Lyrics We Got Paid by Cash - The Statler Brothers
It
started
March
of
sixty-four
Many
years
ago
We
were
hired
by
Johnny
Cash
To
open
up
his
show
Four
boys,
a
worn
out
Cadillac
With
a
road
map
on
the
dash
For
the
next
eight
and
one
half
years
We
got
paid
by
Cash
He
took
us
down
to
Nashville
To
Columbia
studio
Not
knowing
where
we
came
from
They
told
us
where
to
go
But
Johnny
said,
"I
like
'em
Don't
you
give
them
no
trash"
You
see,
we
were
Johnny's
little
boys
And
we
got
paid
by
Cash
We
were
there
when
June
became
Johnny's
lovin'
bride
And
we
sang
to
him
that
mornin'
Our
buddy
Luther
died
And
we
were
there
when
the
son
was
born
That
filled
them
both
with
pride
And
we
were
there
when
John
remembered
God
was
on
his
side
We
watched
him
on
the
concert
stage
We
watched
him
write
his
songs
And
saw
the
things
we
had
to
do
And
the
things
that
could
go
wrong
And
if
we
had
to
start
again
We'd
do
it
in
a
flash
'Cause
we
learned
more
than
we
earned
When
we
got
paid
by
Cash
Then
came
the
time
when
our
career
Demanded
that
we
go
And
through
some
tears
we
all
shook
hands
That
last
and
final
show
All
those
years
we
never
had
A
contract
or
a
clash
Whatever
we
may
be
today
We
owe
it
all
to
Cash
We
were
there
when
June
became
Johnny's
lovin'
bride,
And
we
sang
to
him
that
mornin'
Our
buddy
Luther
died
And
we
were
there
when
the
son
was
born
That
filled
them
both
with
pride
And
we
were
there
when
John
remembered
God
was
on
his
side
Now
John
will
tell
you
there
were
years
When
times
were
good
and
bad
But
we
can
tell
you
they
were
some
Of
the
best
we
ever
had
Carl
Perkins
and
the
Carters
And
the
Tennessee
Three
We
were
one
big
happy
family
And
would
have
done
it
all
for
free
Don
don,
don
don
Don
don,
don
don
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