Brown Eyed Handsome Man (feat. Carl Perkins) - Johnny Cash

Arrested on charges of unemployment He was sittin' in the witness stand The judge's wife called up the district attorney She said," Free that brown eyed man If you want your job, you better free that brown eyed man" Flyin' across the desert in a TWA I saw a woman walk across the sand She been a walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay To meet a brown eyed handsome man Her destination was the brown eyed handsome man Way back in history, three thousand years Back ever since the world began There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear For a brown eyed handsome man It's a lot of trouble, with a brown eyed handsome man Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind Between a doctor and a lawyer man Her mother told her darling, go out and find yourself A brown eyed handsome man Just like your daddy, he's a brown eyed handsome man Milo Venus was a beautiful lass She had the world in the palm of her hand She lost both her arms in a wrestling match To meet a brown eyed handsome man She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man Two, three, the count with nobody on He hit a high fly into the stand Round the third, he was headed for home It was a brown eyed handsome man That won the game, it was a brown eyed handsome man

I work all day as a soda jerk On my feet all the time and oh man, how they hurt Don't make much, but I sure get the news I don't have much time for gettin' the blues My friends drop in for sodas and pop There'll all talking fancy about a new record hop All day long I'm a-fillin' orders Takin' in nickels, dimes and quarters Cherry sodas and a chocolate shake Strawberry sundaes and a lemon fast fake Time to clean the fountain, 'cause it's almost five You know me dad, after five I jive I wanna jive, ah-ah-ah, I wanna jive Ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna jive, yes, after five Oh-oh-oh, I wanna jive, man alive, after five Well, I mop the floor and I wipe the counter I just work here dad, I'm not the founder I keep a-workin' and a-watchin' the clock A-peepin' out the window for my baby to stop We'll head out of town for a little night dive Because you know me dad, after five I jive All day long I'm a-fillin' orders Takin' in nickels, dimes and quarters Cherry cokes and tariff bill A cone of vanilla with a chocolate's fill Time to clean the fountain, 'cause it's almost five You know me dad, after five I jive I wanna jive, I wanna jive Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, and then we jive Yeah, I wanna jive, yes, man alive Come on now cat, let's jive Everybody rock, I wanna jive Ah-ah-ah, I wanna jive Ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna jive Yes, I wanna jive Man alive, I wanna jive Jive, jive after five

Well, how can you say you will, when you won't You tell me you do, baby, when you don't? Let me know, honey, how you feel Tell the truth how is love real Ah-hah, oh honey don't, well honey don't Honey don't, no honey don't, hey honey don't I say you will when you won't, ah-hah honey don't Well, I love you, baby, and you ought to know I like the way that you wear your clothes Everything about you is so doggone sweet You got that sand all over your feet So ah-hah, hey honey don't, honey don't Well honey don't, ah-hah honey don't, honey don't I say you will when you won't, ah-hah honey don't Oh honey don't Well, sometimes I love you on a Saturday night Sunday morning you don't look right You've been out painting the town Uh baby, been stepping around So ah-hah, hey honey don't, well honey don't Honey don't, honey don't, well honey don't I say you will when you won't, ah-hah honey don't Well well, honey don't, oh honey don't Yeah honey don't, honey don't I say you will when you won't, ah-hah honey don't

Life ain't nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs Dammit Elvis, don't you know? You made your Mama so proud Before you ever made that record, before there ever was a Sun Before you ever lost that Cadillac that Carl Perkins won Mr. Phillips found old Johnny Cash and he was high High before he ever took those pills and he's still too proud to die Mr. Phillips never said anything behind nobody's back Like, "Dammit Elvis, don't he know, he ain't no Johnny Cash" If Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir Then I guess Mr. Phillips did all of y'all about as good as you deserve He did just what he said he was gonna do and the money came in sacks New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac I got friends in Nashville, or at least they're folks I know Nashville is where you go to see if what they said is so Carl drove his brand new Cadillac to Nashville and he went downtown This time they promised him a Grammy He turned his Cadillac around 'Cause Mr. Phillips never blew enough hot air to need a little gold plated paperweight He promised him a Cadillac and put the wind in Carl's face He did just what he said he was gonna do and the money came in sacks New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac Dammit Elvis, I swear son I think it's time you came around Making money you can't spend ain't what being dead's about You gave me all but one good reason not to do all the things you did Now Cadillacs are fiberglass, if you were me you'd call it quits If Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir Then I guess Mr. Phillips did all of y'all about as good as you deserve He did just what he said he was gonna do and the money came in sacks New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac In Carl Perkins' Cadillac

I feel like a millionaire I feel like a millionaire Whenever she comes around Whenever I hear that sound I feel like a millionaire I feel like a millionaire Whenever she comes around Whenever I hear that sound She smell like money when she walk by All heat, no smoke, but she on fire If they suicide doors, then she gon' ride She got that passport pussy 'cause she don't fly, no love She gon' make you pay to see you work it She only twerk it for a Birkin I gotta see if shawty worth it Hey, she must be the money I feel like a millionaire (uh huh) I feel like a millionaire (uh huh) Whenever she comes around (uh huh) Whenever I hear that sound I feel like a millionaire (uh huh) I feel like a millionaire (uh huh) Whenever she comes around Whenever I hear that sound Shawty work her way, the way she go down Shawty worth her weight, her weight in gold pounds Call me young money, put that milli on me She the reason why I keep a milli on me Shawty work her way, the way she go down Shawty worth her weight, her weight in gold pounds Call me young money, put that milli on me 'Cause she the reason why I keep a milli on me, yeah She gon' make you pay to see you work it She only twerk it for a Birkin Let me see if shawty worth it Hey, she must be the money She must be the money Shawty looking like money I feel like a millionaire I feel like a millionaire Whenever she comes around Whenever I hear that sound I feel like a millionaire (uh huh) I feel like a millionaire (uh huh) Whenever she comes around Whenever I hear that sound I feel like a I feel like a I feel like a I feel like a millionaire I feel like a millionaire I feel like a millionaire Whenever she comes around Whenever I hear that sound

Ten times out of ten, you know I'd do it all again Even though I know exactly how it's gonna end I've seen the world, I've done it all and I've lost a couple friends But that's life, that's life So fuck it, let's just go another night You know the grass is only greener in your mind This 42 won't drink itself and I don't need nobody else And that's life, that's life That's la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life That's la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life That's la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life That's la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life (that's life) Ten times out of ten, I swear there's nothing I would change What's the point pretending when we all go out the same? We light it up, we drink it down, we try to ease the pain And that's life, that's life So fuck it, let's just go another night You know the grass is only greener in your mind This 42 won't drink itself and I don't need nobody else And that's life, that's life That's la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life That's la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life That's la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life That's la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life (that's life) La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-life This 42 won't drink itself and I don't need nobody else And that's life, that's life Ten times out of ten, you know I'd do it all again Even though I know exactly how it's gonna end I've seen the world, I've done it all and I've lost a couple friends But that's life, that's life