Orphan Of The Road – Johnny Cash
Nghệ sĩ: Johnny Cash
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"Orphan Of The Road" - Johnny Cash
Track 2 of 10 on the album "Man In Black" (1971)
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQP9nXBiEiE
Capo on 1st fret
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
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From a carny show and a rodeo that shared a three-day stand
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A cowboy met a fiery carny queen
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In new spring nights amid the lights of the painted carny van
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They laughed and loved and shared short-lived dreams
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But the carny show and the rodeo went their separate ways
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And the carny season bloomed and soon moved on
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And I was born on a winter morn to the dark-eyed carny queen
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The too-late son of something that was gone
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The black sheep child that grew up wild from the seed the four winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ice and fire
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An orphan of the road
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
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I was still a child when my mama died of a chill that closed her eyes
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So I was left to grow up on my own
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Without a name, too wild to tame, no one cared to try
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So mostly I was mostly left alone
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In dingy bars and cold boxcars, hobo jungle camps
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I joined the men who drift from town to town
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The surging flood of restless blood flowed inside my veins
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I'd never find the time to settle down
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The black sheep child that grew up wild from the seed the four winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ice and fire
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An orphan of the road
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
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In the misty rain, I caught the train that slowed down through the town
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And I pulled myself into the boxcar door
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In a passing light in the deep gray night, I saw the still dark form
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Of an old man lying sick upon the floor
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And he said "I tried to find her, but they told me that she'd died
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And that she'd left an only son behind
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And I tried to find him, but I never did, but I know I could rest in peace
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If I could just see him once before I die"
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I found a match and I quickly scratched it into flickering flame
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Then I held it close and I gently raised his head
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"My mother, sir," I said of her, "I have her same dark eyes"
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He smiled a cowboy smile and then was dead
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The black sheep child that grew up wild from the seed the four winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ice and fire
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An orphan of the road