Johnny Cash

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Looking Back In Anger"

"Looking Back In Anger"

A cold bitter mist covers your eyes torment is raging in you
But you can't change the smallest part of all the wrongs you've done
Looking back in anger like you do

I'm not preachin' I'm just talkin' but I believe in what I say
That look of anger that you keep flashin' won't
accomplish you anything today
Reach out your hand someone will take it
Someone took mine then I saw a different view
I saw it'd take take a lot more loving
And a lot less looking back in anger like you do

You're still a victim of the pornographic past
The smutty face of evil showing through
But you can't take away the scars that you put on that face
Looking back in anger like you do

Now I ain't preachin' I'm just talkin' but I believe in what I say
That look of anger that you keep flashin' won't accomplish you anything today
Reach out your hand someone will take it
Someone took mine then I saw a different view
I saw it'd take take a lot more loving
And a lot less looking back in anger like you do

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lord Take These Hands"

"Lord Take These Hands"

My face is scarred
And I’m seldom lucky
And the words that He gave to me then
Much later touched me

And He was pushed but He wouldn’t push back
And He was fought but not bested
And He believes now so much more than He did yesteryear
And He won’t be bested, He won’t be bested, oh no

Lord, take these hands
Give me strength to stand
Give me hope to try
And I won’t walk on by

Lord, take these hands
Give me strength to stand
And I won’t walk on by

Love is never as easy to come as we think it should be
But when it does don’t it pour down like the rain

And I won’t be pushed
Won’t be chained
Won’t be lost
And I won’t be afraid

That’s just not as easy as it should seem
So, please

Lord, take these hands
Give me strength to stand
Give me hope to try
I won’t walk on by

Lord, take these hands
Give me strength to stand
Give me hope and I’m going to try
I won’t walk on by

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lorena"

"Lorena"

The years creep slowly by, lorena,
The snow is on the grass again;
The sun's low down the sky, lorena,
The frost gleams where the flowers have been.
But my heart beats on as warmly now,
As when the summer days were nigh;
The sun can never dip so low,
Or down affections cloudless sky.

A hundred months have passed, lorena,
Since last I held that hand in mine,
And felt the pulse beat fast, lorena,
Though mine beat faster far than thine.
A hundred months, 'twas flowery may,
When up the hilly slope we climbed,
To watch the dying of the day,
And hear the distant church bells chime.

We loved each other then, lorena,
More than we ever dared to tell;
And what we might have been, lorena,
Had but our lovings prospered well.
But then, 'tis past, the years are gone,
I'll not call up their shadowy forms;
I'll say to them, "lost years, sleep on!
Sleep on! nor heed life's pelting storms."

The story of that past, lorena,
Alas! I care not to repeat,
The hopes that could not last, lorena,
They lived, but only lived to cheat.
I would not cause e'en one regret
To rankle in your bosom now;
For "if we try, we may forget,"
Were words of thine long years ago.

Yes, these were words of thine, lorena,
They burn within my memory yet;
They touched some tender chords, lorena,
Which thrill and tremble with regret.
'twas not thy woman's heart that spoke;
Thy heart was always true to me:
A duty, stern and pressing, broke
The tie which linked my soul with thee.

It matters little now, lorena,
The past is in the eternal past;
Our heads will soon lie low, lorena,
Life's tide is ebbing out so fast.
There is a future! o, thank god!
Of life this is so small a part!
'tis dust to dust beneath the sod;
But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart.

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lost On The Desert"

"Lost On The Desert"

A burnin' hot sun a cryin' for water black wings circle the sky
Stumblin' and fallin' somebody's callin' you're lost on the desert to die
I had to give up and they took me to jail but I hid all the money I got
Way out on the desert where no one could get it and I left a mark at the spot
Then I got away and I ran for the desert the devil had taken control
I needed water but he said I'd make it near the money is a big waterhole
A burnin' hot sun...

Just up ahead is where I left my mark or it may be to the left or the right
I've been runnin' all day and they'll catch up tomorrow I've got to find it tonight
Then up jumped the devil and ran away laughin' he drank all the waterholes dry
He moved my mark till I'm running in circles and lost on the desert to die
A burnin' hot sun...
(Lost on the desert to die) lost on the desert to die (lost on the desert to die)

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Love Has Lost Again"

"Love Has Lost Again"

I guess we're over and it's all been said before
But I still want you though there's no reason anymore
I can't remember when you and I began
It makes no difference cause love has lost again

If there's a reason we forgot it long ago
And if there's an answer it's one I'll never know
The price of giving I just don't understand
But it's collected and love has lost again

All that's left now is the closing of the door
It sounds so final but I don't listen anymore
It's not the last time that I'll break instead of bend
But for the moment love has lost again

It's not the last time that I'll break instead of bend
But for the moment love has lost again

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Love Is The Way"
(with Waylon Jennings)

"Love Is The Way"
(with Waylon Jennings)

[Johnny Cash]
Deep in the heart of the infinite darkness
A tiny blue marble is spinning through space
Born in the splendor of God's holy vision
And sliding away like a tear down his face

[Johnny Cash]
The closer you see the whole, wide, holy wonder
Of oceans and mountains and rivers and trees
And the strangest creation of many: the human.
A creature of laughter and freedom and dreams

[Waylon Jennings]
Now the warriors are waving their old rusty sabres
And preachers are preaching the gospel of hate
By their behaviour they're determined to teach us
A lesson we're soon to be learning too late

[Johnny Cash]
Look closer, my brother, we're killing each other
And we'd better stop and get started today
Because life is the question and life is the answer
And God is the reason and love is the way.
Because life is the question and life is the answer
And God is the reason and love is the way.

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Love Me Like You Used To"

"Love Me Like You Used To"

In a cozy little restaurant for lovers
It seems so out of place for you and me
We used to play around under the covers
But now its just a place to watch TV

So love me like you used to
When our love was brand new
And darlin' when we're through
You can love me again
And hold me like you want to
Instead of like you have to
Love me like you used to love me
When you used to love

Maybe we could use a long vacation
But the trouble here is bound to tag along
We used to be each others inspiration
When it only took my touch to turn you on

So love me like you used to
When our love was brand new
And darlin' when we're through
You can love me again
And hold me like you want to
Instead of like you have to
Love me like you used to love me
When you used to love

Well we used to sit and talk about forever
But now we hardly ever talk at all
We walked a lot of tight ropes together
We always caught each other when we fall

So love me like you used to
When our love was brand new
And darlin' when we're through
You can love me again
And hold me like you want to
Instead of like you have to
Love me like you used to love me
When you used to love

Love me like you used to love me
When you used to love

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Love's Been Good To Me"

"Love's Been Good To Me"

I have been a rover
I have walked alone
Hiked a hundred highways
Never found a home
Still in all I'm happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while along the way
Love's been good to me

There was a girl in Denver
Before the summer storm
Oh, her eyes were tender
Oh, her arms were warm
And she could smile away the thunder
Kiss away the rain
Even though she's gone away
You won't hear me complain

I have been a rover
I have walked alone
Hiked a hundred highways
Never found a home
Still in all I'm happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while along the way
Love's been good to me

There was a girl in Portland
Before the winter chill
We used to go a-courtin'
Along October hill
And she could laugh away the dark clouds
Cry away the snow
It seems like only yesterday
As down the road I go

I've been a rover
I have walked alone
Hiked a hundred highways
Never found a home
Still in all I'm happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while along the way
Love's been good to me

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Lumberjack"

"Lumberjack"

I lived on a farm out in Iowa
I pulled the corn and I worked in the hay
Got trapped by a girl but I wiggled free
Heard the Oregon timber callin' me

Will you tell me somethin', Mr lumberjack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Is it two for stop or four for go?
Boy, ask a whistle punk I don't know

Well, I learned this fact from a logger named Ray
You don't cut timber on a windy day
Stay out of the woods when the moisture's low
Or you ain't gonna live to collect your dough

Will you tell me somethin', Mr lumberjack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Is it two for stop or four for go?
Boy, ask a whistle punk I don't know

Well you work in the woods from morning to night
You laugh and sing and you cuss and fight
On Saturday night you go to Eugene
And on a Sunday morning your pockets are clean

Will you tell me somethin', Mr lumberjack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Is it two for stop or four for go?
Boy, ask a whistle punk I don't know

fox69 · 30.11.2014

"Luther Played The Boogie"

"Luther Played The Boogie"

We were just a plain ol' hillbilly band with a plain ol' country style
We never played the kind of songs that'd drive anybody wild
Played a railroad song with a stomping beat
We played a blues song, kinda slow and sweet
But the thing that knocked them off of their feet was, ooh-wee
When Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie
Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie
Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie
Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie in the strangest kind of way
Play it strange!

Well, we did our best to entertain everywhere we'd go
We'd nearly wear our fingers off to give the folks a show
Played jumping jive to make 'em get in the groove
We played sad songs, real slow and smooth
But the only thing that'd make 'em move was, ooh-wee
When Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie
Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie
Luther played the boogie

Now, did Luther play the boogie strange?