Top 20 Johnny Cash

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"I have sailed the peaceful waters of the ocean deep and blue
I held my breath and watched the western sunset's golden hue
I've flown above the mountain peaks and valley's wide and green
But you're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen."

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"She loves you, Big River, more than me."

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"I do my best to hide this lowdown feelin'
I try to make believe there's nothing wrong
But they're always asking me about you darling
And it hurts me so to tell 'em that you're gone."

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"Well you ask me if I'll forget my baby,
I guess I will, someday,
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way."

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"He laughed and kissed his mom, and said your Billy Joe's a man. I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can, but I wouldn't shoot without a cause, I'd gun nobody down ; but she cried again as he rode away."

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"Look for me there in the chill of dawn and in the newborn eyes of a baby left discarded by a girl ; we could offer nothing more than a small back alley prayer. He said children, look for me, look for me."

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"You, take this hammer, take it to the capt
Hey, take this hammer, take it to the capt
Take this hammer, take it to the capt
You can tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone."

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"Now this should be a lesson if you plan to start a folk group
Don't go mixin' politics with the folk songs of our land
Just work on harmony and diction, play your banjo well
And if you have political convictions keep them to yourself."

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"Go on girl take your chances, see how long you can go on from man to man
I can read the lines between your stolen glances and I know it's time to fold this loosing hand
'cause you're drawn to the flame by the thrill and the shame of the cheatin' game they taught you how to play
You've got nothing to lose but your soul girl
And you've only the devil to pay."

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"Your own, personal, Jesus, someone to hear your prayers, someone who's there."

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"I was ridin' number nine
Headin' south from Caroline
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
Got in trouble, had to roam
Left my gal an' left my home
I heard that lonesome whistle blow."

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"I used to think my daddy was a black man
With script enough to buy the company store
But now he goes to town with empty pockets
And his face is white as a February snow"

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"Once he rode into the sunset..."

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"Well, you wonder why I always dress in black
Why you never see bright colors on my back
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone ?
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on..."

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"But I wish there was something I could do or say
To try and make you change your mind and stay
We never did too much talking anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right."

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"There's a story in our town
Of the prettiest girl around
Golden hair and eyes of blue
How those eyes could flash at you
How those eyes could flash at you
Boys hung 'round her by the score
But she loved the boy next door
Who worked at the candy store."

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"We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know
We'll meet again
Some sunny day."

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"Well, now sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening, sugar at supper time,
Be my little sugar and love me all the time."

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"Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong"

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"There'll be pie in the sky
By and by when I die
And it'll be alright, it'll be alright..."