Koji je najjeziviji stih koji ste ikad pročitali?
Nije da ga kopiram, ali nakon kraćeg razmišljanja moj prijedlog je:
Early one morning with time to kill
I borrowed Jeb's rifle and sat on the hill
I saw a lone rider crossing the plain
I drew a bread on him to practice my aim
My brother's rifle went off in my hand
A shot rang out across the land
The horse he kept running, the rider was dead
I hung my head, I hung my head
Uvijek mi krv poteče tik ispod kože kad ovo čujem.
Možda je to zbog hrabrosti, mašte i lakoće s kojom se pjesnik poigrava fenomenom smrti. Kod svih drugih strah od smrti paralizira sve procese, ali Johnny Cash baš tu zablista.