I just got back from Hell And I'm satnding here alive I know it's really hard to tell Don't know how I survived But I can't say that I'm doin' great But I think I'm doin' well That Devil's gonna have to wait 'Cause I just got back from Hell
Well, I just got back from Hell And I guess to tell the truth Well, I've been mad at everyone, including God and you When you can't find no one to blame you just blame yourself And I know I'll never be the same I just got back from Hell
Forgive me if I had any part If Iever broke your heart in two Forgive me for what I didn't know For what I didn't say or do And, God, forgive me as well 'Cause I just got back from Hell
Well, I just got back from Hell And I need to make some plans It's the last thing that I wanna do But I'll do the best I can I'm gonna learn to live again But I think I'll sit a spell Tell the world that I'm alive And I just got back from Hell
I can't say that I'm doin' great But I think I'm gettn' well Gonna let the world know I'm alive And I just got back from Hell And I just got back from Hell I just got back from Hell Got back from Hell
remember the smile on her face When i put you on her finger I felt the love in her sweet embrace And all the happiness you brought her I still see it all in my mind The way she loved me All the time
CHOURS Ring, ring You aint nothin but a thing Yesterday we used to hold her Little band of gold With a little blue stone I'm sure gonna miss the hand That you were on
She'd wear you when we were together She'd wear you when i was gone Cause we believed in love forever But i guess we were wrong Now she's found somebody new She doesnt care you Me or you
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Wish i could put it all behind But i cant keep her off my mind Oh, oh What can i do?
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Little band of gold with a little blue stone Oh...
I'm out here everyday breakin' haerts along the way I cause ears to fall and some to lose it all This whole world would be Better off without me Well, I'm the saddest words you've spoken I'm a promise broken
I'm the ballgame that you missed I'm the calls that don't come in I'm every poor excuse you use to cover up the truth I tell the people that you love That they don't matter quite enough There's no stoppin' me once I'm in motion I'm a promise broken
Disappointment, disillusion Despair, confusion I've seen it all in their eyes Don't promise you will if you won't Don't say you do if you don't Its alright to say you'll try
Well, I get pushed aside when you move on with your life But I'll stand the test of time in your heart and in your mind You'll think about me now and then Wonder how your life might've been But I will leave you never knowin' Well, I'm a promise broken I'm a promise broken
Every man has to come to a crossroad somewhere along the way. Johnny Cash came to his crossroad in a place called Nickajack Cave.
Little white pills and whiskey Honky tonks and smoke One night stands with his country band Had him strung out on the ropes Well, he cried out to Jesus He said, "Jesus, I think I'm too lost to save." He already had one foot inside the grave As he stepped into the mouth of Nickajack Cave
Everything was darkness Wasn't no light at all Just the cold dank air and the pitch black dirt And the spiders on the walls Well, he laid down beneath a ledge And curled up there to meet his judgment day The shivering came upon him wave by wave Well, he could feel the breath of death in Nickajack Cave
Then high above him shone a light He never would forget Then he heard a voice say, "Johnny Cash, I ain't through with you yet. Get up, I ain't through with you yet. I ain't through with you get Johnny Cash, Get up."
Then he crawled out from beneath that ledge And felt a gentle breeze Tears and dirt smeared on his face As peaceful as could be Well, he knelt down upon the ground Raised his eyes up to the light and prayed He said, "Lord, I'll be your servant from this day." That's how he became "The Man In Black" in Nickajack Cave
That's how he became "The Man In Black" in Nickajack Cave
Get up Johnny Cash, I ain't through with you yet Get up
She was cool, she was hot She was smokin' a lot At the end of the bar She had more than one Too many buttons undone On that blouse she wore
Starin' too long At her lost in that Skynyrd song Was his first mistake And when she shot him that 'Boy you don't want none of this' look It was way too late
She's like a needle to a junkie She's like whiskey to a drunk She's like poker to a gambler She's like a bullet in a gun She's in his blood He can't explain the rush when he gets with her Might be the death of him, but he's addicted man He can't quit her
Well she'd come to his house And he'd tell her she belonged just with him She'd get up, she'd get dressed Take five hundred, no less And then leave again
He said, "Baby, I'll take care of you. Can't stand the thought of sharing you With them other guys." Well she'd laugh and say "Well, maybe you shouldn't call me no more than, baby." And he didn't that first night.
She's like a needle to a junkie She's like whiskey to a drunk She's like poker to a gambler She's like a bullet in a gun She's in his blood He can't explain the rush when he gets with her Might be the death of him, but he's addicted man He can't quit her
She's in his blood He can't explain the rush when he gets with her Might be the death of him, but he's addicted man He can't quit her
She was cool, she was hot She was walkin' cross the parking lot With some other guy
Well, he was jealous, he was jonesin' And he wound up on the wrong end of a .45
I see you here night after night All by yourself in the blue neon light A drink in your hand, a tear on your face A beautiful woman so out of place I guess somebody told you goodbye In a million years I couldnt unederstand why
[Chorus:] What kind of fool Didn't want you What kind of fool Tore your heart in two What kind of fool Didn't do everything he could do To hold on to you What kind of fool
Well, I ain't no saint and I ain't no king I don't know it all, but I do know one thing Whoever it was that made you so blue Never deserevd a woman like you He should be down on his bended knees Beggin' you to forgive him please
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One day he'll wake up And realize the terrible truth He'll see that he had it all When he had you
I threw our rings into a box Filled with broken memories and fool's gold And I woke up again last night in this lonely bed without you to hold And I walkeda rond this house pullin' picutres off the walls Just like I've done a hundred times before Makin' sure I've got 'em all
<i>[chorus]</i> Makin' sure I've got the hard to find Little things that make me tink about you 'Cause I'm tired of this house always breakin' me down, feelin' blue No, there's nothin' left to say I'm puttin' memories away
Well, yesterday I found your dress I guess there's something I missed in our room But it didnt break me down the second that I found it like it used to With red wine and tears I've been gatherin' all the years we spent together I need to move on 'Cause I know that you're gone forever
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No, theres nothing left to say I'm puttin' memories away
Well, I ain't too sure about this so-called trail separation I mean it's been three whole days And I don't know if I can take anymore And I know I'm the constant source of your frustration But here I am again knockin' at your door
[Chorus] And I'm just no damn good, am I baby I'm just no damn good, I know it's true Cause everyday I go a little more crazy I'm just no damn good At not lovin' you
Well, who had the bright idea to do this kind of thing anyhow? If it was me, well, then obviously I was off the wall Well, I don't blame you a bit for feelin' angry now You're right, I'm wrong, I wasn't supposed to call
[Chorus]
No good at not holdin' No good at not seein' No good at not showin' you How much I care
[Chorus]
Everyday I go a little more crazy Cause I'm just no damn good At not lovin' you
I live in my own world on 18 wheels Playing music and writing songs about the way I feel Tonight I'll play my guitar for you I'll pour my heart out and tonight it's blue So gather round and watch me play I'm putting my misery on display
I was raised with the West Coast bands I dont change for anyone I stay the way I am I dont do this for fame, I do this for me It soothes my soul and keeps my sanity I'll only be here for today Putting my misery on display
And this road it's so cold And at times it feels so long But I just keep moving on and singing you my songs 'Cause I dont know any other way Putting my misery on display
Tonight I wish someone would hold me A woman's touch and put my mind at ease Her lips, her breaath up against my skin Spread her wingsa nd take my body in I'll be gone by the break of day Putting my misery on display
And this road gest so cold And at times it feels so long But I just keep moving on and singing you my songs 'Cause I dont know any other way Than putting my misery on display
I dont know any other way Than putting my misery on display
I stepped out into the blue Felt the wind hit my face Before my shoot opened I felt my heart race I was fallin Oh that's just fallin
Off the coast of australia I dove way down deep For all that I saw of that Great Barrier Reef It was nothin Compared to you it was nothin
I got lightning in my vains Thunder in my chest. All tangled up with you and tryin to catch my breath I've been chasing that sensation half way Around the world and lookin' back On what we had. I've done it all I've seen it all but I can't find a feelin' like that.
I wound up in some town in spain Runnin with the bulls Tryin to catch another thrill with a thousand other fools We were runnin Ah but thats just runnin When I started pushin 30 it started pushin back
Well how was I to know till now you'd be such a hard act to follow Nothin seems to follow
I got lightning in my vains Thunder in my chest. All tangled up with you and tryin to catch my breath I've been chasing that sinsation half way Around the world and lookin' back On what we had. I've done it all I've seen it all but I can't find a feelin' like that.
It's like flyin down some back road at midnight With you eyes closed and the head lights off Your life is searchin everywhere can't find that feelin anywhere Your all I want, now all I want is that...
Lightning in my vains Thunder in my chest. All tangled up with you and tryin to catch my breath I've been chasing that sensation half way Around the world and looin back On what we have. I've done it all i've seen it all but I can't find a feelin' like that.
Thats right I've done it all I've seen it all but I can't find a feelin like that
So you sailed away Into a grey sky morning Now I'm here to stay Love can be so boring
Nothing's quite the same now I just say your name now
[Chorus] But it's not so bad You're only the best I ever had You don't want me back You're just the best I ever had
So you stole my world Now I'm just a phony Remembering the girl Leaves me down and lonely
Send it in a letter Make yourself feel better
[Chorus] But it's not so bad You're only the best I ever had You don't want me back You're just the best I ever had
And it may take some time to Patch me up inside But I can't take it so I Run away and hide And I may find in time that You were always right You're always right
So you sailed away Into a grey sky morning Now I'm here to stay Love can be so boring
What was it you wanted Could it be I'm haunted
[Chorus] But it's not so bad You're only the best I ever had You don't want me back You're just the best I ever had The best I ever had The best I ever
