Cash, Johnny - When You're Twenty-One Lyrics






It was Christmas Eve the night your poor Maw died son
And I reckon she prayed all of her life that she could raise you to be twenty-one
Me and you never moved into town boy we just kept on livin' out here
Aw and life's been good and bad Son for the past twenty-one years
Oh I remember now when you were a little fella and I used to take my boy to church
And when you sang the Christmas carols with the other boys oh it gave Daddy's heart a jerk
Why you sounded a lot like a little angel Boy
And to Papa you sure looked sweet
Even though your little ragged britches came half way to your skinny little knees
Oh and it made your Poppa proud boy and it filled my ole heart with joy
The Preacher'd step down and he'd pat your head and he say
My my got yourself a fine little boy
Well maybe my life down here's about over boy
Maybe my days on earth's about done
Maybe now I'll see your Mama and live with the Lord boy
But Merry Christmas to you and a happy birthday Son





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  1. G.... ....

    Mr Cash does this better than U2, sorry Bono. Yes, you no longer own this song.

  2. O.... K....

    I love it!

  3. A.... B....

    WORSHIP GUITAR ADD IS A SCAM

  4. K.... ....

    This version is fucking great and cool. But I have to say. Nothing beats the U2 version for me

  5. r.... c....

    When the Cover Get Better then original . JOHNNY CASH.

    r.... c....

    The older Johnny got the more poignant his music became. He was one of the few who truly reached your soul and left a mark.

  6. J.... R....

    Bono should sue the company that holds Jhonnye cash royalties for this version. Based upon humiliation... It´s like it´s Jhons music not U2´s

  7. A.... L....

    Brasil ouvindo 2019?

    A.... L....

    I´m here man!

  8. R.... G....

    I lesson to this song when I'm very depressed it has helped me with alot that I'm going through rip jhonny and June!

    R.... G....

    I sent this to my ex to give her proper perspective. She listens to hip hoppity trash so it will most likely be too deep for her. Lol

  9. K.... J....

    yeah johnny still need some cash ha ha ha

  10. K.... J....

    i am ok

  11. E.... B....

    ¡¡¡himno a la vida sublime y melancolico temazo total¡¡¡¡

  12. P.... B....

    The feels, it’s about a man dying of aids, I think it’s from the son to his father, not sure but who cares . God bless all

  13. B.... B....

    well u2 is number two - good for you second after Johnny is pretty good :-)

  14. F.... V....

    nice song... love it!

  15. P.... W....

    American Icon ❤

  16. I.... M....

    Ay last...together in the end...continua

  17. b.... ....

    RIP JOHNNY, MY HERO, AT PEACE WITH JUNE.

  18. J.... H....

    Heavens gain was truly our loss. Thank you Johnny for your gift to us. These songs will be part of humanity always. Some day we will sing with you and June for our father.

  19. F.... V....

    Johnny Cash y U2 ...mi musica favorita...

  20. I.... L....

    Man in black..R.I.P

  21. R.... K....

    Is it getting better
    Or do you feel the same
    Will it make it easier on you now
    If you've got someone to blame

    You said one love
    One life
    When it's one need
    In the night
    One love we get to share it
    It leaves you baby if you don't care for it

    Did I disappoint you
    Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
    You act like you never had love
    And you want me to go without

    Well it's too late
    Tonight
    To drag the past out
    Into the light
    We're one but we're not the same
    We get to carry each other
    Carry each other
    One

    Have you come here for forgiveness?
    Have you come to raise the dead?
    Have you come here to play Jesus
    To the lepers in your head?

    Did I ask too much?
    More than a lot?
    You gave me nothing now
    It's all I've got
    We're one but we're not the same
    Well we hurt each other and we're doing it again

    You said love is a temple
    Love the higher law
    Love is a temple
    Love the higher law

    You ask me to enter
    But then you make me crawl
    I can't be holding on
    To what you've got
    When all you've got is hurt

    One love
    One blood
    One life
    You've got to do what you should
    One life with each other
    Sister
    Brothers
    One life but we're not the same
    We get to carry each other
    Carry each other
    One
    One
    One
    One

  22. N.... C....

    I'm 31 and I just love Jonny cash! Very reliable!

  23. O.... K....

    I love it ,,,

  24. J.... P....

    Swear he made this sound like his song. Perfection

  25. e.... s....

    Great voice

  26. M.... K....

    JEDNA MIŁOŚĆ , JEDYNA ...

  27. C.... S....

    Como essa música é linda... Pqp!

  28. J.... S....

    Quando o "cover" consegui ser melhor do que o original. Gênio!!!

    J.... S....

    TIROU AS PALAVRAS DA MINHA BOCA \O/ MUITO BOM

    J.... S....

    Cash era un genio y este cover es espectacular pero One tocado x U2 es insuperable, en mi opinión. ✌

    J.... S....

    Exatamente.

  29. K.... W....

    Love for him. Absolute love. One of the few. Love brother. Absolute love.

  30. R.... ....

    Damn, was dying to hear him sing - landmine has taken my arms taken my legs... part.

  31. f.... r....

    people can love you just got to believe theirs just to many people wanting to bring change for things not to change

  32. J.... S....

    where are the greatest artists in the world today, The ones i love and respect and love to listen to work and laugh too are few and far between, going to miss all of the artists that passed. RIP to those GREAT ARTISTS THAT I GREW UP WITH.

  33. A.... P....

    Sing one: https://youtu.be/AI_-KMohntA

  34. M.... D....

    Even U2 pale when Cash does there song

  35. J.... L....

    The guitar is so simple and clean it makes an amazing contrast with Johnny ´s rough voice.

    J.... L....

    Jack Luminous — There are multiple guitars, also a piano. It’s a piano song. There’s even an organ at the end.

  36. m.... d....

    Ouvindo em dezembro de 2019

  37. S.... F....

    one … !

  38. M.... N....

    BRAVO 🙂

  39. j.... ....

    BEST Comment of the Decade......goes to Gary Tate..If Johnny Cash covers your song, it's No Longer your song.........BTW....Bono agree's with that

  40. B.... G....

    2019?????

  41. l.... i....

    and I end dead up with One; "me" (👻)

  42. M.... M....

    At least for this one song you have to like him, love him, Johnny Cash.


    May his soul be bundled in the fire of eternal life. (Jewish saying)

  43. M.... ....

    Really very nice. But still the original version is much better for me.

  44. C.... A....

    "Cash" grab

  45. K.... S....

    Hear those words, repukes?

  46. V.... F....

    How hip and cool was he, and how young and tender his heart.

  47. R.... v....

    Next time: Johnny cash covers one metallica

    R.... v....

    That's what I was hoping this was. I knew better though.

    R.... v....

    Dont try to meme this man. He deserves better.

  48. G.... S....

    *His voice on this song remembered a little bit Mark Knopfler's voice on his solo career*

  49. j.... g....

    So wished to have seen him.

  50. G.... t....

    the soundtrack of my divorce

  51. l.... a....

    Woow, Cash resurrected this song for me...

  52. A.... S....

    This is the MAN.very unique singing.great voice.RIP.

  53. K.... J....

    my heart is made of stone but delicate carrera marbel and jeans

  54. K.... J....

    je suis la belle dame sans mercy

  55. K.... J....

    yeah johnny i am in love with your friend bob dylan and he do not care much so far but sky is open for all birds

  56. S.... S....

    for ever and a day cash lives on. god like or aetheist

  57. l.... m....

    The best ever,, Love. The power in this woice is out of this world..

  58. G.... M....

    Best cover of any song - ever!

  59. M.... L....

    Is good, I loved! 0w0

  60. j.... h....

    perfect song..

  61. N.... T....

    Can a cover be better than the original? Now we have the answer.

    N.... T....

    the best example for being better than the original...
    i´ve covered this song also but never released it.. respect

  62. H.... ....

    To all of my exes I dedicate this song! SO happy without you, LOSERS!

  63. A.... E....

    A Giant of Song...Johnny..there will always just be one of you..the real McKoy....in my book, a symbol of Authenticity

  64. A.... P....

    Like si eres de mexico o latino america o españa

    A.... P....

    Mty México 😉

  65. J.... B....

    Love Johnny <3 <3 <3

  66. S.... C....

    😍😍😍

  67. R.... T....

    Vanessa Paradis sang this with just a piano accompaniment. Another beautiful cover. Special song. <3

  68. p.... s....

    sa faite du bien !

  69. Y.... C....

    Amazing version !!!!!

  70. W.... A....

    Heard this on the radio and I froze. Put my phone away and listened to the song. So powerful

  71. g.... m....

    ❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋❤️💋Piango per uno dei più grandi musicisti esistiti sulla terra....

  72. r.... t....

    johnny touched by big brother

  73. W.... ....

    I suspect only about a quarter to one third of the views are first time listenings.

  74. M.... C....

    Johnny said my song now, and no one can tell him otherwise

  75. O.... ....

    might be the first time I really listened to ONE.Blew my mind ! thank you mr JC

  76. I.... P....

    " Carry each other "

  77. P.... G....

    B E A U T I F U L

  78. E.... H....

    I love Johnny's cover !!!

  79. B.... A....

    I have been a U2 fan on and off for years , and I've heard this song a thousand times .. but never did the lyrics click til now. Just amazing.

  80. T.... O....

    It's just the pair of them having fun but it's such a simple yet brilliant track.

  81. S.... ....

    Thank you Johnnie for your comfort and inspiration

  82. H.... H....

    He made me feel a whole more different listening the song... in his interpretation I can feel every word in my heart and beyond

  83. B.... H....

    Who the hell would thumbs down this.....SMH!!

  84. G.... G....

    who the f is wefere????

  85. B.... G....

    It was kind of Johnny Cash to let U2 cover his song!

    B.... G....

    @Juan Nicolás Gallo Garrahan It's true. You can look it up. Peace.

    B.... G....

    @Jane-Ellen DeSomma One is a song by U2. Trent Reznor is the author of Hurt, an other cover.

    B.... G....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(U2_song)

    B.... G....

    Lyrics: Bono / Music: U2.

    B.... G....

    @Juan Nicolás Gallo Garrahan I'm sorry. I thought "Hurt" was the topic. Now that you say it...One..by U2 makes sense. Sorry, I replied in the wrong discussion. The video of "hurt" is heartbreaking.

  86. M.... B....

    Some of the most beautiful shit I have ever heard

  87. A.... M....

    Why does listening to Johnny Cash get me so emotional ?!!!!

    A.... M....

    I feel the same way. I assume it's because he utterly bares his soul when he sings. The American recordings are an incredible example of this.

  88. J.... M....

    I like this one, but i prefer U2

  89. N.... ....

    Played this after my friends funeral just sat there next to his grave and listened for about and hour and a half just thinking about life

  90. A.... M....

    by one;
    found I'm
    always, loving,
    love, for
    having, no
    beginning, and
    loving, here
    and now
    no end

  91. e.... ....

    çok anlamlı bir şarkısın ve birine armağan etmek için sabırsızlanıyorum

  92. K.... M....

    This is a deep holding version alternatively to the bono high up grab 😎🖒

  93. F.... A....

    Subscription ... 8541 ...! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A38UJ4ssco8 *STREET OF LAREDO* Soundtrack / Guitar Solo Version by *Johnny Cash*

  94. F.... A....

    I sometimes wonder what American country music would have been like, without the input of the voice, the melodies, the deep soul of Johnny Cash! Congratulations and best regards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnuZU3s5zw *GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY* Guitar Solo Version in the style of *Johnny Cash*

  95. P.... C....

    Ficou lindo💘🎶

  96. R.... L....

    Full ride scholarship toys