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You can ask the people around me. I don’t give up. I don’t give up. I don’t give – and it’s not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don’t give up. I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.

Johnny Cash

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he’s a victim of the times.
JOHNNY CASH

Black Crime Hope Hungry Live Myself Poor Prison Time Victim
I came to believe in a power much higher than I.
JOHNNY CASH

Believe God Myself Power Spiritual
Death and hell are never full, and neither are men’s eyes.
JOHNNY CASH

Death Eyes Hell Man
If you aren’t gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.
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Emotion Feeling Self Love Voice Yourself
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
JOHNNY CASH

Build Energy Failure Forget Mistake Past Space Step Time Try Yourself
When I was a baby, my mama told me son, always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno.
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Children Goodness Man Mom Myself Shoot Son
We’ll all be equal under the grass, and God’s got a heaven for country trash.
JOHNNY CASH

Country Equality God Heaven Wasted
I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It’s still my symbol of rebellion — against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others’ ideas.
JOHNNY CASH

Appearance Black God Home Hypocrisy Ideas Mindset Myself People Rebel Status
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
JOHNNY CASH

Heaven Hell Learning Man Myself Place
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you’re mine, I walk the line.
JOHNNY CASH

End Eyes Heart Myself People Walk
Deep in the heart of the infinite darkness, a tiny blue marble is spinning through space. Born in the splendor of God’s holy vision, and sliding away like a tear down his face.
JOHNNY CASH

Born Darkness Deep Face God Heart Holy Space Tears Vision
Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable but most of all, it’s having those loved ones.
JOHNNY CASH

Bond Comfortable Friendship Happiness Love Peace People
If you have political convictions. Keep ’em to yourself
JOHNNY CASH

Opinion Politics Yourself
When you sing, you pray twice.
JOHNNY CASH

Prayer Sing Yourself
For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide.
JOHNNY CASH

Burn Myself Ocean Try Yourself
If you’re going to be a Christian, you’re going to change. You’re going to lose some old friends, not because you want to, but because you need to.
JOHNNY CASH

Change Friendship Lose Need Old Yourself

You can ask the people around me. I don’t give up. I don’t give up. I don’t give – and it’s not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don’t give up. I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.

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You can ask the people around me. I don’t give up. I don’t give up. I don’t give – and it’s not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don’t give up. I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.

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