Johnny Cash Album

(Jack Clement)

She is deliciously tall sort of a long girl
She is delightfully small sort of a song girl
She freely admits to the world that she was a wrong girl
That's nothing compare to the fact that she is a gone girl
Gone like a knock on the door gone with yesterday and before
Gone with the wind for ever more
[ choir ]
She'd never laid claim to the fact that she was a strong girl
So why should I loudly proclaim that she was a wrong girl
I'd rather think of her name as some sort of song girl
And think poetical things to think of my gone girl
Gone like a knock on the door...

(Johnny Cash)

They used to call me Rockabilly all of us ran through
When Elvis opened up the door with a pup-and-pup-and-boo
I didn't ever play much rock and roll cause I got so much country in my soul
But I'm a different man for lovin' you and I take a shot at what you ask me to
And baby I will rock and roll with you if I have to
[ guitar - choir ]
Memphis 1955 on Union Avenue
Carl and Jerry and Charlie and Roy and Billy Riley too
A new sun risin' on the way we sing and a world of weirdo's waitin' in the wings
But I love you and though I'm past 42 there are still a few things yet I didn't
do
And baby I will rock and roll with you if I have to

(Roger Bowling - Billy Ed Wheeler)

He slowly raised the trembling hand
Gently brushed the silver strand of hair from his wrinkled brow
Lips that used to talk so free the eyes that used to beckon me were silent now
He listens to a passin' train gives into an old familiar pain familiar pain
They retired him twenty years ago gave him a watch made of gold and took his
train
His woman's name was Margaret
He loved her but she went away and left his heart undone
He called this train the Diplomat she's the only other lady that he ever loved
Some forty years he made the steam
From Memphis down to New Orleans but now he's off the line
And the closest that he ever gets Margaret or the Diplomat is in his mind
He siad take me to the station the Diplomat is bringing Margaret home
Can't you hear that whistle blowing they both know I've been alone for much too
long
Let's not keep 'em waitin' we'll talk about the good times later on
Right now take me to the station the Diplomat is bringing Margaret home

They say he talks crazy when
He sees the passin' train or when he hears Margaret's name
But the only things he ever loved he lost before he loved enough he's not to
blame
So who's to say he's right or wrong
Reachin' out and hangin' on to dreams he can't let go
He threw the watch of gold away but keeps tracks of memories where he belongs
He siad take me to the station...
They retired him twenty years ago gave him a watch made of gold

(Mick Jagger - Keith Richard)

Come and take me to the airport come and bore me on that plane
Cause I've got no expectations to ever pass this way again

Well once I was a rich man but now I am so poor
Never in my weary life have I felt like this before
Your love is like a diamond and you cast your pearls to swine
And as I see you leavin' me it drags my peace of mind
Come and take me to the airport...
[ ac.guitar - harmonica ]
Your love is like the water it's sparking on the stone
Your love is like the music first it's here and then it's gone
Come and take me to the airport...

(Joseph P. Webster - S. Fillmore Bennett - Bill Walker)

There's a land that is fairer than day and by faith we can see it apart
For the father waits over the way to prepare us a dwelling place there

In the sweet by and by we shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by we shall meet on that beautiful shore
[ piano ]
We shall sing on that beautiful shore for the melodious songs of the blessed
And our spirits shall sorrow no more not a sight for the blessing of rest

In the sweet by and by...
To a bountiful father above we shall offer our tribute of praise
For the glory as gift of his love and the blessing that howlered days

In the sweet by and by...

(w/ June Carter Cash)

Go away from my window
Leave at your own chosen speed
I'm not the one you want, babe
I'm not the one you need
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who's never weak but always strong
To protect you and defend you
Whether you are right or wrong
Someone to open each and every door

CHORUS:
But it ain't me babe
No, no, no, it ain't me babe
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe

Go lightly from the ledge, babe
Go lightly on the ground
I'm not the one you want, babe
I'll only let you down
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who'll promise never to part
Someone to close his eyes to you
Someone to close his heart
Someone to die for you and more

REPEAT CHORUS

You say you're lookin' for someone
To pick you up each time you fall
To gather flowers constantly
And to come each time you call
And will love you for your life
And nothin' more

(Don Schlitz)

About twenty years ago on a train bound for nowhere
I met up with a gambler we were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a starin' through the window at the darkness
Till boredom overtook us and he commenced to speak
He said son I've made the life out of readin' people's faces
And knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes
And if you don't mind my sayin' I would say you're out of aces
And for one taste of your whiskey I would give you some advice
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette then he bummed the light
And the night got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression
He said if you wanna play the game boy you better learn to play it right
Cause every gambler knows that the secret to survival
Is knowin' what to throw away knowin' what to keep
And every hand's a winner just like every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep
Now you gotta know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away know when to run
You don't never count your money while you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' is done
You gotta know when to hold 'em...

And when he finished speaking he turned back toward the window
Put out his cigarette faded off to sleep
Somewhere in the darkness the gambler he broke even
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep
You gotta know when to hold 'em...

(Joel Sonier - Kermit Goell)

Left pretty Jo I was born on the bayoo thirty miles out of LaFaiette
My daddy was a cajun man and he taught me how to plow
I remember mama's breakfast goosh-goosh in the caye
Steams're upon the banje I wish I had me some now
I'm a cajun born I'm a cajun bread and when I die I'll be cajun dead
If I die in Alaska if I die in Ohio my soul will find its way back to the bayou

Went to church every Sunday had a Frensh talkin' preacher man
We kids joked about the preacher man cause we thought he wore a dress
After church we had a party cajun music on the phonograph
Harry Short singing Jole Blon made a singer out of me
I'm a cajun born...
[ acordeon ]
When I get enough to marry get myself a cajun lady
Some sorta like my mama cause I ain't no other no other kind
And wherever fortune takes me with the breaks or makes me
Memory won't forsake me got Louisiana on my mind

(Roger Bowling - Larry Butler)
(duet with June Carter)

Ain't it good babe you and me
We sailed the stormy waters we calmed the angry seas
We knew we could babe you and me just as long as we had you and me

What more could a man want than a woman there beside him
To hold his hand and understand
That every day is not the same sometimes it's gonna rain
You are my sunshine and I'm your man
Ain't it good babe...

What more could a woman want than a man there beside her
Through the bad times we had good times
You've always been a pillow a shoulder and a friend
And I thank God that you are mine
Ain't it good babe...
Ain't it good babe...

(Rodney Crowell)

I don't drink the way that I used to lately that just ain't my style
And the hard times don't hurt like they once did
They pass more quickly like when I was wild
And somehow I've learned how to listen to a sound like the sun going down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the life I have found it keeps my feet on the ground

The mid summer days ain't too heavy they just flow like a breeze through my mind
And nothing appears in a hurry to make up for some old lost times
And somehow I've learned...