Johnny Cash
Album: VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson (live)
Track: Flesh and Blood
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Flesh and Blood Lyrics (Johnny Cash)
© '69 House Of Cash, BMI
Beside a singin' mountain stream where the willow grew
Where the silver leaf of maple sparkled in the mornin' dew
I braided twigs of willow, made a string of buckeye beads
But flesh and blood needs flesh and blood, and you're the one, I need
Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood, and you're the one, I need
I leaned against the bark of birch and breathed a honey dew
Saw a North-bound flock of geese against a sky of baby blue
Beside the lily pads, I carved a whistle from a reed
Mother Nature's quite a Lady, but you're the one, I need
Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood, and you're the one, I need
A cardinal sang just for me and I thanked him for the song
Then the sun went slowly down the West and we had to move along
These are some of the things on which my mind and spirit feed
But flesh and blood needs flesh and blood, and you're the one, I need
Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood, and you're the one, I need
And when the day was ended, I was very satisfied
Though I knew, ev'rything I touched, would wither and would die
And love was all that would remain and grow from all these seed
Mother Nature's quite a Lady, and you're the one, I need
Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood, and you're the one, I need
Spoken:
Isn't that a silly song, how Mother would call it - I've never heard - well, you can't this - ah, being a good-time story, right now - mhm, first time this guitar's bein' played, mhm, mhm
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