It was nineteen fifty six when he came on to the scene <br />With his Big River woman who washed him down the stream <br />He sang about the good stuff the hobos and the trains <br />He shone the light on heroes remember Ira Hayes <br /> <br />Chorus; <br />Counterfeit Cash is what they call me <br />When I sing ol Johnny's tunes <br />Cause I look So Doggone Lonesome <br />Singing Folsom Prison Blues <br /> <br />But time don't mean a thing to me <br />Cause I cling on to to past <br />New country may be In to-day <br />But I still like Johnny Cash <br /> <br />Cause when he sang Give MY Love To Rose <br />It gave me food for thought <br />'Bout a young man out of prison <br />Dying by the railroad track <br /> <br />And I remember Luther Perkins <br />Pickin Marijuana Blues <br />Marshall Grant on bass <br />T'was the Tennessee Two <br /> <br />Verse: <br />Now I recall a young Johnny Cash <br />Back in nineteen sixty two <br />Johnny Yuma the Rebel was ridin high <br />And I was a young snapper too <br /> <br />Then he transformed to the man in black <br />And with June Carter were a smash <br />So let's roll out the carpet <br />Cause we love Johnny Cash <br /> <br />Now the good 'Lord' said that God is life <br />And with one loaf made many breads <br />He turned the water into wine <br />And raised Lazarus from the dead <br /> <br />Now if I come back for a second round <br />Just make me a real gone cat <br />I want nothin to do with that guy named Sue <br />I just want to be Johnny Cash <br /> <br />Cause when he sang Give My Love To Rose......... <br /> <br />Paul Henry Dallaire <br />Paul Henry Pub. <br />SOCAN<br /><br />Paul Henry Dallaire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-so-long-to-johnny-cash-song/