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




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