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Album: Miscellaneous (1968)
Artists: Johnny Cash

  1. "The Man Who Couldn't Cry"
  2. A Boy Named Sue
  3. A Boy Named Sue
  4. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
  5. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
  6. Ballad Of Ira Hayes
  7. Big River
  8. City Of New Orleans
  9. Daddy Sang Bass
  10. Don't Take Your Guns To Town
  11. Five Feet High and Rising
  12. Folsom Prison Blues
  13. Get Rhythm
  14. Ghost Riders in the Sky
  15. Give My Love to Rose
  16. Grey Victory *
  17. Guess Things Happen That Way
  18. Hey Porter
  19. Highwayman
  20. Hurt
  21. I Still Miss Someone
  22. I Walk the Line
  23. I've Been Everywhere
  24. Long Black Veil
  25. Man In Black
  26. Matthew Twenty-Four (Is Knocking at the Door)
  27. One Piece At a Time
  28. ONEY
  29. Pickin' Time
  30. Ragged Old Flag
  31. Ring Of Fire
  32. San Quentin
  33. Starkville City Jail
  34. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
  35. The One on the Left is on the Right
  36. Wanted Man
  37. Wrinkled Crinkled Wadded Dollar Bill


Johnny Cash
Miscellaneous
Five Feet High and Rising



by John R. Cash
Recorded 3/12/59
Number 14 - Country Chart; Number 76 - Pop Chart

My mama always taught me that good things come from adversity if we put our faith in the Lord.
We couldn't see much good in the flood waters when they
were causing us to have to leave home,
But when the water went down, we found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom dirt across our land. The following year we had the best cotton crop we'd ever had.

I remember hearing:

How high's the water, mama?
Two feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Two feet high and risin'

We can make it to the road in a homemade boat
That's the only thing we got left that'll float
It's already over all the wheat and the oats,
Two feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Three feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Three feet high and risin'

Well, the hives are gone,
I've lost my bees
The chickens are sleepin'
In the willow trees
Cow's in water up past her knees,
Three feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Four feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Four feet high and risin'

Hey, come look through the window pane,
The bus is comin', gonna take us to the train
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain,
4 feet high and risin'

How high's the water, mama?
Five feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Five feet high and risin'

Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can't come back till the water comes down,
Five feet high and risin'

Well, it's five feet high and risin'
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