Recorded by: Johnny Cash
Written by: Johnny Cash
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Beside a Singin' Mountain Stream
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Where the Willow grew
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Where the Silver Leaf of Maple
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Sparkled in the Mornin' Dew
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I braided Twigs of Willows
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Made a String of Buckeye Beads;
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But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
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And you're the one I need
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Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
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And you're the one I need.
I leaned against a Bark of Birch
And I breathed the Honey Dew
I saw a North-bound Flock of Geese
Against a Sky of Baby Blue
Beside the Lily Pads
I carved a Whistle from a Reed;
Mother Nature's quite a Lady
But you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.
A Cardinal sang just for me
And I thanked him for the Song
Then the Sun went slowly down the West
And I had to move along
These were some of the things
On which my Mind and Spirit feed;
But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.
SPOKEN
So when this Day was ended
I was still not satisfied
For I knew ev'rything I touched
Would wither and would die
And Love is all that will remain
And grow from all these Seed;
SUNG
Mother Nature's quite a Lady
But you're the one I need
Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
And you're the one I need.
SOURCE:
JOHNNY CASH AND THE TENNESSEE THREE
COLUMBIA PICTURES SOUNDTRACK
I WALK THE LINE