Johhny Cash live at Folsom Prison

[SoFlaJets]

Coacaine Blues a Woody Guthrie song

[The Troll]

Yes, that is a good song.

However, I still don't understand why there is a topic about it.

Been hitting old grand-dad's cough syrup?

[SoFlaJets]

nope sober as a judge(no drinky no druggie)-just that I listen to music on my computer lately and some stuff just gets ya goin'-it's not like there's a lot going on in Jets land-thus the music/food type stuff

we can all talk about everybody from another BORED-that'll be killer.

[bitonti]

that entire album is amazing... 8) doesn't get much better prison music then the man in black

[Oakliusmaximus]

Awesome album, now I'm going to have to go listen to it.

[Green Jets & Ham]

My daddy left home when I was three

And he didn't leave much to Ma and me

Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.

Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid

But the meanest thing that he ever did

Was before he left, he went and named me 'Sue.'

Well, he must o' thought that is was quite a joke

And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,

It seems I had to fight my whole life through.

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,

I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named 'Sue.'

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,

My fist got hard and my wits got keen,

I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.

But I made me a vow to the moon and stars

That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars

And kill that man that give me that awful name.

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July

And I just hit town and my throat was dry,

I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.

At an old saloon on a street of mud,

There at a table, dealing stud,

Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me 'Sue.'

Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,

And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.

He was big and bent and gray and old,

And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

And I said: "My name is 'Sue!' how do you do! Now you gonna die!"

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes

And he went down but, to my surprise,

He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.

But I busted a chair right across his teeth

And we crashed through the wall and into the street

Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

I tell ya, I've fought tougher men

But I really can't remember when,

He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.

I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,

He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,

He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.

And he said: "Son, this world is rough

And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough

And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along.

So I give ya that name and I said good-bye

I knew you'd have to get tough or die

And it's that name that helped to make you strong."

He said: 'Now you just fought one hell of a fight

And I know you hate me, and you got the right

To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.

But ya ought to thank me, before I die,

For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you 'Sue'.'

Well what could I do?!?! ... What could I do?!?!

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,

And I come away with a different point of view.

And I think about him, every now and then,

Every time I try and every time I win,

And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him ...

Bill or George! .. Anything but sue!

[SoFlaJets]

I wish there was an easy way to post songs here-kind of like the way we post links to articles-THEN the"what are you listening to now?"threads would be even better

[Jetfan13]

now Im gonna date myself terribly:

I had that album on 8-TRACK years ago..absolutely fantastic stuff

[SoFlaJets]

ah 8 tracks remmeber having to put books of matches under them to get them to play in the car?How about when you'd be listening and the song would fade and then "CLICK" and the song would come back on the next track?Loved it...

[spjets]

now Im gonna date myself terribly:

I had that album on 8-TRACK years ago..absolutely fantastic stuff

im 32 and i remember my dad having REO SPEEDWAGON on 8-track..lol

[jetswin]

For my friend Sofla...

http://cdsampler.com/mp3.cgi/303879ae.mp3