you'll cry, cry, cry
You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll want me then
It'll
hurt when you think of all the fool you've been
You're gonna cry, cry, cry
Down There By The Train
There's a place I know where the train goes slow
Where the
sinner can be washed in the blood of the lamb
There's a river by the trestle
down by sinner's grove
Down where the willow and the dogwood grow
You can hear the whistle, you can hear the bell
From the
halls of heaven to the gates of hell
And there's room for the forsaken if
you're there on time
You'll be washed of all your sins and all of your
crimes
If you're down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the
train goes slow
There's a golden moon that shines up through the mist
And
I know that your name can be on that list
There's no eye for an eye, there's
no tooth for a tooth
I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth
He
was down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the
train
Down there by the train
He was down there where the train goes
slow
If you've lost all your hope, if you've lost all your faith
I know you can be cared for and I know you can be safe
And all the
shamefuls and all of the whores
And even the soldier who pierced the side of
the Lord Is down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there
by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes
slow
Well, I've never asked forgiveness and I've never said a
prayer
Never given of myself, never truly cared
I've left the ones who
loved me and I'm still raising
Cain I've taken the low road and if you've
done the same
Meet me down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the
train goes slow
Meet me down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the
train goes slow
Drink To Me
Drink to me, drink to me
Drink to me, drink to me
Drink
to me
A rose, a carnation, the lily and an orchid make such a pretty
bouquet
(Drink to me, drink to me)
But only the orchid was worthy of you,
so I threw all the others away
(Drink to me, drink to me)
Then you took
the orchid and you breathed on its petals
And after a day or two
The flower still blooms but the
scent's not the orchids
It carries the savor of you
Drink to me, drink to me
Drink to me, drink to me
Drink
to me
So if you're gonna drink to me, drink with your eyes
And
I'll never cry for wine
(Drink to me, drink to me)
Or leave a kiss in an
empty coffee cup then pass it from your lips to mine
(Drink to me, drink to
me)
'Cause I've got a thirst burning way down in my soul
And
honey from a sugar tree
Is not half as sweet as the air that you breathe
Honey come here and drink to me
Drink to me, drink to me
Drink to me, drink to me
Drink
to me
Folsom Prison Blues
I hear the train a comin'
It's rolling round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when,
I'm stuck in Folsom
prison, and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a rollin' on down to
San Antone..
When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son,
Always be a good
boy, don't ever play with guns.
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him
die
When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry..
I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars.
Well I know I had it
coming, I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin'
And that's
what tortures me...
Well if they freed me from this prison,
If that railroad
train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far
from Folsom prison, that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome
whistle blow my blues away.....
San Quentin
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me
You've hosted me
since nineteen sixty three
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen them die
And long ago I stopped askin' why
San Quentin, I hate every inch of you.
You've cut me and
have scarred me thru an' thru.
And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man;
Mister Congressman why can't you understand.
San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
Do you think
I'll be different when you're through?
You bent my heart and mind and you may
my soul,
And your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell.
May your walls
fall and may I live to tell.
May all the world forget you ever stood.
And
may all the world regret you did no good.
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.
Streets Of Laredo
As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
As I walked out on
Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy wrapped in white linen
All wrapped
in white linen as cold as the clay
Beat the drum slowly, play the Fife lowly
Play the dead
march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley, lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong
Then go write a letter and send it to my gray haired mother
And please send the same to my sister so dear
But please not one word of all
this would you mention
When others should ask for my story to hear
There is another, more dear than a sister
She'll bitterly
weep when she hears that I'm gone
And if some other man ever wends her
affection
Don't mention my name, and my name will pass on
Just beat the drum slowly, play the Fife lowly
Play the
dead march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley, lay the sod
o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
Get six pretty
maidens to sing me a song
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin
Roses to
deaden the clods when they fall
We beat the drum slowly, played the Fife lowly
We better
lay wept as we bore him along
Down in the green valley, we laid the sod o'er
him
Just a young cowboy who surely gone wrong
Hey Porter
Hey porter! Hey porter!
Would you tell me the time?
How
much longer will it be till we cross
that Mason Dixon Line?
At daylight
would ya tell that engineer
to slow it down?
Or better still, just stop
the train,
Cause I wanna look around.
Hey porter! Hey porter!
What time did ya say?
How much
longer will it be till I can
see the light of day?
When we hit Dixie will
you tell that engineer
to ring his bell?
And ask everybody that ain't
asleep
to stand right up and yell.
Hey porter! Hey porter!
It's getting light outside.
This
old train is puffin' smoke,
and I have to strain my eyes.
But ask that
engineer if he will
blow his whistle please.
Cause I smell frost on
cotton leaves
and I feel that Southern breeze.
Hey porter! Hey porter!
Please get my bags for me.
I
need nobody to tell me now
that we're in Tennessee.
Go tell that engineer
to make that
lonesome whistle scream,
We're not so far from home
so
take it easy on the steam.
Hey porter! Hey porter!
Please open up the door.
When
they stop the train I'm gonna get off first
Cause I can't wait no more.
Tell that engineer I said thanks alot,
and I didn't mind the fare.
I'm
gonna set my feet on Southern soil
and breathe that Southern air.
The Man On The Hill
Will we get cold and hungry
Will times be very bad?
When
we're needin' bread and meat
Where we gonna get it, Dad?
We'll get it from the man
In the house on the hill
Yes
we will from the man on the hill
Ploughin' time is over
Still the fields are bare
How we
gonna make a livin'
With twenty acres to share?
I'll beg for more land
From the man on the hill
Yes I
will, I'll ask the man on the hill
I ain't got no Sunday shoes
That I can wear to town
Papa
reckon the boss has got
A pair of hand-me-downs
I'll go and ask the man
In the house on the hill
Yes I
will, I'll ask the man on the hill
Maybe he will help us
Maybe we'll get by
But who's gonna
pay the dyin' bills
If we all should die
We'll leave it to the man
In the sky when we die
Yes
we'll leave it to the man in the sky
I Want To Go Home
We sailed on the ship John B, my grandfather and me
Around
Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night, got into a fight
Well, I feel
so homesick I wanna go home
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mainsail sets
Call
for the captain ashore, let me go home
Let me go home, why don't you let me
go home?
Well, I feel so homesick I wanna go home
The first mate, he got drunk, broke up the people's trunk
Constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone, why don't you
leave me alone?
Well, I feel so homesick I wanna go home
Then the cook, he caught the fits, threw out all of my grits
Then he took and ate up all of my corn
Let me go home, why don't you let me
go home?
Well, this is the worst trip since I have been born
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mainsail sets
Call
for the captain ashore, let me go home
Let me go home, why don't you let me
go home?
Well, I feel so homesick I wanna go home
The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
Johnny Yuma was a rebel
He roamed through the west
Did
Johnny Yuma, the rebel
He wandered alone
He got fightin' mad
This rebel lad
He packed no star
As he wandered far
Where the only law
Was a hook and a draw
The rebel,
Johnny Yuma
He searched the land
This restless lad
He was panther
quick
And leather tough
If he figured that
He'd been pushed enough
The rebel, Johnny Yuma
Fightin' mad
This rebel lad
With a dream he'd hold
'Til his dyin' breath
He'd search his soul
And gamble with death
The
rebel, Johnny Yuma
Jackson
We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I'm goin' to
Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
Look out
Jackson town.
Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health.
Go play your hand you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself,
You're
goin' to Jackson; go comb your hair!
Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson.
See if I care.
When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow.
(Hah!)
All them women gonna make me, teach 'em what they don't know how,
I'm goin' to Jackson, you turn-a loose-a my coat.
'Cos I'm goin' to Jackson.
"Goodbye," that's all she wrote.
But they'll laugh at you in Jackson, and I'll be dancin' on a
Pony Keg.
They'll lead you 'round town like a scalded hound,
With your
tail tucked between your legs,
You're goin' to Jackson, you big-talkin' man.
And I'll be waitin' in Jackson, behind my Jaypan Fan,
Well now, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper
Sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I'm goin' to Jackson, and that's a fact.
Yeah, we're goin' to Jackson, ain't
never comin' back.
Well, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout'
And we've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went...
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