Johnny Cash Album

(Jerry Moss)

Nasty Dan was the meanest man I ever knew
He's stomp and scream and be real mean the whole day through
He'd frown a bunch he ate nails for lunch and he'd never laugh
He'd growl and yell and I hard tell that he never took a bath
Nasty Dan was a nasty man hard to understand that Nasty Dan
Now Nasty Dan was a nasty man the whole day long
He'd go where he could he'd try real good to make things go wrong
He'd jump for joy when a little boy would trip and fall
And the only words that he ever said were I don't like you at all
Nasty Dan was a nasty man hard to understand that Nasty Dan
Now a real interesting thing that I want you to know about is this here
Because it's the most important thing it concerns a girl and things like that
Now Nasty Pearl was a nasty girl that met Dan somehow
She said you like me rotten as can be let's get married now
So they went and they did and had a nasty kid
And I must confess that Dan pretty much leaves everyone alone now
And he doesn't bother anybody anymore cause he just lives in his nasty ol' house
With his nasty ol' wife and his nasty ol' kid in nasty happiness

(Jerry Moss)

Oh the number one is not my favorite number
Cause one means only me and there's no you
But one plus one you see makes two that's you and me
And it's more fun when one and one makes two
Oh yes one and one makes two at least I'm pretty sure they do
Oh yes it's true one and one makes two

Now let me show you what I mean
Now you say you want to play upon a seesaw
You're all alone and you don't know what to do
Well just go and find a friend and sit him on the other end
You'll have more fun when one and one makes two
Oh yes one and one...

Now you say you want to play a game of baseball
And you look around and there's no one but you
Well just find someone you know and he will catch the ball you throw
You'll have more fun when one and one makes two
Oh yes one and one...

Now there's the best reason of all that I like to number two right here
Now everyone needs somebody to share with
To love and help and care for through and through
And there's no one that I've known who can share or love alone
It's a lot nicer when one and one makes two
Oh yes one and one...

(Johnny Cash)
(with June Carter)

I got a boy and his name is John you oughta see little John tag along
Goin' where his daddy goes learnin' what his daddy knows

We got a boy and his name is John you oughta see little John tag along
Goin' where his daddy goes learnin' what his daddy knows
He's got a friend and her name is Kay and Kay goes with him every day
Gonna take Kay along gonna teach Kay this song
He's got a friend and his name is George but he's not the one from Valley Forge
And he's never been President that ain't the George we meant
He's got a friend and his name is Gives
(It's it's a dog I know but he's his friend
Yeah I know but it's a dog I know but he's his friend okay)
He's got a friend and his name is Gives Gives is so fat you can't see his ribs
A dog named Sergeant too he's his friend watch out he might bite you
I got a boy and his name is John you oughta see little John tag along
Goin' where his daddy goes (and his mommie)
Learnin' what his daddy (and his mommie) knows
(He will pick corn with his mama)
I got a boy...
(Okay he'd go with both of us you can go with me and he can go with us
That'll be nice okay baby tohether)

(Johnny Cash)

I wish I had a pair of little magic glasses
That I could see the future just by looking through
Then I could know what road tomorrow's gonna take me down
And I could see if I'll be walking down that road with you
I would keep my little magic glasses hidden I would let nobody else see what I
see
And everyone would want to know how I can know what lies ahead
And they'll wonder when I say tomorrow I see you with me
But if I see into the future that I'm on the road alone
And where the way was sunny now there's only rain
I'll put them in a box and seal it with a lock
And I'll never take my little magic glasses out again
I will put them in a box...

(Johnny Cash)

Where are you going Miss Tara Miss Tara where are you going Miss Tara Joan
Yesterday when you played on the swing and the trampoline
You're already thinking of a life of your own
And I turned around twice and you're already gone
Who will you marry Miss Tara Miss Tara who will you marry Miss Tara Joan
Will he have wealth and will he have fame
I'm sure too you're wonderin' just who he will be
Well that's your decision it's not up to me
I hope you'll be happy Miss Tara Miss Tara I hope you'll be happy Miss Tara Joan
And that you will stay with me till you're a woman
And wise to the world before you're off on your own

(Johnny Cash - June Carter)

Dinosaurs live a long time ago they were terrible lizzards don't you know
Some ate plants and some ate meat some ate fish and some ate beasts
One was called Diplodocus one was bigger than your school bus
One was called a Triceratops three horns to stop anything that hops
Now can't you just see yourself walking along leading your pet Trachadon
Or feeding your Brontosaurus Rex or scratching your Diplodocus' neck
Or riding on a Stegosaurus' back or swimming in Brachiscaurus' track
Oh what a time and oh what a fun play and tag with your Ignanondon
And if we had Dinosaurus now could they get along with a horse and a cow
Well I wish they hadn't become extinct Dinosaurus would be nice pets and friends

(Johnny Cash - Nat Witson)

Wild blackberries bloomin' in the thickest on the mountain
Sheep shire and water cress are growin' round the fountain
Where a big black bear is drinkin' lappin' water like a dog
Tiger Whitehead's in the bed sleepin' like a log
But tomorrow he'll see bear tracks seven itches wide
And by sundown he'll be bringin' in the hide

Pretty Sally Garland comin' down the mountain side
Where Tiger Whitehead's tryin' to nap a mill at the mill
She sits down on a bearskin and she says you'll be my man
I'll have me the best bearhunter in the hills
A wild child was Tiger Whitehead and they say he killed
Ninety-nine bears before he went to rest went to rest
Once he left two bearcubs orphaned but he brought 'em right on home
And Sally nursed the two bearcubs upon her breast
Wild blackberries bloomin'...

Tiger now is eighty-five and he lay upon his bed
And the bears he killed now numbered ninety-nine ninety-nine
Some fellers trapped the bears but Tiger said just let him go
If he ain't running wild he won't be mine
But at the night when the wind howls cross the hills of eastern Tennessee
And when the lightnin' flashes there's the strange thing that the people say
they see
An old grey headed ghost runnin' through mountains there
It's Tiger Whitehead after his one hundreth bear

(Buddy Mize)

Bayou bayou bayou bayou
Now here's a little tale about a flock of geese
Lookin' for a home and lookin' for a peace
But before they're safely in the southern sand
They gotta watch out for the critter called man
There's a goose and a gander and a goslin' child
Headin' on south at the call of the wild
Honk and holler as we go gonna see the Gulf of Mexico
Way up high don't fly low the long toms will get you from the old bayou

Well the wind from the north it chills you to the bone
And the call of the wild is callin' me come home
I'll lead my band of geese a marry trip we'll navigate that mighty Mississipp'
Honk and holler as we go...
Bayou bayou bayou bayou
[ ac.guitar ]
Honk and holler as we go...

My pappy led this band of twenty-three and the second in command included me
He made one fatal slip and he flew too low the long tom's got him from the old
bayou

(Johnny Cash - June Carter)
(with the family)

There's a little green fountain on a little green mountain
Don't you think we oughta stop and get a drink of water
There's a little green fountain...

Oh the water is cool and the water is blue a drink for me and a drink for you
Yes the water is cool and the water is blue a drink for me and a drink for you
There's a little green fountain...

Oh the water is cool and the water is deep take off your shoes and cool our feet
Yes the water is cool and the water is deep take off your shoes and cool our
feet
There's a little green fountain...

Come along with me to the pasture now we'll watch the wind blow on the cows
Come along with me to the pasture now we'll watch the wind blow on the cows

(Red Foley)

When I was a lad and old Shep was a pup over hills and meadows we'd play
Just a boy and his dog we were both full of fun we grew up together that way
I remember the time at the old swimming hole
When I would have drowned beyond doubt
But oldShep was right there to the rescue he came
He jumped in and helped pull me out
Now the years they rolled by and old Shep he grew old
His eye sight at last it grew dim
Then one day the doctor looked at him and said I can't do no more for him Jim
With a hand that was trembling I picked up my gun
And I aimed it at Shep's faithful head
But I just couldn't do it I wanted to run I wished they would shoot me instead
Now old Shep is gone where the good doggies go
And no more on this earth will he roam

(Johnny Cash)

Many many years ago when this land was young
A lot of our country was covered by big tall beautiful trees
And men had to have the trees to make wood to build houses
Make furniture with to make boots even to make paper with
So as more and more people came more wood was needed
And more and more trees were cut down
And the man that lived in the forest and cut down the trees
Was called the Timber man

Well my world is green and dark and dumb my home is in the loggin' camp
All week I cut down the mighty trees Saturday I get to do as I please
I give the man more than his hire and he'll never know it if I tire
Show me the toughest tree around the Timber man will bring it down
Swing it hard cut it clean no halfway or in-between
Move when the axe is in my hand make way for the Timber man

Yeah he was a mighty big tough man usually
That Timber man that lived in that forest and cut down those big trees
Well they say there's sawdust in my brain and don't get caught out in the rain
I got stump water in my blood the sweat from my brow turns the ground to mud
When the men don't know how to fell a tree the one they'll come and ask is me
I'll mark my spot and I'll take my stand the tree's gonna fall for the Timber
man
Swing it hard cut it clean...
And when they're cuttin' on a tree and it's just about ready to fall