JOHNNY CASH ~ THE MAN IN BLACK ~ AWESOME !
WELL ~ You wonder why I always dress in BLACK
Why you never see bright colors on my back
And why does my appearance seem to have a sombre tone
WELL ~ There\'s a reason for the the things that I have on
I wear the BLACK for the poor and broken down
Livin\' in the hopeless hungry side of town
I wear it for the Prisoner who has long paid for his crime
But is there \'cos he\'s a victim of the time ..........
I wear the BLACK for those who never read
Or listened to the words that JESUS said
About the road to happiness through love and charity
WHY ~ you\'d thing He\'s talking ~ straight to you and me
WELL ~ we\'re doin\' mighty fine I do suppose
In our streak of lightnin\' cars and fancy clothes
But just so we\'re reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought \'a be a MAN IN BLACK ............
I wear it for the sick and lonely old
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold
I wear the BLACK in mournin\' for the lives that could have been
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men
And I wear it for the thousands who have died
Believin\' that the Lord was on their side
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died
Believin\' that we all ~ were on their side ..........
WELL there\'s things that never wiil be right ~ I know
And things need changin\' ~ everywhere you go
But \'til we make a start ~ to make a move to make things right
You\'ll never see me wear a suit of WHITE !
Ah ~ I\'d love to wear a RAINBOW every day
And tell the World that that everything\'s OK
But I\'ll try to carry off a little darkness on my on my back
\'Till things are brighter ~ I\'m the MAN IN BLACK !
Thanks for visiting ~ this is a great poem to recite ~ Each
stanza runs into the next. You can listen to it on You Tube.
Comments welcome. Johnny wrote this in 1964 ~ Love BRIAN XOX