I Shot A Man In Reno Just

I Recently Found Myself Going Through A Period Of Uncertainty About My Future As A Performer, My Status As A Personality, The Believability Of My Christian Witness And The Knowledge Of God's Will In My Life. I Felt A Force Bigger Than Myself Saying, 'lay Back. Take It Easy. Study Hard. Read Your Bible. Think, Write And Keep Your Mouth Shut For Awhile.'

Oh, I'd Love To Wear A Rainbow Everyday, And Tell The World That Everything's Okay, But I'll Try To Carry Off A Little Darkness On My Back, Till Things Are Brighter, I'm The Man In Black.

The Beer And The Wurst Were Wonderful, But I Was Dying To Be Back In The South, Where The Livin' Was Easy, Where The Fish Were Jumpin', Where The Cotton Grew High.

Backstage At The Grand Ole Opry, I Got On My Knees And Told Her That I Was Going To Marry Her Some Day. We Were Both Married To Someone Else At The Time. ‘ring Of Fire’—june And Merle Kilgore Wrote That Song For Me-that’s The Way Our Love Affair Was. We Fell Madly In Love And We Worked Together All The Time, Toured Together All The Time, And When The Tour Was Over We Both Had To Go Home To Other People. It Hurt.

That Was The Big Thing When I Was Growing Up, Singing On The Radio. The Extent Of My Dream Was To Sing On The Radio Station In Memphis. Even When I Got Out Of The Air Force In 1954, I Came Right Back To Memphis And Started Knocking On Doors At The Radio Station.