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Track: The Chicken in Black
Artist: Johnny Cash
Album: Singles Plus

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Johnny Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, musician and author, born February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas, USA as J.R. Cash; he died September 12, 2003 in Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Cash was a hugely influential country singer. His all-black stage wardrobe earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He was married to country singer [a=June Carter]. [a=Tommy Cash] is his younger brother. [a=Joanne Cash] is his younger sister. [a=Roy Cash Sr.] is his older brother. [a=Roy Cash Jr.] is his nephew. Singer-songwriter [a=Rosanne Cash] is his daughter, from his first marriage with Vivian Liberto. Stepfather of singer-songwriter [a=Carlene Carter] (daughter of [a=June Carter] and her first husband [a=Carl Smith (3)]). Johnny Cash was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980, the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 (performer), and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Release: Johnny Cash - The Chicken In Black
Year: 1984
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Folk

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The Chicken in Black For two long years my head hurt bad, so the doctor checked me and he shook his head, He said: ?I?m sorry to tell you, but your body outlived your brain?. He said: ?I know this doctor in New York, son and he?ll fix you right up with a brand new one?. So the head doctor met me when I stepped down off the train. He said: ?We had this bank robber killed last night. His body?s shot, but his brain?s alright. I?ll give you a transplant boy and you?ll be o.k.? I got my new brain and I was feelin? great. I went right back to Nashville with no headache, But somethin? strange happened when I walked in the bank one day. I said: ?Stick ?em everybody, I?m robbin? this place. Drop all of your money in my guitar case. Don?t nobody move and don?t nobody reach for that door?. A lady said: ?Why you?re Johnny Cash?. I said: ?No m?am, I?m the Manhattan Flash and I am the best bank robber in New York?. Now the other night Roy Acuff called me. He said: ?John, I?d like for you to do the opry?. So I went out on the stage but I couldn?t sing. I got into half a verse of ?I Walk The Line? Then somethin? snapped in this head of mine, I yelled, ?Stick ?em up, give me your money, your watches and rings?. Well, I called New York and talked to that brain quack. I said: ?Doc, I?ve got to have my old brain back?. He said: ?I?m sorry there; Mr. Cash, but I can?t do that?. He said: ?I put your brain in a chicken last Monday. He?s singin? your songs and makin? lots of money, And I got him signed to a ten year recording contract?. Now friends, if you see me walkin? down the street, Remember what you see ain?t necessarily me. And if I try to hold you up don?t pay me no mind, But when you got ten bucks that you can blow. You ought a catch that Johnny Chicken Show. He?s doin? fairs and concert dates all up and down the line. I said: ?Stick ?em everybody, I?m robbin? this place. Drop all of your money in my guitar case, Don?t nobody move and don?t nobody reach for that door?. A lady said: ?Why you?re Johnny Cash?. I said: ?No m?am, I?m the Manhattan Flash and I am the best bank robber in New York?. Well, I don?t pay any income tax you don?t pay tax on money you steal, You ought a catch that Johnny Chicken Show Chicken in black!