Artist: Johnny Cash
Lyrics of Artist: Johnny Cash
  1. [Lyric] Big River At San Quentin (Johnny Cash)

    "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. Well, all right!" Well, I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river And I'm gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl,...Learn More
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  2. [Lyric] Hurting (Johnny Cash)

    I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that's real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I know goes away In the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt I...Learn More
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  3. [Lyric] This Land Is Your Land Bears Sonic Journals: Live At The Carousel Ballroom April 24 1968 (Johnny Cash)

    [Chorus] This land is your land, this land is my land From California, to the New York Islands From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me [Outro] ......Learn More
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  4. [Lyric] Long Legged Guitar Pickin Man Bears Sonic Journals: Live At The Carousel Ballroom April 24 1968 (Johnny Cash)

    [Intro: Johnny Cash] Here's a song Carl Perkins wrote, he used to play it [Verse 1: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash] Well I'm going start out walking, just you wait and see Uh-huh guitar picker, you ain't leaving without me [Chorus: Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash & Both] Oh you big mouth woman You long legged guitar picking man But we can work this...Learn More
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  5. [Lyric] Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)

    [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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...Learn More
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  6. [Lyric] Orange Blossom Special At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)

    Hey, look yonder comin' Comin' down that railroad track Hey, look yonder comin' Comin' down that railroad track It's that Orange Blossom Special Bringin' my baby back "Have to change harmonicas faster than kiss a duck!" Going down to Florida Get some sand in my shoes Or maybe Californ-ee And get some sand in my shoes Ride that Orange Blossom...Learn More
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  7. [Lyric] I Got Stripes At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)

    On a Monday I was arrested (Uh-huh) On a Tuesday they locked me in the jail (Oh boy) On a Wednesday, my trial was attested On a Thursday, they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell [Chorus] I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders I got chains, chains around my feet I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders And them chains, them chains,...Learn More
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  8. [Lyric] Daddy Sang Bass At San Quentin (Johnny Cash)

    "And Carl Perkins wrote us another song, that tells about the reason for it all. It takes us back home and tells it like it was when I was a little bitty kid. We gathered around the piano, me and little brother would join in, and mama would sing tenor and daddy'd sing bass." I remember when I was a lad Times were hard and things were bad But...Learn More
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  9. [Lyric] The Legend Of John Henrys Hammer At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)

    "Anybody got any special requests for us to do? John Henry? Let me do John Henry..." John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight He said before the sheriff comes I wanna tell you He said listen boy... Said learn to ball a jack and learn to lay a track Learn to pick and shovel too And take my hammer, it’ll do anything you tell it to John Henry's...Learn More
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  10. [Lyric] R OF FIRE (Johnny Cash)

    Love is a burning thing And it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down and the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire The ring of fire I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down and the flames went higher And it burns,...Learn More
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  11. [Lyric] Ring of Fire Bears Sonic Journals: Live At The Carousel Ballroom April 24 1968 (Johnny Cash)

    [Verse 1] Love is a burning thing And it makes a fiery ring Bound of wild desire I fell into a ring of fire [Chorus] I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire [Verse 2] The taste of love is sweet When hearts like ours meet I fell for you like...Learn More
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  12. [Lyric] El Matador (Johnny Cash)

    The crowd is waiting for the bullfight Matador My final fight the place is packed once more But Anita won't throw me a rose this fight The one she wears is not for me tonight She's watching now with her new love I know Walk proud and slow Be strong and sure give the crowd a show They want blood you know! You're still their idol as you were...Learn More
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