what can i say? Cash's version is deeper than any other artists redition of this song. I have to give props to Gordon Lightfoot for coming up with such beautiful lyrics. Being one of Johnny's last recordings, his voice is so rough and the sorrow is conyed in a way that reflects everything in his life. You can hear the heartbreak and the tears in his words. Not to mention the beauty in the simple guitar.
The hero would be me.
But heroes often fail,
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
I would imagine this was recorded after June's death, in which case I feel as if he's singing like losing her was his fault, a feeling commonly associated with heartbreak.
what can i say? Cash's version is deeper than any other artists redition of this song. I have to give props to Gordon Lightfoot for coming up with such beautiful lyrics. Being one of Johnny's last recordings, his voice is so rough and the sorrow is conyed in a way that reflects everything in his life. You can hear the heartbreak and the tears in his words. Not to mention the beauty in the simple guitar.
The hero would be me. But heroes often fail, And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take
I would imagine this was recorded after June's death, in which case I feel as if he's singing like losing her was his fault, a feeling commonly associated with heartbreak.
great song.