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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash was and still is a vastly influential country music singer and songwriter. In a career that spanned almost five decades, Cash was the personification of country music to many people around the world, despite his distaste for the Nashville mainstream. Yet, Cash was a musician who transcended genre. His diversity was evidenced by his presence in three major music halls of fame: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Hank And Joe And Me
Johnny Cash
- Credits
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- Sheet Music
WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Names
Food and Drink
Memories/Nostalgia
Weather
Country/Nature
GENRES
Rock 'n' Roll
Country and Western
YEAR
1959
In the desert where we searched for gold
The days're hot the nights're cold
Hank and Joe and me walked on, so bold and brave and free
For days and days we fought the heat
I got so thirsty and I got so weak
And when I fell cause I couldn't go I heard Hank say to Joe
He's dyin' (dyin', dyin') for water
Hear him cryin' (cryin', cryin') for water
Well lay him down in the dust and sand
He said Joe you know he's a dyin' man
Leave him there and let him die
I can't stand to hear him cry for water
I don't remember how long I lay
But when I awoke it was the break of day
Buzzards circled miles ahead, I knew Hank and Joe were dead
My eyes were dimmed, but I could see
A bed of gold nuggets under me
Now I know that it won't be long till they decorate my bones
Cause I'm dyin' (dyin', dyin') for water
Can't help cryin' (cryin', cryin') for water
Well they laid me down in the dust and sand
He said Joe you know he's a dyin' man
Leave him there and let him die
I can't stand to hear him cry for water
He couldn't stand to hear me cry for water
The days're hot the nights're cold
Hank and Joe and me walked on, so bold and brave and free
For days and days we fought the heat
I got so thirsty and I got so weak
And when I fell cause I couldn't go I heard Hank say to Joe
He's dyin' (dyin', dyin') for water
Hear him cryin' (cryin', cryin') for water
Well lay him down in the dust and sand
He said Joe you know he's a dyin' man
Leave him there and let him die
I can't stand to hear him cry for water
I don't remember how long I lay
But when I awoke it was the break of day
Buzzards circled miles ahead, I knew Hank and Joe were dead
My eyes were dimmed, but I could see
A bed of gold nuggets under me
Now I know that it won't be long till they decorate my bones
Cause I'm dyin' (dyin', dyin') for water
Can't help cryin' (cryin', cryin') for water
Well they laid me down in the dust and sand
He said Joe you know he's a dyin' man
Leave him there and let him die
I can't stand to hear him cry for water
He couldn't stand to hear me cry for water
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Happiness Is You
Johnny Cash
- Credits
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WRITERS
Johnny Cash
June Carter Cash
THEMES
Happiness
Love
Country/Nature
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1966
Way down the mountain, I chased a moonbeam
On the beach, I built sand castles too
My moonbeams faded, my castles tumbled
All of this was meaningless, cause happiness is you
No more chasin' moonbeams or catchin' fallin' stars
I know now my pot of gold is anywhere you are
My heart won't miss you, my heart goes with you
Loneliness is emptiness but happiness is you
I tried to doubt you and live without you
Tried to deny that I love you like I do
But I realize now and I'll admit it
You'll always be a part of me, cause happiness is you
No more chasin' moonbeams or catchin' fallin' stars
I know now my pot of gold is anywhere you are
My heart won't miss you, my heart goes with you
Loneliness is emptiness and happiness is you
On the beach, I built sand castles too
My moonbeams faded, my castles tumbled
All of this was meaningless, cause happiness is you
No more chasin' moonbeams or catchin' fallin' stars
I know now my pot of gold is anywhere you are
My heart won't miss you, my heart goes with you
Loneliness is emptiness but happiness is you
I tried to doubt you and live without you
Tried to deny that I love you like I do
But I realize now and I'll admit it
You'll always be a part of me, cause happiness is you
No more chasin' moonbeams or catchin' fallin' stars
I know now my pot of gold is anywhere you are
My heart won't miss you, my heart goes with you
Loneliness is emptiness and happiness is you
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Hardin Wouldn't Run
Johnny Cash
- Credits
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WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Memories/Nostalgia
Places
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1965
[Spoken:]
John Wesley Hardin lost his roll shootin' dice in the Jim Saloon in El Paso
One night back in '95
For a while he sat there and watched the game broodin' mad
Then he drew a pistol and said gimme my money back
And the timid soul handlin' the cash for the house said,
"Take it all Mr Hardin it belongs to you."
Hardin got arrested for it the next day
But nobody thought to ask him to return the money
He did get told not to play that way anymore
[Song:]
I know a man whose plow handle hand is quicker than a light
Wes Hardin is his name they say he travels in the night
For he might have to kill or walk around a fight
And if you ever saw Wes Hardin draw you know he can skin his gun
He won't say how many tried and died
Up against the top hand, up against the wrong man cause Hardin' wouldn't run
He rode in like a Texas wind, took the eastbound train
Goin' goin' with Jane Bowen till the law men caught up
So long Janie chin up I'll be back again
Off he went to Huntsville Prison, so long Jane he cried
Fifteen years she waited, till her heart broke and she died
And she left that bad land to wait up in the sky
Free at last the payin' past for all the wrong he did
First free air they let him breathe since he was a kid
So let him come and let him go, let him deal and bid
Near the border in El Paso Lawyer reads a sign
You won't find him there for business ev'ry day at nine
For, business is real bad, one client's all he's had in quite a long, long time
Then Sheriff Selman's boy broke in to Wes' woman's place
Up she jumped and pistol whipped him, kicked him in the face
And John Selman demands revenge for this disgrace
You could see ever night by candlelight in Hardin's favorite bar
She'd be hanging on his arm and very late they'd leave there
Headed for the Goose Hair glad it wasn't far
Right through the swingin' doors John Selman came with a blazin' gun
Wes Hardin chug-a-luggin' red eye, got him in the back of the head
John Wesley Hardin fell dead
Hardin wouldn't run
John Wesley Hardin lost his roll shootin' dice in the Jim Saloon in El Paso
One night back in '95
For a while he sat there and watched the game broodin' mad
Then he drew a pistol and said gimme my money back
And the timid soul handlin' the cash for the house said,
"Take it all Mr Hardin it belongs to you."
Hardin got arrested for it the next day
But nobody thought to ask him to return the money
He did get told not to play that way anymore
[Song:]
I know a man whose plow handle hand is quicker than a light
Wes Hardin is his name they say he travels in the night
For he might have to kill or walk around a fight
And if you ever saw Wes Hardin draw you know he can skin his gun
He won't say how many tried and died
Up against the top hand, up against the wrong man cause Hardin' wouldn't run
He rode in like a Texas wind, took the eastbound train
Goin' goin' with Jane Bowen till the law men caught up
So long Janie chin up I'll be back again
Off he went to Huntsville Prison, so long Jane he cried
Fifteen years she waited, till her heart broke and she died
And she left that bad land to wait up in the sky
Free at last the payin' past for all the wrong he did
First free air they let him breathe since he was a kid
So let him come and let him go, let him deal and bid
Near the border in El Paso Lawyer reads a sign
You won't find him there for business ev'ry day at nine
For, business is real bad, one client's all he's had in quite a long, long time
Then Sheriff Selman's boy broke in to Wes' woman's place
Up she jumped and pistol whipped him, kicked him in the face
And John Selman demands revenge for this disgrace
You could see ever night by candlelight in Hardin's favorite bar
She'd be hanging on his arm and very late they'd leave there
Headed for the Goose Hair glad it wasn't far
Right through the swingin' doors John Selman came with a blazin' gun
Wes Hardin chug-a-luggin' red eye, got him in the back of the head
John Wesley Hardin fell dead
Hardin wouldn't run
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He'll Be A Friend
Johnny Cash
- Credits
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WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Inspirational
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1959
Well God told Noah to build an ark he said it's gonna rain, gonna be dark
Call in the animals two by two and don't let a sinful man go through
So the flood came just like he said and ev'ry evil thing on earth was dead
But Noah's faith was like a rock, God laid his ark on a mountain top
He'll be a friend and guide you, he'll walk along with you
You'll feel it there inside you, he'll help you make it through
When things looked dark Noah saw the light cause faith had told him right was might
If you need a friend he'll guide you, he'll be a friend to you
Well you've heard of Samson the strong man, the mightiest man in all the land
There was one purpose for his might, he had to deliver the Israelites
By the Philistines he was overcome, they tied him up to carry him home
But Samson prayed and his bounds were gone
He killed a thousand with an old jawbone
He'll be a friend and guide you, he'll walk along with you
You'll feel it there inside you, he'll help you make it through
God showed Samson what to do and it's the same God that stands by you
If you need a friend he'll guide you, he'll be a friend to you
Call in the animals two by two and don't let a sinful man go through
So the flood came just like he said and ev'ry evil thing on earth was dead
But Noah's faith was like a rock, God laid his ark on a mountain top
He'll be a friend and guide you, he'll walk along with you
You'll feel it there inside you, he'll help you make it through
When things looked dark Noah saw the light cause faith had told him right was might
If you need a friend he'll guide you, he'll be a friend to you
Well you've heard of Samson the strong man, the mightiest man in all the land
There was one purpose for his might, he had to deliver the Israelites
By the Philistines he was overcome, they tied him up to carry him home
But Samson prayed and his bounds were gone
He killed a thousand with an old jawbone
He'll be a friend and guide you, he'll walk along with you
You'll feel it there inside you, he'll help you make it through
God showed Samson what to do and it's the same God that stands by you
If you need a friend he'll guide you, he'll be a friend to you
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He'll Understand And Say Well Done
Johnny Cash
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WRITERS
Johnny Cash
Roger Wilson
THEMES
Inspirational
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1962
Give when you give him the best of your service
Telling the world that the Saviour has come
Be not dismayed if men don't believe you
He'll understand and say well done
Oh when I come to the end of my journey
Weary of life and the battle is won
Bearing the staff and the cross of redemption
He'll understand and say well done
(He'll understand and say well done)
Misunderstood the Saviour of sinners
Died on the cross he was God's only son
But he knew well that his father in heaven
Would understand and say well done
Oh when I come to the end of my journey
Weary of life and the battle is won
Bearing the staff and the cross of redemption
He'll understand and say well done
Telling the world that the Saviour has come
Be not dismayed if men don't believe you
He'll understand and say well done
Oh when I come to the end of my journey
Weary of life and the battle is won
Bearing the staff and the cross of redemption
He'll understand and say well done
(He'll understand and say well done)
Misunderstood the Saviour of sinners
Died on the cross he was God's only son
But he knew well that his father in heaven
Would understand and say well done
Oh when I come to the end of my journey
Weary of life and the battle is won
Bearing the staff and the cross of redemption
He'll understand and say well done
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Hey Porter
Johnny Cash
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WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Places
Time
Country/Nature
Transport
GENRES
Country and Western
Rock 'n' Roll
YEAR
1955
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 this train I'm gonna get off first,
Cause I can't wait no more.
Tell that engineer I said thanks a lot,
and I didn't mind the fare.
I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil
and breathe that Southern air.
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 this train I'm gonna get off first,
Cause I can't wait no more.
Tell that engineer I said thanks a lot,
and I didn't mind the fare.
I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil
and breathe that Southern air.
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Honky Tonk Girl
Johnny Cash
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WRITERS
Chuck Harding
Hank Thompson
THEMES
Body
Love
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1960
Don't be fooled, by big blue eyes
By a smile, or a golden curl
Cause she'll love you now
And then break every vow
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
Breakin' hearts to her is just the way of havin' fun
She thinks every man's a fool and you're another one
She knows all the arts of love, she'll give your heart a twirl
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
She can never change her way
Though you give her all the world
She's had more than one or two
And each day there's someone new
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
Breakin' hearts to her is just the way of havin' fun
She thinks every man's a fool and you're another one
She knows all the arts of love, she'll give your heart a twirl
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
By a smile, or a golden curl
Cause she'll love you now
And then break every vow
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
Breakin' hearts to her is just the way of havin' fun
She thinks every man's a fool and you're another one
She knows all the arts of love, she'll give your heart a twirl
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
She can never change her way
Though you give her all the world
She's had more than one or two
And each day there's someone new
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
Breakin' hearts to her is just the way of havin' fun
She thinks every man's a fool and you're another one
She knows all the arts of love, she'll give your heart a twirl
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
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