From the Indian reservation to the governmental school Well they're goin' to educate me to the white men's Golden Rule And I'm learning very quickly for I've le...

Along came the F-15 the swiftest on the line Running over the C and O road just twenty minutes behind Running into Cevile head porters on the line Receiving the...

Written by Rodney Crowell As performed by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash (Waylon Jennings) She's a rounder i can tell you that She can sing 'em all night too ...

(CHORUS) Everybody loves a nut The whole world loves a weirdo Brains are in a rut but Everybody loves a nut There was a hermit named Fred Who kept a dead hors...

(Feat Carl Perkins) Well they took some honey from a tree Dressed it up and they called it me Everybody's trying to be my baby Everybody's trying to be my bab...

Well, the farmer prayed for a better year And the crops were good like the Lord did hear But his barn burned down with winter near The answer came in white and ...

Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder why it should be thus all the day long While there are others living about us never molested though in the wrong Fart...

Oh, I am a cheat and I'm a liar, oh, but you're a lovin' ball of fire I'll leave you like a bum without a penny And while I'm home with the blues, I'll be hopin...

It's not time to make a change, just relax, and take it easy You're still young, that's your fault There's so much you have to know Find a girl, settle down, if...

(Johnny Cash & Jack W Routh) Field of diamonds in the sky Worlds are whirling right on by Are you wondering who am I Field of diamonds in the sky Am I just a ...

by John R Cash Recorded 3/12/59 Number 14 - Country Chart; Number 76 - Pop Chart My mama always taught me that good things come from adversity if we put our fa...

I keep hearin' your concern about my happiness All that thought you've given me is conscience I guess If I were walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none Whi...

I hear the train a comin' It's rollin' 'round the bend And I ain't seen the sunshine Since, I don't know when I'm stuck in Folsom Prison And time keeps draggin...

I will drink the cup The poison overflowing I will lift you up Watch over where you're going The first one in The last one gone I'll be the rock To stand upon F...

(Green green forty shades of green) I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea From the fishing boats at Dingle to the shores of Dunardee I miss the riv...

[Chorus:] Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high, All these things that won't change, come what may Well our good times are all gone, and...

Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts Oh and how they could love Swore they will be true to each other True as the stars above He was a man But he was doing her w...

The beautiful spacious skies, the amber waves of grain To the majestic purple mountains above the fruited plain God did shed His grace from sea to shining sea o...

Well, hello there My, it's been a long, long, long time How am I doin'? Oh, I guess that I'm doin' fine It's been so long now but it seems now That it was only...

Where the road is dark and the seed is sowed Where the gun is cocked and the bullet's cold Where the miles are marked in the blood and gold I'll meet you furthe...

If you ever go across the sea to Ireland Then maybe at the closing of your day You will sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh Or watch the sun go down on Ga...

(J Hartford) It's knowin' that your door is always open And your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag Rolled up and stashed behind ...

Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues Yes a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine It'll shake all the trouble from your wo...

An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw A-pl...

The girl from the canyon smiled a smile that brought me home As sick and bleeding as I was she took me on her own Brought me to the canyon where the sun poured ...

(Feat Bob Dylan) If you're traveling in the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there She once was the ...

I left a little town A little south of Hudson Bay I couldn't find a thing, to make a rounder want to stay I fought the wind across the baren waste in the crysta...

I found him by the railroad track this morning I could see that he was nearly dead I knelt down beside him and I listened Just to hear the words the dying fello...

Written by Mark R Germino (As performed by Johnny Cash) There's so much I don't know There's so much I don't know I don't understand why the summer's so hot I ...

When Robert E Lee surrended the Confederacy Jefferson Davis was upset about it He said how dare that man resent an order Form the president of the Confederate S...

(God has my fortune laid away) Oh the world is full of people with money just to burn Affording all the things in life for which a man might yearn Some can take...

God will walk with me down streets where no one else will walk God will talk with me of things that no one else will talk When no one else will walk and no one ...

You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later God'll cut you down Sooner or later God'll cut you down Go tell th...

Bring a drink of water Leroy bring a drink of water (no) If I could get to mercy man he's give me some I know I got a gal in Vickburg Bertha is her name Wish I'...

Goodbye little darlin', we're parting Parting don't always mean goodbye Although we had to part, you're always in my heart Goodbye little darlin', goodbye Good...

I used to have a sweetheart but now I've got none Since she's gone and left me, I care not for one Since she's gone and left me, contended I'll be For she loves...

Inside the walls of prison my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free There's a grey stone chapel here at Folsom, a house of worship in this den of sin Y...

By J Clement Recorded by Johnny Cash on 4/9/58 Number one - Country Chart Number eleven - Pop Chart Well, you ask me if I'll forget my baby I guess I will some...

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...

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 happine...

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor There's a song that will linger forever in our ears Oh, hard tim...

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 f...

Hark the Herald angels sing Glory to the new born King Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled Joyful all ye nations rise Join the triumph of ...

Harley didn't have no education he could hardly read and write He was locked into a dead-end occupation his future didn't look too bright He worked eighteen yea...

In the long, hot, thirsty summer of about 32 AD Along a dusty highway, there came a man of Galilee And as he went through Samaria, he stopped at Jacob's well An...

Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way Thou art the potter, I am the clay Mold me and make me after Thy will [Incomprehensible], take five Have Thine ow...

He said, "I'll love you 'til I die" She told him, "You'll forget in time" As the years went slowly by, She still prayed upon his mind He kept her picture on th...

He turned the water into wine he turned the water into wine In the little Cana town the word went all around that he turned the water into wine Well he walked u...

I want to live, I want to give I've been a miner for a heart of gold It's these expressions I never give That keeps me searching for a heart of gold And I'm get...

Some days I think this old machine is out to get me Some days she does what I tell her It's like dancing with the widow-maker forty hours a week I'm talkin' 'bo...

Oh, lord, help me walk Another mile, just one more mile; I'm tired of walkin' all alone And lord, help me to smile Another smile, just one more smile; Don't th...

(Joy to the world the Lord is come) Here was a man a man who was born in a small village the son of a peasant woman He grew up in another small village Until he...

Written by (?) (As performed by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash) (Johnny) Heroes, larger than life Up on the screen, every night On the late show, oh what a gr...

Hey, hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin' How's about cookin' somethin' up with me? Hey, hey, sweet baby, don't you think maybe We could find us a brand new r...

Hey, Porter, Hey Porter! Would you tell me the time? How much longer will it be 'Til we cross that Mason Dixon Line? At daylight will you tell that engineer to ...

On the shores of gitchgoomy by the shining big sea water Hiawatha old and grayin' listened to the older prophet listened to Lagu And the young men and the women...

I'm sorry to say that you don't know me I'm sad in ways you never understood Each time I try to tell the ugly truth, you always let it pass you by You said I 'd...

Written by Bruce Springsteen ( Bruce Springsteen) From "Love, God and Murder", 1997, Columbia/Legacy My name is Joe Roberts; I work for the state I'm a sergea...

I was a highwayman Along the coach roads I did ride With sword and pistol by my side Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade Many a soldier shed his life...

I woke up this afternoon, looked into your eyes And somethin' was as wrong as if the sun forgot to rise I picked up a road map and I checked a few good places t...

(Cash - McAlpin - Tubb) Just around the corner there's heartache Down the street that losers use If you can wade in through the teardrops You'll find me at the...

Don't be fool 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 Breaking hearts...

Early one morning With time to kill I borrowed Jebb's rifle And sat on a hill I saw a lone rider Crossing the plain I drew a bead on him To practice my aim My ...

I hurt myself today to see if I still feel I focus on the pain the only thing that's real the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting try to kill it all away...

I am a pilgrim and a stranger Traveling through this wearisome land And I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord And it's not (good Lordy it's not) not ma...

Well the blue's still in the water and the blue's still in the sky And way beyond the blue there's someone watchin' from on high My clothes may be ragged and my...

I couldn't manage the problems I laid on myself And it just made it worse when I laid them on somebody else So I finally surrendered it all brought down in desp...

Life was a bottle of alcohol And pills and blues and gals And every hung over mornin' Was an unheeded warnin' That I shared with my lost pals And the music flo...

Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet I can't help it if I'm still in love with you Somebody else stood by your side and he looked so ...

Everybody says, you let me down I should be ashamed to take you 'round Makes no difference what you used to do Darling, I could never be ashamed of you Maybe y...

I saw you walking by his side Heard you whisper all those lies And I couldn't keep from crying You sang him love songs tenderly That should have been for you a...

I don't know where I'm bound I don't know where I'm bound Whistles calling me away leaving at the break of day and I don't know where I'm bound Can't stand loc...

I've just been to heaven with someone so true I dreamed about mama last night She read me the bible like she used to do I dreamed about mama last night She nev...

Well I feel better all over more than anywhere else baby when I'm out with you Well I feel better all over more than anywhere else when you kiss me like you do ...

I got shoes you got shoes all of God's childrens got shoes When I get to heaven gonna put on my shoes I'm gonna walk all over God's heaven (heaven) heaven (heav...

On A Monday I Was Ar-rested (Uh Huh) On A Tuesday They Locked Me In The Jail (Oh Boy) On A Wednesday My Trial Was At-tested On A Thursday They Said Guilty And T...

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 You ask me if I'll get along I guess I will, s...

I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs And when they play them cheatin' tunes, I never sing along I never ever sing the blues I've forgotten, born to lose And I...

I was riding number nine Heading South from Caraloine I heard that lonesome whistle blow I got in trouble, had to roam I left my gal an' left my home I heard t...

I heard the bells on Christmas Day their old familiar carols play And wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on earth goodwill to men I thought how as the day...

Early one morning With time to kill I borrowed Jebb's rifle And sat on a hill I saw a lone rider Crossing the plain I drew a bead on him To practice my aim My ...

I just thought you'd like to know Since you'd made your plans to go It's gonna hurt me so to see you go But I hope you find another love And he'll be good to y...

I love you because you understand, dear Every little thing I try to do Your always there to lend a helping hand dear But most of all I love you 'cause you're yo...

[Chorus] I never picked cotton But my mother did And my brother did And my sister did And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine When I was just a baby To...

I ride an old paint, I lead an old Dan I'm off to Montan' for to throw the hooley ann They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw Their tails are all matte...

Last night I dreamed an angel came He took my hand, he called my name He bid me look the other way; I saw a man, I heard him say Chorus: He said if I be lifte...

[FIRST VERSE:] Well, you're my friend And can you see Many times we've been out drinking Many times we've shared our thoughts Did you ever, ever notice, the ki...

Well lordy I shall not be, I shall not be moved I shall not be, I shall not be moved Just like a tree that's growin' in the meadow (down by the water) I shall n...

At my door the leaves are falling A cold wild wind has come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone I go out on a party And look for a little fun...

Well you talk about important people that you say you know Presidents and superstars of big television shows Well I know someone personally who's bigger than 'e...

This world that I live in is empty and cold This loneliness cuts me and tears at my soul I'm no child of destiny, no fortune's son I've just chased you so long ...

By John R Cash Recorded 4/2/56 Number one - Country Chart Number 17 - Pop Chart Number 26 - Top 100 Country Hits of All-Time I keep a close watch on this heart...

We sailed on the ship John B my grandfather and me around Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night got into a fight well I feel so homesick I wanna go home So...

I Wanted So to tell that old man, Oh so many things Like the corn was 10 feet tall, that he had planted in the sping And the books he'd ordered came in in the m...

I will miss you when you go much more than you'll ever know But I'll have a memory to keep you near In my heart you will remain but it just won't be the same I ...

I met an old friend this morning And I stopped him and called him by name I said, "The years haven't changed you But he said, "Good Lord, how you've changed!" ...

[Verse 1] Well I won't back down, no I won't back down You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I won't back down [Verse 2] Gonna stand my ground, won't ...

I overlooked a lot of things, I knew, I should have done I did things that I'm sorry for I lived to have my fun But now the world that once was bright is empty ...

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms But when I awoke dear, I was mistaken So I hung my head and I cried You are my sunshine...

Well, some glad mornin' when this life is o'er, I'll fly away To a home on God's celestial shore, I'll fly away I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away When I di...