Lyr Add: Guess Things Happen That Way (J Clement)

Subject: Lyr Add: GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY (Johnny Cash
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 02 Nov 03 - 07:19 PM

GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY
(Jack Clement, 1958)
As recorded by Johnny Cash

Well, you ask me if I'll forget my baby.
I guess I will, someday.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.
You ask me if I'll get along.
I guess I will, someway.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

CHORUS: God gave me that girl to lean on,
Then he put me on my own.
Heaven help me be a man
And have the strength to stand alone.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

You ask me if I'll miss her kisses.
I guess I will every day.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.
You ask me if I'll find another.
I don't know; I can't say.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way. CHORUS

[Made famous by Johnny Cash. Also recorded by Bob Dylan (with Johnny Cash), Emmylou Harris, Sleepy LaBeef, Charley Pride, Jim Reeves, and others.]

Subject: Lyr Add: I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY (parody)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 02 Nov 03 - 07:20 PM

I transcribed the following parody from a sound file at The Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites, Requests Page Three.

I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY
(As sung by Homer and Jethro)

Our last record wasn't a hit.
They forgot to put a hole in it.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.
The reason that it never sold,
It's a nine-inch record with a twelve-inch hole.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

So we hope you buy this record
When you find it on the rack.
If you don't like it, just return it.
Huh! Try to get your money back.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

This here record ain't a long-play.
It's so lousy it sounds that way.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.
Johnny Cash made this a hit,
But we're gonna put a stop to it.
He don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

So we hope you buy this record
When you find it in the store.
If we don't get one to sellin',
They ain't a-gonna let us make no more.
We don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Guess Things Happen That Way (J Cleme
From: GUEST,pdq
Date: 02 Nov 03 - 09:15 PM

Jim Dixon: Thanks again...."It's a nine-inch record with a twelve-inch hole"...more great stuff from Homer and Jethro.