This song was mentioned by Fortunato on 25-Sep-2001:


GET RHYTHM
Words and music by Johnny Cash
As recorded by Johnny Cash as a single (Sun #7, 1969)

CHORUS 1: Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues.
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues.
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones,
Put taps on your toes and get gone.
Get rhythm when you get the blues.

1. A little shoeshine boy he never gets lowdown,
But he's got the dirtiest job in town.
Bendin' low at the people's feet
On the windy corner of a dirty street.
Well, I asked him while he shined my shoes,
How'd he keep from gettin' the blues.
He grinned as he raised his little head.
He popped a shoeshine rag and then he said:

CHORUS 2: Get rhythm when you get the blues.
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues.
A jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine.
It'll shake all your trouble from your worried mind.
Get rhythm when you get the blues.

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

CHORUS 1: Get rhythm when you get the blues.
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues.
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones,
Put taps on your toes and get gone.
Get rhythm when you get the blues.

2. Well, I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy,
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy.
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right,
He took his shoeshine rag and he held it tight.
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away.
I said: "You're mighty little, boy, to be a-workin' that way."
He said: "I like it" with a big wide grin,
Kept on a-poppin' and he'd say it again:

CHORUS 3: Get rhythm when you get the blues.
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues.
It only costs a dime, just a nickel a shoe.
It does a million dollars worth o' good for you.
Get rhythm when you get the blues.