 Genius Meanings
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Johnny Cash – Daddy Sang Bass
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“Daddy Sang Bass” was written by Carl Perkins in 1967 and appears on the 1969 Johnny Cash album, The Holy Land.
Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash were friends from the days of Sun
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Johnny Cash (Ft. June Carter Cash & The Statler Brothers) – Daddy Sang Bass (At San Quentin)
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"And Carl Perkins wrote us another song, that tells about the reason for it all. It takes us back home and tells it like it was when I was a little bitty kid. We gathered around
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They Might Be Giants – Boat of Car
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[Intro: Johnny Cash sample] / "Daddy sang bass" / "Daddy sang bass" / "Daddy sang bass" / "Daddy sang bass" / [Verse: Margaret Seiler] / I took my boat for a car / I took that car
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The Carter Family – Can the Circle Be Unbroken
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This was a modified version of a 1908 song by Ada Habershon and Charles Gabriel, and is a story about the death and funeral of the protagonist’s mother.
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Johnny Cash – Will the Circle Be Unbroken
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“Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” is a popular Christian hymn written in 1907 by Ada R. Habershon with music by Charles H. Gabriel. The song is often recorded unattributed and
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Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire (At San Quentin)
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[Verse 1] / Love is a burning thing / And it makes a fiery ring / Bound by wild desire / I fell in to a ring of fire / [Chorus] / I fell into a burning ring of fire / I went down
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Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash – Jackson (At San Quentin)
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[Intro: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash] / I'd like to ask my wife June Carter come back, come here, June / Hey, I wonder, I wonder, can we get Carl Perkins to help us with this
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Johnny Cash (Ft. June Carter Cash) – The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
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Well, there was a time on earth when in the books of heaven / That an old account was standing for sins yet unforgiven / My name was at the top, there were many things below / But
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Johnny Cash – I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
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"I have to sit down for - okay, we'll do that for you, just a minute, thank you. This young man here at San Quentin tonight that wrote a song that I just saw written down on paper
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Johnny Cash – Big River (At San Quentin)
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"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. Well, all right!" / Well, I taught the weeping willow how to cry / And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky / And the tears I cried for
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SiriusXM – Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time (2022)
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1000. Alan Jackson - Country Boy / 999. Greater Bakersfield Show Interview (w/ Dwight Yoakam & Dave Alvin) / 998. The Oak Ridge Boys - Trying To Love Two Women / 997. Chris Cagle
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Johnny Cash – What Is Truth
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[Verse 1] / The old man turned off the radio / Said, "Where did all of the old songs go?" / "Kids sure play funny music these days!" / "They play it in the strangest ways." / Said
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Johnny Cash – Cocaine Blues (live)
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Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds / I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down / I went right home and I went to bed / I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head / Got
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Hank Williams Jr. – All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)
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“All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr.. It was released in 1981 as the first single from the
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Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
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Perhaps more than any other song, “Folsom Prison Blues” cemented Johnny Cash’s status as the outlaw country archetype. Although he never actually did time in the California prison
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Johnny Cash – When the Roses Bloom Again
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In the rattle of the battle, came a whisper soft and low / From a soldier who'd been wounded in the fray / "I am dying, Captain, dying and I pray before I go / You will give your
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Johnny Cash – Blue suede shoes
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The idea for “Blue Suede Shoes”, which was written and first recorded by Carl Perkins before being turned into a smash hit by Elvis Presley, was actually originally given to
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Johnny Cash – Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home)
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By the way the land is layin' / I think I'd be safe in sayin' / That over the next hill we'll be home / It's a straight and narrow highway / No detours and no byways / And over the
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Johnny Cash – Flowers On The Wall
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I keep hearin' your concern about my happiness / All that thought you've given me is conscience I guess / If I were walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none / While you and
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Harry Chapin – Cat's in the Cradle
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Harry’s ode to his son Josh, written when Josh was born.
Written by Harry Chapin’s wife, Sandy, long before their son was born. Once Josh was born, Harry Chapin turned it into a
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Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire
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“I’m On Fire” was the fourth of seven singles from Born In The USA that reached the top 10 in the US. Overseas it reached the top 20 in eight countries including a #5 peak in the
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Johnny Cash – Give My Love to Rose
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Although the song originally appeared on Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams, it is in fact, a Johnny Cash original.
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Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Well, my daddy left home when I was three / And he didn't leave much to ma and me / Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze / Now, I don't blame him cause he
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Johnny Cash – Girl from the North Country
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If you're travelin' the north country fair / Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline / Remember me to one who lives there / For she once was a true love of mine / If you go
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Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
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Radiohead was in the middle of their 1996 tour when they were approached by director Baz Luhrmann to record a song meant for his upcoming film, Romeo + Juliet.
The band was shown
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Diddy (Ft. Lil' Kim, The LOX & The Notorious B.I.G.) – It’s All About The Benjamins (Remix)
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From Puff Daddy and the Family’s No Way Out album, this song features most of Bad Boy’s star lyricists (no Mase). The original appeared on a random DJ Clue mixtape, making this the
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Johnny Cash (Ft. Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson) – Highwayman
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I was a highway man along the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side / Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade / Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my
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Johnny Cash – How Great Thou Art
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O Lord my God / When I in awesome wonder / Consider all the worlds / Your hands have made / I see the stars / I hear the rolling thunder / Thy power throughout / The universe
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