Drive On Words and Music by Johnny Cash I got a friend named Whiskey Sam He was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam He said is my country just a little off track Took 'em twenty-five years to welcome me back But, it's better than not coming back at all Many a good man I saw fall And even now, every time I dream I hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream Drive on, it don't mean nothin' My children love me , but they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man Drive on, don't mean nothin', drive on I remember one night, Tex and me Rappelled in on a hot L.Z. We had our 16's on rock and roll But, with all that fire, I was scared and cold We were crazy, we were wild And I have seen the tiger smile I spit in a bamboo viper's face And I'd be dead , but by God's grace Drive on, it don't mean nothin' My children love me , but they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man Drive on, don't mean nothin', drive on It was a real slow walk in a real sad rain And nobody tried to be John Wayne I came home, but Tex did not And I can't talk about the hit he got I got a little limp now when I walk Got a little tremolo when I talk But my letter read from Whiskey Sam You're a walkin' talkin' miracle from Vietnam Drive on, it don't mean nothin' My children love me , but they don't understand And I got a woman who knows her man Drive on, don't mean nothin', drive on	I Never Picked Cotton (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 Too little for a cotton sack I played in the dirt While the others worked Til they couldn't straighten up their backs I made myself a promise When I was big enough to run That I'd never stay a single day In that Oklahoma sun (Chorus) Folks said I grew up early And that the farm couldn't hold me then so I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck And I never went back again Then it was fast cars and whiskey Long haired girls and fun I had everything that money could bring And I took it all with a gun (Chorus) It was Saturday night in Memphis When a redneck grabbed my shirt When he said go back to your cotton sack I left him dying in the dirt They'll take me in the morning To the gallos just outside And in the time I got There ain't a hell of alot That I can look back on with pride The One Rose So blue Lonesome too But still true Rosie haunts me Makes me think of you You're the one rose that's left in my heart, dear I love you, adore you, I do Each night in dreamland we wander along Telling love stories anew When from a blue sky a black cloud came rolling Breaking my heart in two Oh we ought not to part I have said from the start You're the one rose that's left in my heart Oh we ought not to part I have said from the start You're the one rose that's left in my heart
Kneeling Drunkard's Plea Lord have mercy on me Was the kneeling drunkard's plea And as he knelt there on the ground I know that God in heaven looked down I went down by an old country church I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch And as he reached his mother's grave I saw that drunkard kneel and pray Lord have mercy on me Was the kneeling drunkard's plea And as he knelt there on the ground I know that God in heaven looked down Bring my darling boy to me Was his mother's dying plea And as he staggered through the gate Alas he came just one day too late Three years have passed since she went away Her son is sleeping beside her today And I know that in heaven his mother he'll see For God has heard that drunkard's plea Lord have mercy on me Was the kneeling drunkard's plea And as he knelt there on the ground I know that God in heaven looked down Unchained I have been ungrateful And I have been unwise Restless from the cradle But now I realize It's so hard to see the rainbow Through glasses dark as these Maybe I'll be able From down on my knees Oh I am weak Oh I know I am vain Take this weight from me Let my spirit be unchained Old man swearin' at the sidewalk And I am overcome Seems that we've both forgotten Forgotten to go home Have I seen an angel Or have I seen a ghost Where's that rock of ages When you need it most It's so hard to see the rainbow Through glasses dark as these Maybe I'll be able From down on my knees	The Man Who Couldn't Cry Written by Loudon Wainwright III There once was a man who just couldn't cry He hadn't cried for years and for years Napalmed babies and the movie love story For instance could not produce tears As a child he had cried as all children will Then at some point his tear ducts ran dry He grew to be a man, the feces hit the fan Things got bad, but he couldn't cry His dog was run over, his wife up and left him And after that he got sacked from his job Lost his arm in the war, was laughed at by a whore Ah, but sill not a sniffle or sob His novel was refused, his movie was panned And his big Broadway show was a flop He got sent off to jail; you guessed it, no bail Oh, but still not a dribble or drop In jail he was beaten, bullied and buggered And made to make license plates Water and bread was all he was fed But not once did a tear stain his face Doctors were called in, scientists, too Theologians were last and practically least They all agreed sure enough; this was sure no cream puff But in fact an insensitive beast He was removed from jail and placed in a place For the insensitive and the insane He played lots of chess and made lots of friends And he wept every time it would rain Once it rained forty days and it rained forty nights And he cried and he cried and he cried and he cried On the forty-first day, he passed away He just dehydrated and died Well, he went up to heaven, located his dog Not only that, but he rejoined his arm Down below, all the critics, they loot it all back Cancer robbed the whore of her charm His ex-wife died of stretch marks, his ex-employer went broke The theologians were finally found out Right down to the ground, that old jail house burned down The earth suffered perpetual drought
IN YOUR MIND  In your mind one foot on Jacob's ladder and one foot in the fire and it all goes down in your mind Livin' at the bottom of the stairs of life never a smile knockin' on your door the air is blue and so are you prehistoric monsters on the floor Last verse of your last song and God don't hear dead men the end of the line is in your mind then you'll be stayin' in In your mind In your mind Bone for bone and skin for skin eye for eye and tooth for tooth heart for heart and soul for soul somebody said "What is truth"? Lock it up and close it down the sound of mournin' like a dove high beyond the rattlin' roar lookin' to the face of love [chorus:] In your mind In your mind it all goes down in your mind one foot on Jacob's ladder and one foot in the fire and it all goes down in your mind In your mind In your mind Sunday words are back again and you eat your fundamentalist pie but just a piece you understand you get the rest up in the sky Praise and glory, wounded angels shufflin' 'round the room eternity is down the hall and you sit there bendin' spoons In your mind In your mind Father, Son, and Holy Ghost sacrificial drops of pain on a silver plated cross sanctification on a chain Thay say redemption draweth nigh the storms of silence from above stop your ears and close your eyes and try to find the face of love [Repeat Chorus twice]	Meet Me In Heaven We saw houses falling from the sky Where the mountains lean down to the sand We saw blackbirds circling 'round an old castle keep And I stood on the cliff and held your hand We walked troubles brooding wind swept hills And we loved and we laughed the pain away At the end of the journey, when our last song is sung Will you meet me in Heaven someday (Chorus) Can't be sure of how's it's going to be When we walk into the light across the bar But I'll know you and you'll know me Out there beyond the stars We've seen the secret things revealed by God And we heard what the angels had to say Should you go first, or if you follow me Will you meet me in Heaven someday Living in a mansion on the streets of gold At the corner of Grace and Rapture Way I n sweet ecstasy while the ages roll Will you meet me in Heaven someday In sweet ecstasy while the ages roll Will you meet in Heaven someday Wayfaring Stranger I’m a poor wayfaring stranger While traveling thru this world of woe Yet there’s no sickness, toil, or danger In that bright world to which I go I’m going there to see my Father I’m going there no more to roam I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home I know dark clouds will hang ‘round me, I know my way is rough and steep Yet beauteous fields lie just before me Where God’s redeemed their virgils keep I’m going there to see my mother She said she’d meet me when I come I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home
Delia's Gone Words and Music by Johnny Cash Delia, oh Delia, Delia all my life If I hadn't-a shot poor Delia, I'd have had her for my wife Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone I went up to Memphis, and I met Delia there Found her in her parlor, and I tied her to her chair Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone She was low-down and travellin', and she was cold and mean Kind of evil make me want to grab my sub-machine Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone First time I shot her, I shot her in the side Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone But jailer, oh jailer, jailer I can't sleep 'Cuz all around my bedside I hear the patter of Delia's feet Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone So if your woman's devilish, you can let her run Or you can bring her down and do her like Delia got done Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone	Memories Are Made of This Take one fresh and tender kiss Add one stolen night of bliss One girl, one boy, some grief, some joy Memories are made of this. Don't forget a small moonbeam Fold it lightly with a dream Your lips and mine to sip the wine Memories are made of this Then at the wedding bells One house where lovers dwell Three little kids for the flavor Stir carefully through the day See how the flavor stays These are the dreams that we must savor With His blessings from above Serve it generously with love One man, one wife, one love for life
Country Trash I got a crib full of corn, and a turnin’ plow But the grounds to wet for the hopper now. Got a cultivator and a double tree A leather line for the hull and gee Let the thunder roll and the lighting flash I’m doing alright for Country Trash I’m saving up dimes for a rainy day I got about a dollar laid away The winds from the south and the fishings good Got a pot belly stove a quart of wood Mama turns the left-overs into hash I’m doing alright for Country Trash I got a machina and a hunting dog A cap I ordered from the catolog A good tall tree that shades the yard A good fat sow for the winters lard Let the thunder roll and the lighting flash I’m doing alright for Country Trash Well there’s not much new ground left to plow And the crops need fertilizer now My hands don’t earn me too much gold For security when I grow old But we’ll all be equal under the grass And God’s got a heaven for Country Trash And God’s got a heaven for Country Trash I’ll be doing alright for Country Trash	Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) Verse 1: Would you lay with me in a field of stone If my needs were strong would you lay with me Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear In the midnight hour if my lips were dry Chorus: Would you go away to another land Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand Wipe the blood away from my dieing hand If i gave my self to you Verse 2: Would you bathe me with me in the stream of life When the moon is full would you bathe with me Will you still love me when i'm down and out In my time of trials will you stand by me Chorus: Would you go away to another land Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand Wipe the blood away from my dieing hand If i gave my self to you Would you lay with me in a field of stone If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Why Me Lord Why me Lord, what have I ever done To deserve even one Of the pleasures I've known Tell me Lord, what did I ever do That was worth loving you Or the kindness you've shown. Lord help me Jesus, I've wasted it so Help me Jesus I know what I am Now that I know that I've need you so Help me Jesus, my soul's in your hand. Tell me Lord, if you think there's a way I can try to repay All I've taken from you Maybe Lord, I can show someone else What I've been through myself On my way back to you. Lord help me Jesus, I've wasted it so Help me Jesus I know what I am Now that I know that I've need you so Help me Jesus, my soul's in your hand. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) Up in the mornin', out on the job Work like the devil for my pay. But that lucky old sun has nothin' to do But roll around heaven all day. Had a fuss with my woman, an' I toil for my kids, An' I sweat 'til I'm wrinkled and gray, While that lucky old sun got nothin' to do But roll around heaven all day. Oh, Lord above, don't you hear me cryin' Tears are rollin' down my eyes. Send in a cloud with a silver linin', Take me to paradise. Show me that river, Take me across, wash all my troubles away Like that lucky old sun give me nothing to do But roll around heaven all day	Rusty Cage You wired me awake And hit me with a hand of broken nails You tied my lead and pulled my chain To watch my blood begin to boil But I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run Too cold to start a fire I'm burning diesel, burning dinosaur bones I'll take the river down to still water And ride a pack of dogs I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run Hits like a Phillips head Into my brain It's gonna be too dark To sleep again Cutting my teeth on bars And rusty chains, I'm gonna break my Rusty cage and run When the forest burns Along the road Like God's eyes In my headlights When the dogs are looking For their bones And it's raining icepicks On your steel shore I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run
Mary of the Wild Moor Was on one cold winter's night And the wind blew across the wild moor Poor Mary came wand'ring with a child in her arms And she stopped at her own father's door. Oh, father, oh father, she cried Come down and open the door Or this child in my arms, will perish and die From the winds that blow across the wild moor. Oh why did I leave this fair spot Where once I was happy and free This wide world to roam, with no friends or no home And no one to have pity on me. But the father was deaf to her cry Not the sound of her voice, did he hear For the watch dogs did howl and the village bells tolled And the winds blew across the wild moor. Oh, how the old man must have felt When he opened the door, the next morn' And found Mary dead, but the child still alive Clasped close in it's dead mother's arms. In anguish, he pulled his gray hair And the tears, down his cheeks, they did pour When he saw how that night, they had perished and died From the winds that blow across the wild moor. The old man, his life, pined away And the child, to it's mother, went soon And no one they say, lives there to this day And the old house, to ruin, has gone. But the villagers point out the spot And the willows droop over the door Where poor mary died, once a sweet village bride From the winds that blow across the wild moor. Spiritual Jesus I don't wanna die alone Jesus oh Jesus I don't wanna die alone My love wasn't true Now all I have is you Jesus oh Jesus I don't wanna die alone Jesus If you hear my last breath Don't leave me here Left to die a lonely death I know I have sinned but Lord I'm suffering Jesus Oh Jesus If you hear my last breath Jesus I don't wanna die alone Jesus oh Jesus I don't wanna die alone My love wasn't true Now all I have is you Jesus Oh Jesus I don't wanna die alone Jesus Jesus All my troubles All My pain Will leave me Once again All my troubles All my pain Will leave me once again All my troubles All my pain Will leave me once again Once again	Down There by the Train There's a place I know where the train goes slow Where the sinner can be washed in the blood of the lamb There's a river by the trestle down by sinner's grove Down where the willow and the dogwood grow You can hear the whistle, you can hear the bell From the halls of heaven to the gates of hell And there's room for the forsaken if you're there on time You'll be washed of all your sins and all of your crimes If you're down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow There's a golden moon that shines up through the mist And I know that your name can be on that list There's no eye for an eye, there's no tooth for a tooth I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth He was down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train He was down there where the train goes slow If you've lost all your hope, if you've lost all your faith I know you can be cared for and I know you can be safe And all the shamefuls and all of the whores And even the soldier who pierced the side of the Lord Is down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow Well, I've never asked forgiveness and I've never said a prayer Never given of myself, never truly cared I've left the ones who loved me and I'm still raising Cain I've taken the low road and if you've done the same Meet me down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow Meet me down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there by the train Down there where the train goes slow