June Carter Cash

Love is a burnin' thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire

I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

(Instrumental Interlude)

I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Oh, but the fire went wild

I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

Free love is the goin' thing
So I took off my wedding ring
And embarked on my final fling
Of losin' you
Borrowed love is awful cheap
He was fun but I can't sleep
I toss and turn and then I weep
I'm losin' you

But I'd like to take that man I made
And choke him on the bed we laid
'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid of losin you

I searched my heart to see if I
Could catch you in a little lie
And in some way justify
Losin' you
I thought love grew weak with age
Oh ho, how I misread the gage
You wrote the book, I turned the page
And I'm losin' you

But I'd like to take that man I made
And choke him on the bed we laid
'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid
Of losin you

Free love is the goin' thing
So I took off my wedding ring
And embarked on my final fling
Of losin' you
Borrowed love is awful cheap
He was fun but I can't sleep
I toss and turn and then I weep
I'm losin' you

But I'd like to take that man I made
And choke him on the bed we laid
'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid
Of losin you
He ain't worth the price I paid of losin' you

I got tired of New York City, of its sidewalks and its heat
So I got myself a great big horse and I rode him down the street
And then I hollered, hi, ho, Silver and, get 'em up, Scout
But I suffered aggravation and a great humiliation
So I finally said I'd let the story out

You can't ride a big white horse into the front of Gatsby's door
You can't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor
Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees
And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please

Well, he broke into a cantor down around ol' Times Square
And my cowboy boots and hat, I left them somewhere way back there
Then he stomped and reared and turned and bucked and took off to the South
And I slid through Gatsby's Restaurant with his tail stuck in my mouth.

But you can't ride a big white horse into the front of Gatsby's door
You don't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor
Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees
And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please

Now, down at Gatsby's Restaurant, there's a picture hanging there
Of a petrified Italian with escargot in his hair
And there's a big, white horse rug lying by the door
And I'm washing dishes in the back and sweepin' up the floor

But you don't ride a big, white horse into the front of Gatsby's door
You don't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor
Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees
And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please

Bare me up on wings of Angels
Let me hear the choir sing
Let me see the facits of the chair of Him

Lift me up on wings of Angels
Three or four or more
And place me in my weakness
Perfect at your door

Jesus, I'm tryin' to get to you
Jesus, I'm tryin' to come home
Bare me up on wings of Angels
Lest I cast my foot against a stone

(Instrumental Interlude)

Well, the world keeps flyin' around
And I'm almost outta sight
I keep slippin' into Hell
I can't seem to get it right

Bare me up on wings of Angels
I might make it, I might not
But Jesus, I'm givin' it all I've got

Jesus, I'm tryin' to get to you
Jesus, I'm tryin' to come home
Bare me up on wings of Angels
Lest I cast my foot against a stone

One, two, three

Two lovers stood in the white, white sand
Dark-eyed maiden and her tall lover man
With surprise and pain in her eyes
Clung to the hand of her tall lover man

"They're lyin' to me, aren't they, Jim?", she asked him
"That fair-haired girl with those blue, blue eyes
Is not your wife, is she Jim?"
And with tears in her eyes and her sad, sad cries
She clung to the hand of her tall lover man

In the darkness, he let go off her hand
"I'm not to blame, it was a game
'Cause that fair-haired woman is my wife
And she will be all of my life"

"You're lyin' to me, aren't you Jim?", she asked him
"If lovin' me was a sport, then your life will be short"
She said to him, "My Jim"
And the blade of the maid struck the man
And the blood flowed in the sand from her tall lover man

Two lovers lyin' in the white, white sand
"I'll die with you, my tall lover man"
And her blade found its mark in the dark
She clung to the hand of her tall lover man

"They're lyin' to me, aren't they, Jim?", she asked him
"That fair-haired girl, those blue, blue eyes
Won't be your wife, my Jim"
With tears in her eyes and sad, sad cries
She died in the sand with her tall lover man

You have heard of little Moses in the bull rush
You have heard of fearless David and his sling
You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph
And of Jonah and the whale you often sing

Well, there is going to be a meeting in the air
In that sweet, sweet by and by
Well, I am going to meet you, meet you over there
In that home beyond the sky

So the singing you will hear never heard by mortals ears
Will be glorious, yes, I do declare
And God's own son will be the leading one
At that meeting in the air

Well, there is going to be a meeting in the air
In that sweet, sweet by and by
Well, I am going to meet you, meet you over there
In that home beyond the sky

So the singing you will hear never heard by mortals ears
Will be glorious, yes, I do declare
And God's own son will be the leading one
At that meeting in the air

Well there's a dark and a troubled side of life.
There's a bright and a sunny side too.
But if you meet with the darkness and strife,
The sunny side we also may view.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we keep on the sunny side of life.

Oh, the storm and its fury broke today,
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear.
Clouds and storms will in time pass away.
The sun again will shine bright and clear.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

Let us greet with a song of hope each day.
Though the moments be cloudy or fair.
Let us trust in our Saviour always,
To keep us, every one, in His care.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone

They'll tell to you some loving story
And they make you think that they love you well
And away they'll go and court some other
And leave you there in grief to dwell

I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where the Ivy rock is black as ink
I'd write a letter to my false true lover
Whose cheeks are like the morning pink

Oh, love is handsome, love is charming
And love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows older
And fades away like morning dew
And fades away like morning dew

I walked into a honkey tonkey just the other day
I droped a nickle in the juke box just to hear it play
I didnt have no tune in mind, I didnt wait to choose
Just droped a nickle in the slot and I played the juke box blues

Theres a guy in there with an old tin horn
And a feller on an old banjo, and the man of the fiddle
He wasn't no slouch he could really drag that bow
Well, the man on the fiddle he must have got tired
I didnt hear him say, 'cause he cut loose on the steel guitar
And the juke box ran away
And I've herd something going strong
It must have been a drum
It gave that song a solid beat
Boy it was goin' some

I walked into a honkey tonkey just the other day
I droped a nickle in the juke box just to hear it play
I didnt have no tune in mind, I didnt wait to choose
Just droped a nickle in the slot and I played the juke box blues

I've played alot of juke boxes, most everyone in town
That's the first tune I've ever heard
That can make one night surround
Play the juke box blues, such a rythum I've never heard
I danced out both of my shoes

Old Bill Brown was known around town
For slippin' around at night
He'd grab a jug and cut a rug
Man, he'd really live it up right

Oh, Suzy Brown finally found
That old Bill was really hip
She took a bucket of banana peelings
And throwed 'em on the step

And he went slippin' around
Yes, he went slippin' around
He went slippin' around
Yes, he went slippin' around

With a [Incomprehensible] here and a [Incomprehensible] there
And he finally hit the floor
[Incomprehensible] never been done
And it won't be done no more
And he went slippin' around
Yes, he went slippin' around

Bill sat in on a game one night
Not her didn't intend to stay
His money flew from left to right
And he finally went away

His shoes went here and his shirt went there
And he finally lost his coat
He come home about daylight
And in a borrowed peticoat

And he went slippin' around
Yes, he went slippin' around
He went slippin' around
Yes, he went slippin' around

His wife said, "Bill, is that you there comin' in at this hour?"
Then she let fly between his eyes
With porpoise hearted flour
And he went slippin' around
Yes, he went slippin' around

Bill, he had a gal downtown
His ever loving best
He didn't dream when he met her
She would get him in a mess

His wife found out
That she was not idol of his life
She put a stop to that ratpick
With a great big butcher knife

Now he's through slippin' around
Yes, he's through slippin' around
He through slippin' around
Yes, he through slippin' around

His spirit rose up from the grave
And went floating through the air
He heard a voice from down below saying
'You ain't goin' up there, 'cause'

You've been slippin' around
Yes, you've been slippin' around
Yes, you've been slippin' around

If brains were thousand dollar bills
I'd tell you what we'd bet
You wouldn't have enough
To buy a cup of coffee yet

Well, that ain't the way I heared it
But here's a though for you
Your's might as well be coffee grounds
For all the thinking they'll do

Well I guess I told you off
That ought to hold you for a spell
Furthermore if you don't like it
You can pack tonight, get out of sight
And go jump in the well!

Sometimes you make me so darn mad
That here's what I could do
I'd pick you up and shake you up
And bite you half in two

Well that ain't the way I heared it
And sister if you do
You'll learn right quick that you done
Bit off more than you can chew

Well I guess I told you off
That ought to hold you for a spell
Furthermore if you don't like it
You can pack tonight, get out of sight
And go jump in the well!

If common sense was ice cubes
You can take it straight from me
You wouldn't even have enough
To cool a glass of tea

Well that ain't the way I heared it
You're just a wasting breath
Huh, if them ice cubes was ignorance
You'd done be froze to death

Well I guess I told you off
That ought to hold you for a spell
Furthermore if you don't like it
You can pack tonight, get out of sight
And go jump in the well!

Oh, a strange, strange woman, don't trust 'em from the start
Or a strange, strange woman will try to break your heart

Now woman don't feel sad, don't you pity me
I'll be on my feet when you're crawling on your knees
I'll bear the cross of my broken home
But strange, strange woman, can you bear yours alone?

Oh, a strange, strange woman, don't trust 'em from the start
Or a strange, strange woman will try to break your heart

Now he won't marry you and even if he did
How could you be happy with all the things you've hid?
A love without hope based on a cheating lie
Will soon melt away and wither up and die

Oh, a strange, strange woman, don't trust 'em from the start
Or a strange, strange woman will try to break your heart
Oh, a strange, strange woman, will surely break your heart

One, two, three

Two lovers stood in the white, white sand
Dark-eyed maiden and her tall lover man
With surprise and pain in her eyes
Clung to the hand of her tall lover man

"They're lyin' to me, aren't they, Jim?", she asked him
"That fair-haired girl with those blue, blue eyes
Is not your wife, is she Jim?"
And with tears in her eyes and her sad, sad cries
She clung to the hand of her tall lover man

In the darkness, he let go off her hand
"I'm not to blame, it was a game
'Cause that fair-haired woman is my wife
And she will be all of my life"

"You're lyin' to me, aren't you Jim?", she asked him
"If lovin' me was a sport, then your life will be short"
She said to him, "My Jim"
And the blade of the maid struck the man
And the blood flowed in the sand from her tall lover man

Two lovers lyin' in the white, white sand
"I'll die with you, my tall lover man"
And her blade found its mark in the dark
She clung to the hand of her tall lover man

"They're lyin' to me, aren't they, Jim?", she asked him
"That fair-haired girl, those blue, blue eyes
Won't be your wife, my Jim"
With tears in her eyes and sad, sad cries
She died in the sand with her tall lover man

The tears in my eyes have a home till I cry
And then they have a cheek to fall back on
The birds in the sky have a mate until it's time to die
But I don't have a love to call my own

Lovebirds come in pairs, they have someone who cares
And that's one thing that I have never known
They heather love within for shelter from the winter wind
And me, without a love, not a single solitary love
And me, without a love to call my own

Lovebirds come in pairs, they have someone who cares
And that's one thing that I have never known
They heather love within for shelter from the winter's wind
And me, without a love, not a single solitary love
And me, without a love to call my own

Love is a burnin' thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire

I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

(Instrumental Interlude)

I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Oh, but the fire went wild

I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

Well there's a dark and a troubled side of life.
There's a bright and a sunny side too.
But if you meet with the darkness and strife,
The sunny side we also may view.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we keep on the sunny side of life.

Oh, the storm and its fury broke today,
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear.
Clouds and storms will in time pass away.
The sun again will shine bright and clear.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

Let us greet with a song of hope each day.
Though the moments be cloudy or fair.
Let us trust in our Saviour always,
To keep us, every one, in His care.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

We got married in a fever,
hotter than a pepper sprout,
We've been talkin' about Jackson,
ever since the fire went out.

I'm goin' to Jackson,
I'm gonna mess around,
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town.

Well, go on down to Jackson
go ahead and wreck your health
Go play your hand you big-talkin' man,
make a big fool of yourself,

Yeah, go to Jackson go comb your hair
Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson.
See if I care.

When I breeze into that city,
people gonna stoop and bow. (Hah!)
All them women gonna make me,
teach 'em what they don't know how,

I'm goin' to Jackson,
you turn-a loose-a my coat.
'Cos I'm goin' to Jackson.
"Goodbye," that's all she wrote.

But they'll laugh at you in Jackson,
and I'll be dancin' on a Pony Keg.
They'll lead you 'round town
like a scalded hound,

With your tail tucked between your legs,
Yeah, go to Jackson, you big-talkin' man.
And I'll be waitin' in Jackson,
behind my Jaypan Fan,

Well now, we got married in a fever,
hotter than a pepper Sprout,
We've been talkin' about Jackson,
ever since the fire went.

I'm goin' to Jackson, and that's a fact.
Yeah, we're goin' to Jackson,
ain't never comin' back.

Well, we got married in a fever,
hotter than a pepper sprout'
And we've been talkin' about Jackson,
ever since the fire went - 

Free love is the goin' thing
So I took off my wedding ring
And embarked on my final fling
Of losin' you
Borrowed love is awful cheap
He was fun but I can't sleep
I toss and turn and then I weep
I'm losin' you

But I'd like to take that man I made
And choke him on the bed we laid
'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid of losin you

I searched my heart to see if I
Could catch you in a little lie
And in some way justify
Losin' you
I thought love grew weak with age
Oh ho, how I misread the gage
You wrote the book, I turned the page
And I'm losin' you

But I'd like to take that man I made
And choke him on the bed we laid
'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid
Of losin you

Free love is the goin' thing
So I took off my wedding ring
And embarked on my final fling
Of losin' you
Borrowed love is awful cheap
He was fun but I can't sleep
I toss and turn and then I weep
I'm losin' you

But I'd like to take that man I made
And choke him on the bed we laid
'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid
Of losin you
He ain't worth the price I paid of losin' you

I got tired of New York City, of its sidewalks and its heat
So I got myself a great big horse and I rode him down the street
And then I hollered, hi, ho, Silver and, get 'em up, Scout
But I suffered aggravation and a great humiliation
So I finally said I'd let the story out

You can't ride a big white horse into the front of Gatsby's door
You can't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor
Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees
And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please

Well, he broke into a cantor down around ol' Times Square
And my cowboy boots and hat, I left them somewhere way back there
Then he stomped and reared and turned and bucked and took off to the South
And I slid through Gatsby's Restaurant with his tail stuck in my mouth.

But you can't ride a big white horse into the front of Gatsby's door
You don't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor
Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees
And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please

Now, down at Gatsby's Restaurant, there's a picture hanging there
Of a petrified Italian with escargot in his hair
And there's a big, white horse rug lying by the door
And I'm washing dishes in the back and sweepin' up the floor

But you don't ride a big, white horse into the front of Gatsby's door
You don't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor
Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees
And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please

I told you once and I'll tell you now
If I lose your love, I'd die somehow
You broke the news to me today
But I need one thing before I go away

Well, you know I'm gonna love you, baby, once before I die
You know I've got to love you, baby, and I ain't gonna cry

There's a time to live and a time to die
A time to love and a time to cry
I've got to reap while you go sow
You're gonna stay and I'm gonna go

Well, you know I'm gonna love you, baby, once before I die
You know I'm gonna love you, baby, and I ain't gonna cry

There's a time to live and a time to die
A time to love and a time to cry
I've got to reap while you go sow
And you're gonna stay and I'm gonna go

Well, you know I'm gonna love you, baby, once before I die
You know I'm gonna love you, baby, once before I die

Now I'll tell you in Chicago boys, I was broken man
Dirty movies, credit cards and bills past due again
And that son of mine spit in my face and then I tanned his eye
He got a taste of Appalachian pride

That sassy son of mine, he was more than I could take
I loaded wife and kids and dogs and then I pulled up stakes
Back home here in the old home 'stead I've kept him by my side
And filled him with my Appalachian pride

We're praising God in everything we do
Thankful we had this to come back to
We don't have much money, but we're dignified
And happy in our Appalachian pride

There's hell mud in the smoke house, some flower in the ban
Molasis, cans and beans until crop comes in
The kids back in that bedroom, they finally understand
The pride of an Appalachian man

Now we don't live on welfare, we don't need the checks no more
We got sick of bill collectors a-banging on the door
We'll break our backs from dusk till dawn and God is on our side
And we'll make it just on Appalachian pride

We're praising God in everything we do
Thankful we had this to come back to
We don't have much money, but we're dignified
And happy in our Appalachian pride

She walked to his car from the church house
Where he sat waiting in the night
And her hands trembled on her Bible
As she held on firmly to the right

Oh, you're beggin' me to go out drinkin'
But drinkin' only adds to my pain
I love you sweetheart, I love you
But we won't ever meet again

Oh, I love you sweetheart, I love you
And your tears keep addin' to my pain
I love you sweetheart, I love you
But we won't ever meet again

Oh, my heart is almost broken
And then she let go of his hand
I love you sweetheart, I love you
But we won't ever meet again

You've been in the arms of another
And one who says she is my friend
You've kissed her and held her and loved her
And taken her places that we've been

Oh, my heart is almost broken
And then she let go of his hand
I love you sweetheart, I love you
But we won't ever meet again

Oh, I love you sweetheart, I love you
But drinkin' only adds to my pain
I love you sweetheart, I love you
But we won't ever meet again

Oh, my heart is almost broken
And your tears only add to my pain
I love you sweetheart, I love you
But we won't ever meet again

Well there's a dark and a troubled side of life.
There's a bright and a sunny side too.
But if you meet with the darkness and strife,
The sunny side we also may view.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we keep on the sunny side of life.

Oh, the storm and its fury broke today,
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear.
Clouds and storms will in time pass away.
The sun again will shine bright and clear.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

Let us greet with a song of hope each day.
Though the moments be cloudy or fair.
Let us trust in our Saviour always,
To keep us, every one, in His care.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

Well there's a dark and a troubled side of life.
There's a bright and a sunny side too.
But if you meet with the darkness and strife,
The sunny side we also may view.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we keep on the sunny side of life.

Oh, the storm and its fury broke today,
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear.
Clouds and storms will in time pass away.
The sun again will shine bright and clear.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

Let us greet with a song of hope each day.
Though the moments be cloudy or fair.
Let us trust in our Saviour always,
To keep us, every one, in His care.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

I will twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald dew
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue

I will dance, I will sing and my life shall be gay
I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming, my idols was clay
All portions of love had all flown away

Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How heart is wondering no misery can tell
He left with no warning, no word of farewell

Oh he taught me him love me and called me his flower
That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
How I long to see him and regret this dark hour
He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower

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