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Track Listing (Click to hear sample)
The Preacher Said, "Jesus Said" (With Billy Graham)
Orphan Of The Road
You've Got A New Light Shining In Your Eyes
If Not For Love
Man In Black
Singin' In Viet Nam Talkin' Blues
Ned Kelly
Look For Me (with June Carter)
Dear Mrs.
I Talk To Jesus Every Day (with June Carter)
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Liner Notes
J.C.A.T.*
There was a chill in the air this morning And the leaves on the buckeye tree Are putting on new colors And I feel a change in me It would surly be wrong to fight it For change is nature's way And I expect to be different tomorrow Than I am today Well, Hello! Here I am back again. And I have not enjoyed myself as much in three years as I did recording these new songs this week. It's the first time since we began television that I have had time to spend two or three days in the studio. The result of that labor of love is this album of new songs. I have never been prouder of an album than I have of this one. There are only three instruments on this album, The Tennessee Three, plus myself on rhythm guitar. There are two other voices: June Carter's , and Rev. Billy Graham's. We hope this will be the first of many new songs. We are going to continue to work hard at at making records and personal appearances, the two things I really love doing. I speak my mind in a lot of these songs. The lyrics express my feelings for a lot of things, and my feelings never change on some things, yet must change ion others. As I recently told a reporter: "Yes, I fell different now than I did a year ago about so and so. A year ago I had done a lot less thinking than I have now. The reporter said, "But last year I thought you said,'....'" "Yes, I did say that last year. But I changed my mind. I changed a lot of things. A Lot of things changed in me. I'm always changing, always will be changing. I'm growing, building, expanding. I'm still being born. You haven't seen the complete me yet." So the reporter asks, "Then there is nothing constant about you?" I answer, "Yes, I have many constants.I never quit. I never give up. I love people. I will always believe in God. I love music. I Love to write. I love to perform. I love my country. I believe in its youth and always have and always will. These are a few of my constants and there are others.. However, in most things, I'm changing." "So," I said to the reporter, "Please don't tell anybody how I feel about anything else unless I told you in the last few days. So here is an album that we have recorded in the last few days. The product of change. From the happy, hard working J.C.A.T* Johnny Cash 1971* Johnny Cash After Television Top Of Page
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ChartsAlbum - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Info That this particular album was the source of the "Man in Black" image for country icon Johnny Cash is a good example of how the public remembers what it wants to and forgets the rest. Indeed, there are few experiences that one might desire being able to forget quicker than the slide show this artist used to present at his concerts, in which all musical action would grind to a dead halt while shots of the extended Cash and Carter families cavorting in the Holy Land flashed across the stage. This album was actually the musical equivalent of these born-again yearnings, not only featuring a cameo by the horrifying Billy Graham but also at least one or two more gospel numbers than are normally present on a Cash collection not devoted primarily to that genre. Admittedly, Graham is better off cutting country records than counseling American presidents on whom they ought to drop bombs on, but many younger country fans would probably be shocked to find any connection between the "Man in Black" concept and pretensions toward being some kind of country messiah. In reality, it seems the grueling schedule of a three-year stint in television had more of an effect on Cash than religious conversion, as the liner notes are signed with the intriguing initials "J.C.A.T." — for "Johnny Cash After Television." The sparse and subtle backup does indeed go a long way toward smoothing out the wrinkles in this project, while the song "Singing in Vietnam Talking Blues" is a fine example of the socially conscious material this artist was coming up with during the late '60s and early '70s. Re-Release Info This album has not been re-released ***
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Lyrics 1.PREACHER SAID JESUS SAID(Johnny Cash) « © '71 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »[ with Billy Graham ] Well with everybody tryin' to tell us what to do You wonder how are you to know whose word is true But the preacher just keep on a bringing us a very same word And from St Paul to Billy Graham the same is heard And the preacher said of truth Jesus said (And Jesus said I'm the way the truth and the life) Well we can see that the world is full of greed There's so much hate yet there is so much need What should we do when no one seems to care What can we do when there is no love there And then the preacher said of love Jesus said (Jesus said love Thy neighbor as Thyself) Well please tell us the road we oughta go In such confusion how are we to know And if there is a heaven show us to its gates Oh you'd better tell us preacher before it's too late And then the preacher said of heaven Jesus said (Jesus said seek Thee first the kingdom of God snd his righteousness And all these things shall be added unto you) Well please tell us how we can find a way To climb every mountain that we face every day And in time of troubles what to depend upon To be the truth and help us carry on And the preacher said of trouble Jesus said (Jesus said let not your heart be troubled if you believe in God believe also in me In my father's house are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you And if I prepare a place for you I will come again and recieve you unto myself That where I am there you may be also) ********** 2.ORPHAN OF THE ROAD(Dick Feller) « © '71 Cyberphonic Publishing, BMI »From a carnie show and a rodeo that shared a three day stand A cowboy met a fiery carnie queen In new spring nights amit the lights of the painted carnie van They laughed and loved and shared short lived dreams Bu the carnie show and the rodeo went their seperate ways And the carnie season bloomed and soon moved on And I was born on a winter morn to the dark eyed carnie queen The too-late-son of something that was gone The blacksheep child that grew up wild From the seed the four winds sowed Unwanted son of ice and fire an orphan of the road I was still a child when my mama died of a chill that closed her eyes So I was left to grow up on my own Without a name too wild to tame no one cared to try So mostly I was mostly left alone In dingy bars and cold boxcars hobo jungle camps I joined the men who drift from town to town The surgin' flood of restless blood flowed inside my veins I'd never find the time to settle down The blacksheep child that grew up wild... In the misty rain I caught the train that slowed down through the town And I pulled myself into the boxcar door In a passing light in the deep grey night I saw the still dark form Of an old man lying sick upon the floor And he said I tried to find her but they told me that she'd died And that she'd left an only son behind And I tried to find him but I never did but I know I could rest in peace If I could just see him once before I die I found a match and I quickly scratched it into a flickerin' flame Then I held it close and I gently raised his head My mother sir I said of her I have her same dark eyes He smiled a cowboy smile and then was dead The blacksheep child that grew up wild... ********** 3.YOU'VE GOT A NEW LIGHT SHINING IN YOUR EYES(Johnny Cash) « © '71 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »You've got a new light shining in your eyes And I can see now right where your beauty lies And it's showin' in your face that your heart has found a place And I can hear it in your whisper and your sighs You've got a new way of doing things you do And it's plain to see there's been a change in you And I wonder could it be that the change is due to me For I have felt a certain something too You've got a way about you now that you never had before You've got a look you're wearin' now like no look you ever wore I tried to hide it for a while but now I realize You've got a new light shining in your eyes [ guitar ] You've got a way about you now... You've got a new light shining in your eyes ********** 4.IF NOT FOR LOVE(Glenn D. Tubb - Larry Lee) « © '71 House Of Cash, BMI / Pooh Bear Music, BMI »A broken man moves slowly down the sidewalk Humbled by the favours he must seek From those that he encounters on his walk through misery Who are rich enough to hurt just as they please If not for love I could be one of these An old man on a park bench stares with envy At a couple with their children on their knees While across the park a young man is caught by the police Stealin' for a habit he must feed And if not for love I could be one of these I could be one of these or so many many more Always at the beck and call of shame I'm thankful I was called by love to walk among the happy But if not for you love wouldn't know my name A man of squander talents vainly calls on His gift of God now straining through his soul While in the crowd before him a jealous friend awaits The moments that he can no longer please And if not for love I could be one of these I could be one of these... Yes if not for love I could be one of these ********** 5.MAN IN BLACK(Johnny Cash) « © '71 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »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 somber tone Well there's a reason for the things that I have on I wear the black for the poor and the beaten 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 because he's a victim of the times I wear the black for those who've never read Or listened to the words that Jesus said About the road to happiness through love and charity Why you'd think he's talking straight to you and me Well we're doin' mighty fine I do suppose In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back Up front there oughta 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 morning 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 will be right I know And things need changin' everywhere you go But till we start to make a move to make a few things right You'll never see me wear a suit of white Oh I'd love to wear a rainbow every day And tell the world that everything's okay But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back Till things're brighter I'm the man in black ********** 6.SINGIN' IN VIETNAM TALKIN' BLUES(Johnny Cash) « © '71 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »One mornin' at breakfast I said to my wife We've been everywhere once and some places twice As I had another helpin' of country ham She said we ain't never been to Vietnam There's a bunch of our boys over there so we went to the Orient Saigon Well we got a big welcome when we drove in To the gates of a place that they call Longh Bin We checked in and everything got kinda quiet But a soldier boy said just wait till tonight Things get noisy things start happenin' big bad fire crackers Well that night we did about four shows for the boys And they were livin' it up with a whole lotta noise We did our last song for the night And we crawled into bed for some peace and quiet But things weren't peaceful and things weren't quiet things were scary Well for a few minutes June never said one word And I thought at first that she hadn't heard Then a shell exploded not two miles away She sat up in bed and I heard her say What was that I said that was a shell or a bomb She said I'm scared I said me too Well all night long that noise kept on And the sound would chill you right to the bone The bullets and the bombs and the motor shells Shook our bed every time one fell And it never let up it was gonna get worse before it got any better Well when the sun came up the noise died down We got a few minutes sleep and we were sleepin' sound Then a soldier knocked on our door and said The last night they brought in seven dead And fourteen wounded and would we come Down to the base hospital and see the boys yeah So we went to the hospital warded by day And ever night with the singin' away Then the shells and the bombs till dawn again And the helicopters brought in the wounded men Night after night day after day comin' and a goin' So we sadly sang for them our last song And reluctantly we said so long We did our best to let 'em know that we care For ever last one of them that's over there Whether we belong over there or not Somebody over here loves 'em and needs 'em Well now that's about all that there is to tell About that little trip into livin' hell And if I ever go back over there anymore Hope there's none of our boys there for me to sing for I hope that war's over with and they all come back home to stay in peace ********** 7.NED KELLY(Johnny Cash) « © '71 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »In Australia a bandid or an outlaw was called a bushranger One of Australia's most infamous bushranger was a man named Ned Kelly Ned Kelly was a wild young bushranger Out of Victoria he rode with his brother Dan He loved his people and he loved his freedom And he loved to ride the wide open land Ned Kelly was a victim of the changes That came when his land was a sprout and seed And the wrongs he did were multiplied in legend With young Australia growing like a weed Ned Kelly took the blame Ned Kelly won the fame Ned Kelly brought the shame and then Ned Kelly hanged Well he hid out in the bush and in the forest And he loved to hear the wind blow in the trees While the men behind the badge were coming for him Ned said they'll never bring me to my knees But everything was changed and run in cycles And Ned knew that his day was at an end He made a suit of armour out of ploughshares But Ned was brought down by the trooper's men Ned Kelly took the blame... ********** 8.LOOK FOR ME(Glen Sherley - Harlan Sanders) « © '71 House Of Cash, BMI / Family Airs Publishing, BMI »[ with June Carter ] Look for me there in the morning when the clay of worthless ground Is baked into the brick to build the church That doesn't mind to wait with patience till it's found He said children look for me look for me Look for me late in the evening when the honey bear is lost And hears a buzz of honey bees that leads him on and feeds him Till his hunger feels at home he said children look for me look for me Look for me look for me love will be there beside you Love will be there to guide you look for me He said help me to help you to help yourself to me He said children look for love look for me [ ac.guitar ] Look for me there in the hand that drops a penny in the cup And in the hand that lends its strenght To help the lonely through the night and lift the beggar up He said children look for me look for me Look for me there in the chill of dawn and in the newborn eyes Of a baby left discarded by a girl we could offer nothing more Than a small back alley prayer he said children look for me look for me Look for me look for me... ********** 9.DEAR MRS(Johnny Cash - Arnette J. Arnette) « © '71 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP / House Of Cash, BMI »Dear Mrs though we've never met I know very much about you I know that you've got hair that shines like the morning sun You've got eyes that hold the blueness of the sky And of the deepest sea on a clear day and a smile that has a sparkle of a diamond I know that because I've heard him say those things about you These're the thoughts and the words of a man Who spent many heart breaking years behind prison walls The father of your children the man who worshipped the very ground that you walk on He had a picture of you Mrs it was old and faded and torn But you could tell at a glance that he never exaggerated in his thoughts and visions He never left his cell without first checking to see if he had your picture with him He was a young man when he first came to prison And he talked a great deal about you but as the years passed he talked less and less And during his last year here I don't believe he ever said a word to anybody He had the appearance of a man much older than he really was He walked with his head down and his shoulders saggin' And the walk itself seemed to take a great deal of effort He never received a letter or had a visitor while he was here in prison But never did he stop looking and waitin' Every day at mail call you could see him standing close to his bars With the look of a child awaiting a reward Even after the mailman had passed his cell his pleading eyes would follow beggin' As always he'd feel of his shirt pocket and then just stand there Staring at the emptiness and as always I could somehow feel the lumb in his throat And the burning in his eyes you know Mrs like just before you start to cry Well I thought you might like to know that they buried his body today Just outside the prison walls They buried him there because nobody cared enough to claim his body You know there was even a couple of old convicts there that actually cried No not because they cared for him but for what he died from they cared for Loneliness every prisoner knows loneliness but some know it more than others The man that they buried today had died many times Every day he waited hopin' and prayin' for a letter or a card Or just a note or anything to let him know that somewhere out there Somebody cared for him That assurance never came and today he died Mrs He died from loneliness starved for love a love that nobody ever wanted You see no man woman or child is immune to the need of love or to be loved No matter how terrible his crime might have been The death he died from today was more inhuman But his suffering is over now and he's resting in a pauper's grave in a prison suit And in his pocket is an old torn and faded picture of yes of you Mrs ********** 10.I TALK TO JESUS EVERY DAY(Glenn D. Tubb) « © '71 Pooh Bear Music, BMI »Well you talk about important people that you say you know Presidents and superstars of big television shows Well I know someone personally who's bigger than 'em all And next to him your superstars look mighty small And I have a talk with him each day and he's interested in every word I say No secretary ever tells me he's been called away I talk to Jesus every day [ guitar ] Well now I don't think that I'll ever be in any Hall of Fame And the social register of wealthy folks might drop my name But my name is written in the book of life I'm proud to say And that's all that really matters anyway And I talk to Jesus every day and he's interested in every word I say No secretary ever tells me he's been called away I talk to Jesus every day I talk to Jesus every day
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