Johnny Cash

[fox69]

"Family Bible"

"Family Bible"



Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages cleft for me.

There's a fam'ly bible on the table
Each page is torn and hard to read
But the fam'ly bible on the table
Will ever be my key to memories.

At the end of day when work was over
And when the evening meal was done
Dad would read to us from the fam'ly bible
And we'd count our many blessings one by one.

I can see us sittin' 'round the table
When from the fam'ly bible dad would read
I can hear my mother softly singing
Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages cleft for me.

This old world of ours is full of troubles
This old world would oh, so better be
If we had more bibles on the table
And mothers singing Rock of Ages cleft for me.

I can see us sittin' 'round the table
When from the fam'ly bible dad would read
I can hear my mother softly singing
Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages cleft for me.

Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages cleft for me...

 

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"Far Side Banks Of Jordan"

"Far Side Banks Of Jordan"



I believe my steps are growing wearier each day
Still I've got a journey on my mind
Lures of this old world have ceased to make me want to stay
and my one regret is leaving you behind

If it proves to be his will that I'm the first to go
And some how I've a feeling it will be
When it comes time to travel likewise don't feel lost
For I will be the first one that you'll see

And I'll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan
I'll be waiting drawing pictures in the sand
And when I see you coming I will rise up with a shout!
And come running through the shallow waters reaching for your hand

Through this life we've laboured hard to earn our meager fare
It's brought us trembling hands and failing eyes
I'll just rest here on this shore and turn my eyes away
And then you'll come then we'll see paradise

 

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"Farmer's Almanac"

"Farmer's Almanac"



Well, the farmer prayed for a better year
And the crops were good like the Lord did hear
But his barn burned down with winter near
The answer came in white and black
In the farmer's almanac, it says
"If a man could have half his wishes he could double his trouble"

A sweet old lady was eighty-four
When her kinfolks came for a month or more
Now from overwork she's on the other shore
Much too late was y'all come back
And it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
"Visitors and fish smell after three days"

Our leader was a silver tongued man
He deceived the people of the land
And when he got caught he couldn't stand
It's a little off-beat and a little off-track
But it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
"In rivers and bad government the lightest things flow to the top"

Rod said, "I don't believe in God"
Rod died and lies beneath the sod
For God did not believe in Rod
Life is a troubled and a weary track
But it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
"Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death"

The little boy followed the honeybee
And it flew straight to the honey tree
He got stung but got the honey free
Consolation for the things you lack
Is in the farmer's almanac, it says
"God gives us the darkness so we can see the stars"

He came home three hours late from work
Said, "I had a flat and fell in the dirt"
She said, "You gotten lipstick on your shirt"
Well it turned out like Jill and Jack
And it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
"Lies have to be covered up, truth can run around naked"

He said, "Honey, you know I'm true
I just look at other women that's all I do"
Then she caught him with her best friend Peggy Sue
Sometimes some women will look back
And it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
"There's a lot of difference in window shoppin' and shop liftin'"

I sat down at a shoeshine stand
I had a real slow shoeshine man
I said you don't pop that rag like some of 'em can
He looked at me and then he sat right back
It says in the farmer's almanac, it says
"The trouble with the world today is
There's too much poppin' and not enough shinin'"

 

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"Farther Along"

"Farther Along"



Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder
Why it should be thus all the day long
While there are others living about us
Never molested though in the wrong

Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by

When death has come and taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so lonely and drear
Then do we wonder why others prosper
Living so wicked year after year

Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by

 

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"Fast Boat To Sydney"

"Fast Boat To Sydney"



Oh I am a cheat and I'm a liar
Oh but you're a lovin' ball of fire
I'll leave you like a bum without a penny
And while I'm home with the blues
I'll be hopin' like a kangaroo
When I get off of that fast boat to Sydney

I said listen to me babe
I gave up the lovin' trade
I'm tired of all this runnin' jumpin' playin'
But you're like it down under
The world with the Australian girls
And there's not a word of truth in what you're sayin'

Oh I am a cheat and I'm a liar
Oh but you're a lovin' ball of fire
I'll leave you like a bum without a penny
And while I'm home with the blues
I'll be hopin' like a kangaroo
When I get off of that fast boat to Sydney

This is my greatest act
I've come boom a rangin' back
Grinnin' like a Rudolf Valentino
But then you grab your travel load
Like a swingin' grimmin' dog
And hopped on that fast boat to Sydney

Cause I am a cheat and I'm a liar
Oh but you're a lovin' ball of fire
I'll leave you like a bum without a penny
And while I'm home with the blues
I'll be hopin' like a kangaroo
When I get off of that fast boat to Sydney

 

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"Field Of Diamonds"

"Field Of Diamonds"



Field of diamonds in the sky,
worlds are whirling right on by.
Are you wondering who am I?
Fields of diamonds in the sky.
Am I just a star in some crown?
Or someone's life sun going down, down, down?
Field of diamonds in the sky,
silent beauty shining high.
Are you tears the angels cry?
Field of diamonds in the sky

Field of diamonds in the sky,
like the night you pass me by.
I could touch you if I tried,
fields of diamonds in the sky.
Am I just a star in some crown?
Or someone's life sun going down, down, down?

Field of diamonds in the sky,
silent beauty shining high.
Are you tears the angels cry?
Field of diamonds in the sky.

 

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"Figgy Pudding"

"Figgy Pudding"



We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

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"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"



The first time ever I saw your face, I thought the sun rose in your eyes.
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave,
To the dark and the endless sky, my love.
And the first time ever I kissed your mouth,
I felt the earth move through my hands.
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command.

And the first time ever I lay with you,
I felt your heart so close to mine.
And I know our joy would fill the earth,
And last till the end of time, my love.

The first time ever I saw your face.

 

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"Fishers Of Men"

"Fishers Of Men"


I will make you fishers of men
fishers of men
fishers of men
I will make you fishers of men
If you’ll follow me

If you’ll follow me
If you’ll follow me
I will make you fishers of men
fishers of men
fishers of men
I will make you fishers of men If you’ll follow me

 

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"Five Feet High And Rising"

"Five Feet High And Rising"



My mama always taught me that good things come from adversity if we put our faith in the Lord.
We couldn't see much good in the flood waters when they
were causing us to have to leave home,
But when the water went down, we found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom dirt across our land. The following year we had the best cotton crop we'd ever had.

I remember hearing:

How high's the water, mama?
Two feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Two feet high and risin'

We can make it to the road in a homemade boat
That's the only thing we got left that'll float
It's already over all the wheat and the oats,
Two feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Three feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Three feet high and risin'

Well, the hives are gone,
I've lost my bees
The chickens are sleepin'
In the willow trees
Cow's in water up past her knees,
Three feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Four feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Four feet high and risin'

Hey, come look through the window pane,
The bus is comin', gonna take us to the train
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain,
4 feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Five feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Five feet high and risin'

Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can't come back till the water comes down,
Five feet high and risin'

Well, it's five feet high and risin'