I woke in a cold sweat
From a dream at 3 am
I was drifting in the sea of shadows
The rain was whipping in the wind
I saw a man dressed all in black
Reach out and take the helm
And he charted us a course
Out into the spirit realm
I can taste the salt
And feel the blisters on my hands
As I'm pulling as the oars
Rowing on to Glory land
And sittin' in the stern
Signin' hymns and talkin' trash
Is my broken guradian angel
The ghost of Johnny Cash
Well, Johnny's quoting from the Bible
While I'm trying to steer this leaky craft
His familiar voice reminds me
I'm a man whose cut in half
His tarnished halo slips and shines
The raging billows crash
And I'm riding out the deluge
With ghost of Johnny Cash
CHORUS:
Some sinners need their saints to be
Survivors of the fall
Cause when you're down here on your kees
Most angels are too tall
So I'll just live out this life
Dust to dust and ash to ash
With my guide from the other side
The ghost of Johnny Cash
You gotta stand for something
Cause when you're gone, you're gone
And the devil lost a lot of souls
When Johnny put that black suit on
He's still flippin' off the Pharisees
Laughin' that old stratch
While he haunts halls of heaven
The ghost of Johnny Cash
Chorus
Yeah I'll just live this life out
Dust to dust and ash to ash
Till I'm raising hell in Heaven
With the ghost of Johnny Cash
From a dream at 3 am
I was drifting in the sea of shadows
The rain was whipping in the wind
I saw a man dressed all in black
Reach out and take the helm
And he charted us a course
Out into the spirit realm
I can taste the salt
And feel the blisters on my hands
As I'm pulling as the oars
Rowing on to Glory land
And sittin' in the stern
Signin' hymns and talkin' trash
Is my broken guradian angel
The ghost of Johnny Cash
Well, Johnny's quoting from the Bible
While I'm trying to steer this leaky craft
His familiar voice reminds me
I'm a man whose cut in half
His tarnished halo slips and shines
The raging billows crash
And I'm riding out the deluge
With ghost of Johnny Cash
CHORUS:
Some sinners need their saints to be
Survivors of the fall
Cause when you're down here on your kees
Most angels are too tall
So I'll just live out this life
Dust to dust and ash to ash
With my guide from the other side
The ghost of Johnny Cash
You gotta stand for something
Cause when you're gone, you're gone
And the devil lost a lot of souls
When Johnny put that black suit on
He's still flippin' off the Pharisees
Laughin' that old stratch
While he haunts halls of heaven
The ghost of Johnny Cash
Chorus
Yeah I'll just live this life out
Dust to dust and ash to ash
Till I'm raising hell in Heaven
With the ghost of Johnny Cash