Johnny Cash - Mean as Hell paroles de chanson

paroles de chanson Mean as Hell - Johnny Cash



The devil in hell we're told was chained
A thousand years he there remained
He neither complain nor did he groan
But was determined to start a hell of his own
Where he could torment the souls of men
Without being chained in a prison pen
So he asked the Lord if he had on hand anything left when he made this land
The Lord said, "Yes, there's a plenty of hand but I left it down by the Rio Grande"
The fact is ol' boy the stuff is so poor
I don't think you could use it as the hell anymore
But the devil went down to look at the truck
And said if he took it as a gift he was stuck
For after lookin' that over carefully and well
He said this place is too dry for a hell
But in order to get it off his hand the Lord promised the devil to water the land
So trade was closed and deed was given and the Lord went back to his home in heaven
And the devil said now I got all what's needed to make it good hell and he succeeded
He began by putting thorns all over the trees
He mixed up the sand with millions of fleas
He scattered tarantulas along the road put thorns on cactus and horns on toad
Lengthened the horns of the Texas steer put an addition to the rabbits ear
Put a little devil in the bronco steed and poisoned the feet of the centipede
The rattlesnake bites you the scorpion stings
The mosquito delights you with his buzzing wings
The sunburst are there and so the ants
And if you sit down you'll need have soles on your pants
The wild boar rooms on a black chaparral
It's a hell of a place that he has for hell
The heat in the summers are hundred and ten
Too hot for the devil, too hot for men
The red pepper grows upon the banks of the brook
The Mexican is use it in all that he cook
Just dine it with one of 'em and you're bound to shout
I've hell on the inside as well as it out
My hands are calloused July to July I use a Big Dipper to navigate by
Fight off the wolves to drink from my well so I have to be mean as hell
A sheep herder came and put up the fence
I saw him one day but I ain't seen him since
But if you're needin' mutton we've got mutton to sell
We're cowpunchers and we're mean as hell
Neither me nor my pony's got a pedigree
But he takes me where I'm wantin' to be
I'll ride him to death and when he is fell
I'll get me another one mean as hell
I shot me a calf and I cut off her head
'Cause the boys in the bunkhouse are waitin' to be fed
They rise in chime with the five thirty bell
And the best one of any of 'em is mean as hell



Writer(s): JOHNNY R. CASH


Johnny Cash - The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Album The Complete Columbia Album Collection
date de sortie
04-12-2012

1 Amen
2 When He Reached Down His Hand for Me
3 Narration 5
4 Narration 4
5 Narration 3
6 Narration 2
7 Narration 1
8 Broken Hearted Lover
9 Worried Man Blues
10 Will the Circle Be Unbroken
11 When the Roses Bloom Again
12 My Clinch Mountain Home
13 Lonesome Valley
14 Keep on the Sunny Side
15 Gathering Flowers From the Hillside
16 I Ride an Old Paint
17 It Ain’t Me Babe
18 When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below)
19 Fast Boat to Sydney
20 It Ain’t Me Babe
21 He’ll Understand and Say Well Done
22 Tell Him I’m Gone
23 Why Do You Punish Me
24 Are All the Children In
25 The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Part 1
26 I’d Still Be There
27 Please Don’t Play Red River Valley
28 The Singing Star’s Queen
29 I’m Free From the Chain Gang Now
30 Don’t Think Twice, It's Alright
31 Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind
32 For Lovin’ Me
33 I’d Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall)
34 I’m Working on a Building
35 The Banks of the Ohio
36 The Wabash Cannonball
37 Brown Eyes
38 You Wild Colorado
39 Understand Your Man
40 The Vanishing Race
41 The Talking Leaves
42 Take Me Home
43 Still in Town
44 Nine Pound Hammer
45 Mean as Hell
46 Here Was a Man
47 Everybody Loves a Nut
48 White Girl
49 We Are the Shepherds
50 Wabash Cannonball
51 Roughneck
52 Lost on the Desert
53 Drums
54 Custer
55 Boa Constrictor
56 Apache Tears
57 Accidentally on Purpose
58 Joe Bean
59 Happy to Be With You
60 Cup of Coffee
61 In the Jailhouse Now
62 The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Part 2
63 It Was Jesus
64 ’Cause I Love You (instrumental)




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