Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat-Johnny Cash

[ti:The Mercy Seat] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:American III: Solitary Man] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:02.95]It all began when they took me from my home [00:05.63]And put me on Death Row [00:07.44]A crime for which I am totally innocent you know [00:11.43] [00:12.86]I began to warm and chill [00:14.67] [00:15.67]To objects and their fields [00:18.17]A ragged cup a twisted mop [00:20.11] [00:20.79]The face of Jesus in my soup [00:22.91] [00:23.60]Those sinister dinner deals [00:25.53] [00:26.22]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [00:28.09] [00:28.97]A hooked bone rising from my food [00:31.77]All things either good or ungood [00:34.52]And the mercy seat is waiting [00:36.51] [00:37.07]And I think my head is burning [00:39.75]And in a way I'm yearning [00:41.88]To be done with all this weighing of the truth [00:45.69]An eye for an eye [00:47.12]And a tooth for a tooth [00:48.49]And anyway I told the truth [00:50.87] [00:51.55]And I'm not afraid to die [00:53.55] [00:59.67]I hear stories from the chamber [01:02.35]Christ was born into a manger [01:04.91]And like some ragged stranger [01:07.15]He died upon the cross [01:09.21]Might I say it seems so fitting in its way [01:13.21]He was a carpenter by trade [01:16.07]Or at least that's what I'm told [01:18.89] [01:24.13]My kill-hand's [01:25.25]Tatooed E V I L across it's brother's fist [01:28.62] [01:29.61]That filthy five They did nothing to challenge or resit [01:35.05]In Heaven His throne is made of gold [01:38.05]The ark of his Testament is stowed [01:40.67]A throne from which I'm told All history does unfold [01:44.40] [01:45.22]It's made of wood and wire [01:47.78]And my body is on fire [01:50.02] [01:51.45]And God is never far away [01:54.39]Into the mercy seat I climb [01:57.07]My head is shaved my head is wired [01:59.82]And like a moth that tries [02:01.82]To enter the bright eye [02:04.06]I go shuffling out of life [02:06.88]Just to hide in death awhile [02:09.68] [02:10.87]And anyway I never lied [02:13.79]And the mercy seat is waiting [02:16.41]And I think my head is burning [02:18.54] [02:19.10]And in a way I'm yearning [02:21.22]To be done with all this weighing of the truth [02:24.91]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth [02:28.15]And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die [02:33.21]And the mercy seat is burning [02:35.51]And I think my head is glowing [02:37.76] [02:38.45]And in a way I'm hopin' [02:40.75]To be done with all this twistin' of the truth [02:44.25]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth [02:46.81]And any way there was no proof And I'm not afraid to die [02:52.37]And the mercy seat is glowing [02:54.99]And I think my head is smoking [02:57.16] [02:57.73]And in a way I'm hopin' [02:59.28]To be done with all these looks of disbelief [03:03.41]A life for a life And a truth for a truth [03:06.33]And I've got nothin' left to loose [03:09.33]And I'm not afraid to die [03:11.71]And the mercy seat is smoking [03:13.70] [03:14.39]And I think my head is melting [03:16.26] [03:16.83]And in a way that's helpin' to be done with all this twistin' of the truth [03:22.69]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth [03:25.31]And any way I told the truth [03:28.31]But I'm afraid I told a lie