Genius Meanings
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Johnny Cash – Redemption Day
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A cover of the 1996 Sheryl Crow original, Cash’s Redemption Day cover is one of the 60+ songs he recorded in the months leading up to his death – and like so many of his cover
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Sheryl Crow & Johnny Cash – Redemption Day
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[Verse 1: Sheryl Crow] / I've wept for those who suffer long / But how I weep for those who've gone / Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong / But keep on killing / It's in the
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Sheryl Crow – Redemption Day
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[Verse 1] / I've wept for those who suffer long / But how I weep for those who've gone / Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong / But keep on killin' / It's in the soul to feel
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Redemption Song
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“Redemption Song” is the final track on Bob Marley & the Wailers' ninth and final album made when Marley was alive, Uprising.
Unlike most of Marley’s works, “Redemption Song” is a
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Gary Allan – Nickajack Cave (Johnny Cash's Redemption)
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"Every man has to come to a crossroad somewhere along the way / Johnny Cashy came to his crossroad in a place called Nickajack Cave." / Little white pills and whiskey / Honky tonks
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Johnny Cash – You Are My Sunshine
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“You Are My Sunshine” was written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell in 1939. It’s been covered more times than you’d want to list, but this one by Johnny Cash is one of the most
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Johnny Cash (Ft. Nick Cave) – Cindy
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[Verse 1: Johnny Cash] / Well, I wish I was an apple hanging on a tree / And every time my Cindy passed, take a little bite of me / [Chorus: Johnny Cash & Nick Cave] / Get along
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Johnny Cash – The Beast in Me
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“The Beast in Me” is the third track on Johnny Cash’s 1994 album, American Recordings.
This song was written by Nick Lowe, Cash’s stepson-in-law, before Cash featured it on
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Johnny Cash – Cool Water
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“Cool Water” was written in 1936 by Bob Nolan, and originally recorded by Vaughn Monroe and The Sons of the Pioneers in 1948.
The song has been interpreted by numerous artists
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Johnny Cash – I Don't Hurt Anymore
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[Verse 1] / It don't hurt anymore / All my tear drops have dried / No more walkin the floors / With that burning inside / Just to think it could be / Time has opened the door / And
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Genius – April 2019 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' APRIL 2019 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For April 2019 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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Johnny Cash – For the Good Times
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[Verse 1] / Don't look so sad, I know it's over / But life goes on, and this old world will keep on turning / Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together / There's no
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Johnny Cash – Ghost Riders in the Sky
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A country western song written by Stan Jones on June 5, 1948.
It’s been covered by multitudes,
including the Finnish death metal band Children of Bodom:
https://youtu.be/
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Johnny Cash – The Man Who Couldn't Cry
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“The Man Who Couldn’t Cry” is the thirteenth and final track on Johnny Cash’s album, American Recordings.
Although credit is often given to Cash for this song, it was originally
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Johnny Cash – Aloha Oe
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[Verse] / Proudly swept the rain cloud by the cliffs / As on it glided through the trees / Still following, with glee, the liko / The a hihi lehua of the valley / [Chorus][x2
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Johnny Cash – 1 Corinthians 15:55
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O Death, where is thy sting? / O Grave, where is thy victory? / O Life, you are a shining path / And hope springs eternal, just over the rise / When I see my redeemer beckoning me
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Johnny Cash – Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold This Body Down)
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This song is from Cash’s last album, American Recordings VI. This album was released seven years after his death. The album, but specifically this song gives the feeling of Cash
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Genius Lists – Songs of Spirituality, Inspiration and Motivation
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Spiritual, inspirational and motivational songs have been major themes in music for as long as we’ve been making music. You’ll find many of these songs familiar and some that are
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Marty Robbins – Big Iron
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“Big Iron” is a song written by Marty Robbins in 1959, a country ballad about an unnamed Arizona Ranger who has a fateful duel with the notorious outlaw Texas Red.
While the
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Johnny Cash – A Satisfied Mind
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Satisfied_Mind#cite_note-1
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Gary Allan – Life Ain't Always Beautiful
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Life ain't always beautiful / Sometimes it's just plain hard / Life can knock you down, it can break your heart / Life ain't always beautiful / You think you're on your way / And
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Kanye West (Ft. Kid Cudi & Raekwon) – Gorgeous
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“Gorgeous” sees Kanye describing the ugly nature of social injustice in America, ironically calling the nation “gorgeous” because of it.
Recorded during his self-imposed exile in
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Johnny Cash – Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound
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[Verse 1] / It's a long and dusty road, a hot and a heavy load / And the folks I meet aren't always kind / Some are bad and some are good / Some have done the best they could / And
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Tony Tost – Johnny Cash's "American Recordings" (33 1/3 excerpt)
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From Tony Tost, American Recordings (2011).
Buy the book at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Rolling Stone is one of the leading music magazines today, and their list of the 500 “Greatest Songs” of all time is considered by them to be “the definitive list”. It was
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