MITCHUM & CASH

Song Description

A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF 50'S REBELS

Song Length 3:16 Genre Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Subject Courage

Lyrics

?MITCHUM & CASH?
(MORRIS-SCOTT)

ROBERT MITCHUM WAS RUNNING MOONSHINE
OUT ON THUNDER ROAD
SPIKES ON THE PAVEMENT AT NINETY MILES AN HOUR
THE TIRE BLEW BEFORE HE ROLLED

HE WASN?T GOING TO SLOW DOWN
HE WASN?T GOING TO QUIT
HE WAS TEARING INTO MEMPHIS
LIKE A TORNADO HAVING A FIT?

(MEANWHILE?)
JOHNNY CASH WAS JUST NORTH OF THE DELTA
TRYING TO WALK THE LINE
BUT HE HAD SOME DEMONS PUSHING HIM
STRAIGHT INTO A RING OF FIRE

HE WAS NEVER GOING TO SLOW DOWN
HE WAS NEVER GOING TO QUIT
HE WAS TEARING INTO MEMPHIS
LIKE A TORNADO HAVING A FIT

AND HE KNEW RIGHT THEN THERE WAS NO WAY TO WIN
IT WAS A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE TIME
NEVER IN DOUBT HE HAD TO GET OUT
WHEN HE HEARD THOSE CELL DOORS CHIME

AND HE KNEW BEFORE LONG IT WAS TIME TO BE GONE
NO TIME TO SAY YOU?RE GOODBYES
MITCHUM AND CASH WERE DESTINED TO CRASH
?CAUSE NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE

FROM FOLSOM PRISON TO CAPE FEAR CAROLINA
THEY NEVER REALLY FIT IN
THEY WOULDN?T DO IT DIFFERENT WOULDN?T CHANGE A THING
THEY?D DONE THE SAME WAY AGAIN

THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO SLOW DOWN
THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO QUIT
THEY WERE TEARING INTO TO MEMPHIS
LIKE A TORNADO HAVING A FIT

AND THEY KNEW RIGHT THEN THERE WAS NO WAY TO WIN
IT WAS A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE TIME
NEVER IN DOUBT THEY HAD TO GET OUT
WHEN THEY HEARD THAT CELL DOOR CHIME

AND THEY KNEW BEFORE LONG IT WAS TIME TO BE GONE
NO TIME TO SAY YOU?RE GOODBYES
MITCHUM AND CASH WERE DESTINED TO CRASH
?CAUSE NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE?



FROM THE TORPEDOES CD ?DOWNRANGE? ON FAST FUSE RECORDS
COPYRIGHT 2006, LITE DAYS MUSIC (BMI)


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Lyrics MORRIS-SCOTT Music MORRIS-SCOTT
Producer MORRIS-SCOTT Publisher LITE DAYS MUSIC (BMI)
Performance THE TORPEDOES Label FAST FUSE RECORDS

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