Johnny Cash

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"
(originally by Ed McCurdy)

"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"
(originally by Ed McCurdy)

Last night I had the strangest dream I've ever known before
I dreamed that all the world agreed to put an end to war
I dreamed I saw a mighty room, the room was filled with men
And the papers they were signing said they'd never fight again

And when the papers were all signed, and a million copies made
They all shook hands and bowed their heads and grateful prayers were prayed
And the people in the streets below were dancing round and round
While swords and guns and uniforms lay scattered on the ground

Last night I had the strangest dream I've ever known before
I dreamed that all the world agreed to put an end to war

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lately"

"Lately"

Lately I've been thinking that you don't love me at all
Lately I've been readin' and the writin' on the wall
Is sayin' looks like you'll be going and I've no sure way of knowing
But somehow that's what I've been thinking lately
Lately you've been saying things that I don't understand
Lately you look through me as if I'm another man
Instead of your old one and only I'm beginnin' to get lonely
I've been feeling you'll be leaving lately

You might as well just stop it now cause I already know
You wouldn't hurt me less if you just go ahead and go
You know your heart's already gone so you might as well go on
Things have not been working for us lately things have not been working for us lately

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lately I Been Leanin' Toward The Blues"

"Lately I Been Leanin' Toward The Blues"

Lately I've been leanin' toward to blues
The lazy loafin' good for nothin' no count knock around
Ain't been worth a honky dime since country come to town
I'll tell you boys this waitin' up for somethin's got me down to nothin' left to lose

And lately I've been leanin' toward to blues
I said lately I've been leanin' toward to blues
I've been leanin' lately toward the blues
I've done held on till I can't turn loose

Everything is everything and everybody knows
We can't get nowhere by steppin' on each other's toes
And when it comes to Cotton Corners baby anyway you get here is just fine
Cause lately we've been doin' double time

And lately I've been leanin' toward to blues
I've been leanin' lately toward the blues
Done more soul in my old holy shoes
I said lately I've been leanin' toward to blues

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lay Me Down In Dixie"

"Lay Me Down In Dixie"

Lay me down in dixie
and let the world forget me
I'm gonna stay right here till Gabriel calls.
Then pull the dream around me,
wrap me in a memory,
Cause Lord, I love Dixie most of all.
For, somewhere far away a warm sun is shining
Somewhere someone's singing in a soft, southern drawl.
Lay me down in Dixie where they understand me.
Cause Lord I love Dixie most of all
Have you ever seen the glory
of the first warm glow of morning
When that soft Kentucky rain begins to fall?
Then watch the dawn come sliding
Round the corner of the Smokies
That's when I love Dixie most of all

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lead Me Father"

"Lead Me Father"

When my hands are tired and my step is slow
Walk beside me and give me the strength to go
Fill my face with Your courage, so defeat won't show
Pick me up when I stumble, so the world won't know

Lead me Father, with the staff of life
Give me the strength for a song
That the words I sing might more strength bring
To help some poor troubled, weary worker along

When my way is light but I still can see
With a strong hand, strike out the blindness in me
Show me work that I should carry on for Thee
Make my way straight and narrow like You wanted to be

Lead me Father, with the staff of life
Give me the strength for a song
That the words I sing might more strength bring
To help some poor troubled, weary worker along

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lead Me Gently Home"

"Lead Me Gently Home"

Oh lead me gently home father
Lead me gently home

When life's toils are ended
And parting days have come
Sin no more will tempt me
There from thee I'll roam
If you'll only lead me father
Lead me gently home

Oh lead me gently home father
Lead me gently home father
If I fall upon the wayside
Lead me gently home
Lead me gently home father
Lead me gently home

In life's darkest hours father
When my troubles come
Keep my feet from wandering
There from thee I'll roam
Lest I fall upon the wayside
Lead me gently home

Oh lead me gently home father
Lead me gently home father
If I fall upon the wayside
Lead me gently home
Lead me gently home

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Leave That Junk Alone"

"Leave That Junk Alone"

Well you come home ah' feeling
For the knob on the door
You better pick up your feet
You're gonna' fall on the floor
I keep on ah' telling you
I'll tell you some more
You better leave that
Junk alone
And drink water
Lord that liquor's hot
Drink water
You don't wanna' be a sot
You better lay down the bottle
And put on the top
And drink cool H20

Well your eyes are baggy
And ah' bloodshot red
It's been a week or two
Since you've been in bed
You better pay attention
Now to what I said
You better leave that
Junk alone
And drink water
Lord that liquor's hot
Drink water
You don't wanna' be a sot
You better lay down the bottle
And put on the top
And drink cool H20

Well now I'll forgive you
For your running 'round
If you just promise that
You've come unwound
I'll buy you anything
You want in town
If you'll leave that
Junk alone
And drink water
Lord that liquor's hot
Drink water
You don't wanna' be a sot
You better lay down the bottle
And put on the top
And drink
Cool H2O

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Let Him Roll"

"Let Him Roll"

Let him roll, boys let him roll
I bet he's gone to dallas rest his soul

Now he was a wino, tried and true
Done about everything there is to do
He worked on freighters, he worked in bars
He worked on farms, 'n he worked on cars

Now it was white port whine, that put that look in his eye
That grown men get when they need to cry
And we sat down on the curb to rest
And his head just fell down on his chest

He said "every single day it gets
Just a little bit harder to handle and yet..."
Then he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered
The words just rolled off down in the gutter

He was a elevator man in a cheap hotel
In exchange for the rent on a one room cell
And he's years old before his time
No thanks to the world, and the white port wine

And he said "son", he always called me son
He said, "life for you has just begun"
And then he told me the story that i heard before
How he fell in love with a dallas whore

He could cut through the years to the very night
That it all ended, in a whore house fight
And she turned his last proposal down
In favor of being a girl about town

Now it's been seventeen years right in line
And he ain't been straight none of the time
It's too many years of fightin' the weather
And too many nights of not being together

So he died...

Let him roll, boys let him roll
I bet he's gone to dallas rest his soul
Let him roll, boys let him roll
He always thought that heaven
Was just a dallas whore

When they went through his personal affects
In among the stubs from the welfare checks
Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door
An address in dallas, and nothin' more

Well the welfare people provided the priest
And a couple from the mission down the street
Sang amasing grace, and nobody cried
'cept some lady in black way off to the side

We all left and she's standing there
The black veil covering her silver hair
And one-eyed john said her name was alice
She used to be a whore in dallas

Let him roll, boys let him roll
I bet he's gone to dallas rest his soul
Let him roll, boys let him roll
He always thought that heaven
Was just a dallas whore
Let him roll, boys let him roll

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Let Me Down Easy"

"Let Me Down Easy"

Let me down easy if you must go why not deceive me it won't hurt me so
Truth is so painful tell me a lie let me down easy and I'll get by
Let me down easy for old time's sake
Is it too much to ask when my heart's gonna break
I'm bound to lose you I'm bound to cry oh let me down easy and I'll get by

Let me down easy..

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Let Me Help You Carry This Weight"

"Let Me Help You Carry This Weight"

[John Carter Cash:]
Through the lonely streets and up the hill
Past the rabid dogs whose bite would kill
To the lonely rock where time stands still
Let me help you carry the weight

[Johnny Cash:]
On the road of tears where sorrow waits
Every step you take makes my heart break
Seems to me you’re moving toward hell’s gate
Let me help you carry the weight

[Johnny and June Carter:]
Let me help you carry the weight
Let me help you carry the weight
It’s getting dark and the hour is late
Lord, let me help you carry the weight

[June:] The sky turned black and the lightning came down
Teardrops from heaven shook the ground
[June and John Carter:] Looking at his mother I thought I heard him say
[June and Johnny Cash:] Let me help you carry the weight

[Johnny and June:]
Let me help you carry the weight
Let me help you carry the weight
It’s getting dark and the hour is late
Lord, let me help you carry the weight

Let me help you carry the weight
Let me help you carry the weight
It’s getting dark and the hour is late
Lord, let me help you carry the weight

It’s getting dark and the hour is late
Lord, let me help you carry the weight