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Released August 1967
Released August 1967
Written By: John R. Cash, June Carter
Released August 1967
Well I see you’ve lost your honey bee
I know how you must be feeling now
You feel sad sad but boy it ain’t that bad
[Chorus]
You cry just a little bit and die just a little bit
And then you’ll be all right
Well you know it wasn’t long ago
Your honey bee was queen of my bee tree
But then away she flew and took my honey to you
[Chorus]
I pity you
I know what you’re going through
You watched your queen bee fly
Your honeycomb went dry
But if you keep pushin’ on
You won’t care if she’s gone
[Chorus 2x]
Written By: John R. Cash, June Carter
Released August 1967
Sunshine and showers and everything comin’ up daisies
Oh, what a good thing we had gone bad, oh, what a good thing we had
Drive-in’s and picnics end every day was Saturday
Oh, what a good thing we had gone bad, oh, what a good thing we had
The whole wide world was jealous, we wouldn’t hear a thing they’d tell us
Never did need any money, everything was milk and honey
Oh, long walks by the river, talkin’ ’bout livin’ together
Oh, what a good thing we had gone bad, oh, what a good thing we had
Long weeks of waitin’ and livin’ for the day we marry
Oh, what a good thing we had gone bad, oh, what a good thing we had
Happiness and laughter, we found everything we were after
Oh, what a good thing we had gone bad, oh, what a good thing we had
The whole wide world was jealous, we wouldn’t hear a thing they’d tell us
Never did need any money, everything was milk and honey
Oh, long walks by the river, talkin’ ’bout livin’ together
Oh, what a good thing we had gone bad, oh, what a good thing we had
Oh, what a good thing we had gone bad, oh, what a good thing we had
Released August 1967
Released August 1967
Released August 1967
Written By: Anita Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter
Released August 1967
[Chorus]
Oh I am a cheat and I’m a liar
Oh but you’re a loving ball of fire
I’ll leave you like a bum without a penny
And while I’m home with the blues
I’ll be hopping like a kangaroo
When I get off of that fast boat to Sydney
I said listen to me babe
I gave up the loving trade
I’m tired of all this running jumping playing
But you’re like it down under
The world with the Australian girls
And there’s not a word of truth in what you’re saying
[Chorus]
This is my greatest act
I’ve come boomeranging back
Grinning like a Rudolf Valentino
But then you grab your travel load
Like a swinging grinning dog
And hopped on that fast boat to Sydney
[Chorus]
Released August 1967
Written By: John R. Cash, June Carter Cash
Released August 1967
[Chorus]
I live down in Shantytown
Where chicken’s twenty cents a pound
And if you live on such solid ground
What are you doing down in Shantytown
What are you doing down in Shantytown
Well I’m back on your side of the tracks
Have come back for me to take you back
Back to your high society
To your cocktails and your teas
I’ll look up but don’t look down
Because we got pride in Shantytown
[Chorus]
Behind the walls of your shackled heart beats pure
While the rich have a love to endure
Well is the gold in your crown turning black
Is there something here in Shantytown that keeps you coming back
[Chorus]
Released August 1967
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