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Jim Dixon Lyr Add: Doin' My Time (10) Lyr Add: DOIN' MY TIME (from Johnny Cash) 27 Nov 19

Johnny Cash sang it a little differently from Flatt & Scruggs:


DOIN' MY TIME
Words and music by Jimmie Skinner
As recorded by Johnny Cash on "Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar" (1957)

On this ol' rock pile – with a ball an' chain,
They call me by a number, not a name, Lord, Lord.
Gotta do my time – gotta do my time,
With an achin' heart, wantin' that gal o' mine.

You can hear my hammer – you can hear my saw.
Gonna sing it like John Henry all day long, Lord, Lord.
Gotta do my time – I gotta do my time,
With an achin' heart, wantin' that gal o' mine.

When that ol' judge looked down on me,
Said: "I'll put you in that penitentiary," Lord, Lord.
Gotta do my time – I gotta do my time,
With an achin' heart, wantin' that gal o' mine.

Well, now it won't be long – just a few more days
They'll let me out o' here – I'm gonna stay, Lord, Lord,
With that gal o' mine – with that gal o' mine
She's waited for me – while I've done my time

[Also recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, 1950.]

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