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.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.
Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.
I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.
And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.
Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.
Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black.
- Johnny Cash, The Man in Black.
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6 comments:
Ow David -- JOHNNY CASH IS THE MAN!
May he rest in peace.
With deep respect and great admiration -- *L*
That is a "Fantastic" song!! Americians should really listen to the words. It's hopeless though.
Have any of you guys seen the new film about his life? It's only just had its premiere here in the cinemas last Friday. I think I'll invite Alan along to see it with me [though we're skint as per usual; but what the hell....]; he's a big J. Cash fan too.
I've heard it's pretty good. We have not seen a movie out in a loooong time.
It's well worth seeing, though it's more about his relationship with June Carter (which is somewhat idealised by their son, who was a producer or executive producer (check out what Roseanne Cash has to say on the subject)) than his life - it ends in 1968 with something like 'And then they lived happily ever after for the next 35 years' (check out the wikipedia article that's the first link in the original post after you've seen it). The lead actors are pretty bloody brilliant - if you've seen that film of the Folsum Prison concert or footage of him playing live you'll realise how Phoenix got his mannerisms and style nailed. Definitely well worth seeing.
Neither have we, PainterGirl. Too bloody expensive like! But after David's review of the film [cheers a lot, mate], I'm gonna invite my better half to the cinema! :-D
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