written by Carl Perkins
recorded by Johnny Cash and June Carter
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| I rem | ember when I was a lad |
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| Times were h | ard and things were b | ad |
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| But there's a silver linin' be | hind every cl | oud |
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| Just poor p | eople that all we | were |
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| Tryin' to make a l | ivin' out of blackland e | arth |
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| But we'd get to | gether in a family c | ircle singin' l | oud. ... |
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| Now I rem | ember after work mama would c | all in all of u | s |
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| You could hear us singin' f | or a country m | ile |
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| Now little br | other has done g | one on but I'll rej | oin him in a s | ong |
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| We'll be to | gether again up y | onder in a little wh | ile. |
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| In the sky, Lord, | in the sk | y. |