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




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