Rosanna, baby come on It was a black Cadillac drove you away Everybody's talkin' but they don't have much to say It was a black sky of rain none of it
Headlights on a Texas Road And Hank Williams on the radio Church wedding, they spent all they had Now the deal is done to become Mom and Dad And I was
lyrics to this track. It is intentionally blank, with each of the 71 seconds representing one of the years that the artist's father, John R. "Johnny" Cash
I'm the sparrow on the roof I'm the list of everyone I have to lose I'm the rainbow in the dart I am who I was and how much I can hurt So I will look
Well, I miss the sounds of Tennessee And the smell of heavy rain The roses in the garden Laugh before the pain But I hear his voice close in my ear I
The hills are burning, fields turn to steel The big house is haunted with what we don't feel All the streets are empty, no one ever comes around So you
Radio operator, in a tiny foreign room We can hear you now and later Calling out and coming through Radio operator, you're a voice so far from home With
It was a black Cadillac drove you away Everybody's talkin' But they don't have much to say There was a black sky of rain None of it fell One of us gets
Headlights on a Texas Road And Hank Williams on the radio Church wedding, they spent all they had Now the deal is done to become Mom and Dad And I
God is in the roses The petals and the thorns Storms out on the oceans The souls who will be born And every drop of rain that falls Falls for those
Radio operator, in a tiny foreign room We can hear you now and later Calling out and coming through Radio operator, you're a voice so far from home
The priest is prayin' for your soul And the doctor for your heart Someone tell me how to live Now that we must live apart Once we had a mother But that
It was a black Cadillac drove you away Everybody's talkin' But they don't have much to say There was a black sky of rain None of it fell One of us
by the dozens then Drifting south like rain I worked the soil, I used the gun The waves have to turned to grain I tried to love this Arkansas With black
I wish I was a christian, knew what to believe I could learn a lot of rules to put my mind at ease I wish I had the money to live just like a queen With
The waves are breaking on the wall The queen of roses Spreads her arms to fly, shed falls If I had wings I'd cut them down Live without these dreams
The hills are burnin', fields turn to steel The big house is haunted with what we don't feel All the streets are empty, no one ever comes around So
