Johnny Cash - Out Among The Stars Album Lyrics

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Out Among The Stars

It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas
Closing time another day is done
When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol
He can't find a job but Lord he's found a gun

He pulls it off with no trace of confrontation
That he lets the old man run out in the street
Even though he knows they'll come with guns a blazing
Already he can feel that great relief

Oh how many travelers get wear-y
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
And fly like eagles out among the stars

He pictures the arrival of the cruisers
Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes
He knows that when they're shooting at this loser
They'll be aiming at the demons in their lives

Oh how many travelers get wear-y
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
And fly like eagles out among the stars

The evening news carries all the details
He dies in every living room in town
In his own a bottle's thrown in anger
And his father cries we'll never live this down

Oh how many travelers get wear-y
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
And fly like eagles out among the stars

And fly like eagles out among the stars

 

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Baby Ride Easy

[Johnny:] If I drove a truck
[June:] And I were a waitress
[Johnny:] And I ordered coffee
[June:] And I poured you some


[Both:] Then you'd stop by on your way sometimes later
[June:] And if we arm-wrestled
[Johnny:] I'd say that you won

[Both:] I need my baby, ride easy, ride high in the saddle all day
[June:] If your loving is good
[Johnny:] And your cooking ain't greasy
[Both:] We'll chuck the chuck wagon and we'll ride away

[June:] If I were a winsome pale senorita
[Johnny:] And I a bull-fighter, way down in the sand
[Both:] While the band kept on playing that Old Paso Doable
[June:] Would you throw me a flower
[Johnny:] Would you take my hand?


[Both:] I need my baby, ride easy, ride high in the saddle all day
[June:] If your loving is good
[Johnny:] And your cooking ain't greasy
[Both:] We'll chuck the chuck wagon and we'll ride away

[Johnny:] If I ran the country
[June:] I'd be your first lady and I'd pick up the white house while you were away
[Both:] Waiting while you're passing time with world leaders
[June:] Left alone together
[Both:] Alone we might lay


[Both:] I need my baby, ride easy, ride high in the saddle all day
[June:] If your loving is good
[Johnny:] And your cooking ain't greasy
[Both:] We'll chuck the chuck wagon and we'll ride away

[June:] If your loving is good
[Johnny:] And your cooking ain't greasy

[Both:] Hey!

 

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She Used To Love Me A Lot

I saw her through the window today
She was sittin' in the Silver Spoon cafe
I started to keep going
But something made me stop
She used to love me a lot

She looked lonely and I knew the cure
Old memories would win her heart for sure
I thought I'd walk on in
And I give it my best shot
She used to love me a lot

I sat down beside her and she smiled
She said where have you been it's been awhile
She was glad to see me
I could almost read her thoughts
She used to love me a lot

She used to love me with a love that wouldn't die
Looking at her now I can't believe I said good-bye
It would only take a minute to turn back the clock
She used to love me a lot

I remember how good it was back then
And I said it's not to late to start again
We could spend a night together
Take up where we left off
She used to love me a lot

Then I panicked as she turned to walk away
As she went out the door I heard her say
Yes I'm in need of something
But it's something you ain't got
But I used to love you a lot

I thought she loved me with a love that wouldn't die
Looking at her now I can't believe she said good-bye
She just left me stading in there, I never been so shocked
She used to love me a lot
She used to love me a lot
She used to love me a lot ..

 

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After All

We have drifted apart
Broken hearts, me and you
After all of this time
I'm satisfied inside to know

This memory that I had
It's more good than bad
You taught me how to sing
And bring you love

After all this time
You're still a friend of mine
So I believe in someone
After all

Our love didn't last long
What went wrong?
Who's to say?

If you never been by
How then could I
Begin to say

After all this time
And you're still a friend of mine
So I believe in someone
After all

After all this time
You're still a friend of mine
So I believe in someone
After all

 

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I'm Movin' On

That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
I'm movin' on, I'll soon begun
You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky
And I'm movin' on

That big loud whistle as it blew and blew
Said hello to the southland, we're comin' to you
I'm movin' on, oh, hear my song
You had the laugh on me, now I'm settin' you free
And I'm movin' on

Mister fireman, won't you please listen to me
cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep movin' on, keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll
Keep movin' on

Mister Engineer, take that throttle in hand
This rattler the fastest in the southern land
Keep movin' on, I stayed away too long
You gonna ease my mind and put me there on time
And keep movin' on

I've told you baby, from time to time
You just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm movin' on, I'm movin' on
Well, you've broken your vow and it's all over now
And I'm movin' on

You've switched your engine now I ain't got time
For a triflin' woman on my main line
I'm movin on, you done your daddy wrong
I warned you twice, now you can settle the price
And keep movin' on

But someday, baby, when you've had your play
You want your daddy but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, you stayed away too long
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
Keep movin' on

 

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If I Told You Who It Was

I was down in music city 'bout a week ago
I wanted to see the brand old Loper show,
so I held a cap and I headed down to Opryland
They said they sold their last ticked the day before,
so I kinda just hung around the backstage door
and down the steps she came, men oh men
My favourite female country star,
she waved her fans and headed for her car
Her tire, unlike her body, was very flat
She said, could you change my tire
I said your wish is my desire
As she raised the lid, I grabbed her bomber jack
She said I sure do appreciate you're changing my tire

If I told you who it was, if I told you who it was
You'd say I was making it up
You've seen her on the screen and in country magazines
You'd think I was making it up
She said it was our little secret and my gully,
Oh I'm gonna keep it
Anyway you wouldn't believe it
If I told you who it was

She said you need a lift and I said well,
you can drop me of at the York motel,
so we headed down Briley parkway in the town
I told her I got all your records ma'am,
she smiled and said well I be damned
She said, you're kind of cute fellar, wanna mess around?
When we got to my room just the people lied
I said sure wish I could've heard you sing tonight
She smiled at me and said what do you wanna hear?
Well if I was one of them country music folks
I'll tell you, she'd sure get my vote for the best performance of the year

If I told you who it was, if I told you who it was
You'd say I was making it up
You've seen her on the screen and in country magazines
You'd think I was making it up
She said it was our little secret and my gully,
Oh I'm gonna keep it
Anyway you wouldn't believe it
If I told you who it was

Well I tell you this much,
when I put my arms around her and squeezed her real tight
She looked up at me with those big beautiful eyes,
took a deep breath in the side and said:
"Howdy I'm just so proud to be here!"

If I told you who it was, if I told you who it was
You'd say I was making it up
You've seen her on the screen and in country magazines
You'd think I was making it up
She said it was our little secret and my gully,
Oh I'm gonna keep it
Anyway you wouldn't believe it
If I told you who it was

 

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Call Your Mother

When you get a chance
Would you please call your mother
And thank her for the good years that we had?
Gently break the news that you don't love me
And give my best regards to your good old dad

I always liked your family
We got along just splendidly
Though your brother
Kind of rubbed me the wrong way
I remember that your eyes turned green
When they crowned your sister County Queen
Though she couldn't hold a candle
To your beauty any day

When you get a chance
Would you please call your mother
And thank her for the good years that we had?
Gently break the news that you don't love me
And give my best regards to your good old dad

Back when we could laugh and play
On family reunion day
Didn't we all look funny
In our 1950s clothes?
Your daddy wore that greasy stuff
Your brother drank more than enough
Your mom wore penny loafers
With runners in her hose

When you get a chance
Would you please call your mother
And thank her for the good years that we had?
O gently break the news that you don't love me
And give my best regards to your good old dad.

When you get a chance
Would you please call your mother

 

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I Drove Her Out Of My Mind

She gave me my walking papers
and ran off with someone new
Cuz he bought her things
my wages couldn't buy
So I turned to ups and downers
and everything between
Still I can't get her good lovin'
off my mind

Well today I bought a Cadillac
the kind she's always wanted
I called and asked her
if she'd like to ride
She said this is our last date
I said that's alright with me
cause tonight I'm driving her
out of my mind

Yeah I'll take her on a scenic cruise
right off of Lookout Mountain
Cause she said I never took her out
when she was mine
She'll see all seven states
as we drive to the pearly gates
tonight when I drive her
out of my mind

All the papers will read "Lovers leap
again off Lookout Mountain"
Cause i wrote a note
that called it suicide
But my epitaph will say
"he killed his pain yesterday
when he finally drove that woman
off his mind"

Well now here she comes to greet me
dressed to kill and so am I
Hope she asks me if this
cadillac will fly
And I know that I'll die laughin'
when I show her that it will
when I drive that woman
right out of my mind

Hell I'll take her on a scenic cruise
right off of Lookout Mountain
Cause she said I never took her out
when she was mine
She'll see all seven states
as we drive to the pearly gates
tonight when I drive her
out of my mind

They'll say Johnny Cash was quite a smash
down here in Chatanooga
last night when he drove her
out of his mind

Yeah that Cadillac dealer's in for a big surprise too
99 dollars down, 99 dollars a month
Yeah it's gonna be just gorgeous

(ooh to the pearly gates)
(ooh to the pearly gates)
(ooh to the pearly gates ...)

 

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Tennessee

Momma I guess you heard
I got married Tennessee
I got a blue eyed girl
Who thinks the world of me

We got a cabin in the country
And a creek that rolls near by
And a dog won't even bark at a firefly

Our clothes lines hang just outside our back door
And theres a tire that swings in the air 10 feet or more
Theres a church I can't seem to find on Sunday morning
But I sure found the place I belong in

[Chorus:]
And we wear blue jeans and big green things
Spend the summer time naturally high
By, chopping wood for next winters fire
Saving our money for the county fair
George Jones is supposed to be there
We got, forty acres of corn on the ground
Tennessee taters we sell by the pound
Proud as we can be, to live in Tennessee

Momma you and Dad gotta come stay with us sometime
I know you'll love that sweet little gal of mine
You and her could take about babies
Make some homemade apple pie
While me and Dad take a walk maybe talk about old times

[Chorus]

 

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Rock And Roll Shoes

It seems like yesterday
I heard people say
Son you were born a stray, someday you'll settle down
I guess there'll come a time
Maybe I'll tow the line
Right now I'm doing fine
Rollin' from town to town

I don't care where I ride
I'll my feet decide
Do anything but don't ask that I
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
Hang up my rock and roll shoes

Guitars and ringin' tones
Are in my blood and in my bones
Show me a bus and I'll call it home
I don't wanna change

I don't care where I ride
I'll my feet decide
Do anything but don't ask that I
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
Hang up my rock and roll shoes

Oh the lonely day
When they put me in my grave
There ain't a word you need to say just
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
Hang up my rock and roll shoes

So let that moulder run
Headed out towards the sun
I'm in the mood for movin' on
I'll be back some day

I don't care where I ride
I'll my feet decide
Do anything but don't ask that I
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
Hang up my rock and roll shoes

 

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Don't You Think It's Come Our Time

[Johnny Cash:]
I have picked wild roses
Far into september
But I had no one to give the flowers to
I needed a celebration
A September coronation
And I admitted to myself I needed you

[June Carter:]
I've watched the gentle winds change
The colors shades of meadows
Ive seen the dew on flowers that had no name
But I let my vase stay empty like my lonely empty heart
Picking flowers for yourself is not the same

[Chorus:]
[Both:] Don't you think its come our time to be together
Lets gather up our scattered words of love and make them rhyme
[Johnny:] Let's go pick some flowers and fill our empty vases
[Both:] Don't you think its come out time


[Johnny:] Would you take this small bouquet that leaves a fragrance on my fingers
And a feeling that your love is close at hand
[June:] Thank you for the flowers, now lets walk through the meadows
Through the brook where our demands caress the sand

[Chorus]

 

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I Came To Believe

I couldn't manage the problems I laid on myself
And it just made it worse when I laid them on somebody else
So I finally surrendered it all brought down in despair
I cried out for help and I felt a warm comforter there

[Chorus:]
And I came to believe in a power much higher than I
I came to believe that I needed help to get by
In childlike faith I gave in and gave him a try
And I came to believe in a power much higher than I

Nothing worked out when I handled it all on my own
And each time I failed it made me feel twice as alone
Then I cried, "Lord there must be a sure and easier way
For it just cannot be that a man should lose hope every day."

[Chorus]

Yes, I came to believe in a power much higher than I