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Thread #24771 Message #285650
Posted By: Joe Offer
26-Aug-00 - 01:53 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Jackson (Jerry Leiber & Billy Edd Wheeler)
Subject: Lyr Add: JACKSON (Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash)
Hi - here are the lyrics. -Joe OfferJACKSON Written by Gaby Rodgers (=Jerry Lieber) and Billy Ed Wheeler,1963 (As performed by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, 1967)
(Both) We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout (Both) We been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out. (Johnny) I'm goin' to Jackson; I'm gonna mess aroun'. (Johnny) Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson; look out, Jackson town.
(June) Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health. (June) Go play your hand, you big-talkin' man; make a big fool of yourself. (June) Yeah, go to Jackson; go comb your hair. (Johnny): Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson. (June) See if I care.
(Johnny) When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow. (June) Hah! (Johnny) All them women gonna make me teach 'em what they don't know how. (Johnny) I'm goin' to Jackson; you turn a-loose o' my coat (Johnny) 'Cause, I'm goin' to Jackson. (June) Goodbye; that's all she wrote.
(June) But they'll laugh at you in Jackson; and I'll be dancin' on a pony keg. (June) They'll lead you 'round town like a scalded hound with your tail tucked between your legs. (June) Yeah, go to Jackson, you big-talkin' man. (June) And I'll be waitin' in Jackson, behind my Jàpan Fan.
(Both) Well, now, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout (Both) We been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out (Both) We're goin' to Jackson, and that's a fact. (Both) Yeah, we're goin' to Jackson; ain't never comin' back.