Lyrics




It all began when
They took me from my home
And put me on death row
A crime for which I am totally innocent, you know
I began to warm and chill
To objects and their fields
A ragged cup, a twisted mop
The face of Jesus in my soup
Those sinister dinner deals
The meal trolley's wicked wheels
A hooked bone rising from my food
And all things either good or un-good
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this weighing of the truth
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
And I'm not afraid to die
I hear stories from the chamber
Christ was born into a manger
And like some ragged stranger
He died upon the cross
Might I say, it seems
So fitting in its way
He was a carpenter by trade
Or at least that's what I'm told
My kill-hand's tattooed 'E.V.I.L.'
Across it's brother's fist
That filthy five, they did nothing
To challenge or resist
In Heaven, His throne is made of gold
The ark of His Testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
All history does unfold
It's made of wood and wire
And my body is on fire
And God is never far away
Into the mercy seat I climb
My head is shaved, my head is wired
And like a moth that tries to enter the bright eye
I go shuffling out of life
Just to hide in death awhile
And anyway I never lied
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this weighing of the truth
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and anyway
I told the truth and I'm not afraid to die
And the mercy seat is burning
And I think my head is glowing
And in a way I'm hoping
To be done with all this twisting of the truth
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
And anyway there was no proof and I'm not afraid to die
And the mercy seat is glowing
And I think my head is smoking
And in a way I'm hoping to be done
With all these looks of disbelief
A life for a life and a truth for a truth
And I've got nothing left to lose
And I'm not afraid to die
And the mercy seat is smoking
And I think my head is melting
And in a way that's helping
To be done with all this twisting of the truth
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
And anyway I told the truth
But I'm afraid I told a lie



Writer(s): NICHOLAS EDWARD CAVE, MICK HARVEY


Johnny Cash - Cash Unearthed (Box Set)
Album Cash Unearthed (Box Set)
date of release
25-11-2003

1   Dark As a Dungeon
2   Flesh and Blood
3   I'm Movin' On
4   You'll Never Walk Alone
5   We'll Meet Again
6   Solitary Man
7   Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
8   When He Reached Down
9   Wayfaring Stranger
10   In the Sweet By and By
11   You Are My Sunshine
12   I Shall Not Be Moved
13   Heart of Gold
14   When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
15   Rusty Cage
16   Just as I Am
17   I'm Bound for the Promised Land
18   I Am a Pilgrim
19   Bird on a Wire
20   The Man Comes Around
21   The Man Comes Around (Early Take)
22   Hurt
23   One
24   Casey's Last Ride
25   Delia's Gone
26   Two Timin' Woman
27   The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore
28   Mercy Seat
29   Brown Eyed Handsome Man
30   Gentle On My Mind
31   The Running Kind
32   Cindy
33   Father and Son
34   The One Rose
35   Hung My Head
36   Understand Your Man
37   Trouble in Mind
38   The Caretaker
39   Redemption Song
40   Old Chunk of Coal
41   Breaking Bread
42   Book Review
43   Wichita Lineman
44   Where We'll Never Grow Old
45   Waiting for a Train
46   The Fourth Man In the Fire
47   Southern Accents
48   Salty Dog
49   Pocahontas
50   In the Garden
51   I'll Fly Away
52   He Stopped Loving Her Today
53   Hard Times
54   Down There By the Train
55   Do Lord
56   Devil's Right Hand
57   As Long As the Grass Shall Grow
58   Thirteen
59   Big Iron
60   Long Black Veil
61   Chattanooga Sugar Babe
62   Drive On (Alternate Lyrics)
63   "T" for Texas
64   A Singer of Songs




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