Jesus and Johnny Cash

Written and copywrite by jimmy bivens 6/23/06
Jesus and Johnny Cash
V- Well I was a stoned on a Sunday morning- lookin like I’d lost my way,
A young fellow handed me a prayer- and said- brother have you been saved?
Well- I can see where this is headin- but I’m afraid I’ll have to pass - cuz while you’ve Jesus- I’ve got Johnny Cash.


V-Well Jesus had the Father- Johnny’s daddy lived in his brain- he said- you’ll never make it anywhere boy, so he hopped up on that train. He started singin songs about prison time- that he never did do- yet he strolled right into Folsom absolvin those bad boys blues.


V- (Now given my state of mind- that boy looked me in the eye and he said) He said, Think of chicken little- you know your sky is gonna fall- Johnny was a picker and a player- he ain’t gonna get you to the ball,
He didn’t make a wine out of water- but he shore did drink his fill- he was a beatin all his demons,
poppin – a pill by pill.



V- ( you know I wasn’t thru)- With no blessin or no miracles- Johnny’s pain was our gain, but lifes temptation’s- too many to abstain,
and he grew up w/ the gospel- sittin in that front row pew- Momma sang tenor,
Daddy sang Bass and Johnny did too.

BR- And his love for his brothers- Willy, Waylon and them all,
Singing for the sufferin, every time he made a curtain call-
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.

V- Well that’s my testimony- that’s my testament, he sacrificed for others- he to was heaven sent,
But his cross too great to bear- You see a Summer without June, just didn’t work,
Near the end he sang a song about- just how much that hurt.

Well, there was a different look about that boy and I believe he’d seen the light
He said he felt born again- and he’s a ready to walk the line,
He said thru the pearly gates – I know that I truly shall pass- cuz I’ve always had Jesus and now I’ve got Johnny Cash,
I said I’ve always had Jesus- and now I’ve got Johnny Cash.