Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #21
Peak in subgenre #6
Rights
Roy Cooper / John Vaughan / Vic Arnold 2011
Uploaded
December 01, 2011
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:01
Lyrics
My Name's Johnny Cash
Ma and Pa owned a motel on the edge of the town
It was clean but only one step up of calling it run down
We had salesmen and loners and stage folk on tour
So it weren't no surprise when a band knocked at the door
The driver stepped out of an old battered crowded car
He was all dressed in black and his cheek bore a scar
The look in his eyes said he'd seen better days
So Ma and Pa listened to what he had to say
Chorus
Hullo folks, we're trying to get back home to Tennessee
I'd be eternally obliged if you could trust me
Our swindling promoter's run off with all our stash
I'm with my wife and my band, and my name's Johnny Cash
Poor Ma and Pa hadn't heard of this man
They weren't like the so called die-hard country fans
And though they needed money, they needed it real bad
My old Pa just kinda smiled and shook the big man's hand
He said listen son, the times here, they are mighty tough
There aint much we get for free excepting love
But music's been a pleasure to my wife and me
So we'll stake you and your friends tonight just for free
Chorus
Hullo folks, we're trying to get back home to Tennessee
I'd be eternally obliged if you could trust me
Our swindling promoter's run off with all our stash
I'm with my wife and my band, and my name's Johnny Cash
So that was way back in nineteen fifty six
Ma and Pa struggled on 'til the bankers closed in
Then one day the man in black returned a country star
He gave to my folks his old autographed guitar
Spoken bridge
He said, I told my friends Elvis, Carl and Jerry what you did
We were at Sun Records, singing songs we learned as kids.
All of them dug deep when they heard about your strife
So here's a big fat check, I hope it helps you in your life
Chorus
Hullo folks, we're trying to get back home to Tennessee
I'd be eternally obliged if you could trust me
Our swindling promoter's run off with all our stash
I'm with my wife and my band, and my name's Johnny Cash
Tag
Yeah I may be stopping at your town .......... my name's Johnny Cash
