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Johnny Cash - The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986 - 1991 - A Backstage Pass (early version)
The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986 - 1991
Disc 1
01. Birth of Rock and Roll
02. Sixteen Candles
03. Class of ‘55
04. Waymore‘s Blues
05. We Remember the King
06. Coming Home
07. Rock and Roll (Fais‐Do‐Do)
08. Keep My Motor Running
09. I Will Rock and Roll With You
10. Big Train (From Memphis)
Disc 2
01. The Big Light
02. The Ballad of Barbara
03. I’d Rather Have You
04. Let Him Roll
05. The Night Hank Williams Came to Town
06. Sixteen Tons
07. Letters From Home
08. W. Lee O’Daniel (and the Light Crust Dough Boys)
09. Heavy Metal (Don’t Mean Rock and Roll to Me)
10. My Ship Will Sail
Disc 3
01. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
02. As Long as I Live
03. Where Did We Go Right
04. The Last of the Drifters
05. Call Me the Breeze
06. That Old Wheel
07. Sweeter Than the Flowers
08. A Croft in Clachan (The Ballad of Rob MacDunn)
09. New Moon Over Jamaica
10. Water From the Wells of Home
11. Ballad of a Teenage Queen (alternate mix)
12. That Old Wheel (alternate mix)
Disc 4
01. Get Rhythm
02. Tennessee Flat Top Box
03. Long Black Veil
04. A Thing Called Love
05. I Still Miss Someone
06. Cry, Cry, Cry
07. Blue Train
08. Sunday Morning Coming Down
09. Five Feet High and Rising
10. Peace in the Valley
11. Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
12. Home of the Blues
13. Guess Things Happen That Way
14. I Got Stripes
15. I Walk the Line
16. Ring of Fire
17. Ballad of Ira Hayes
18. The Ways of a Woman in Love
19. Folsom Prison Blues
20. Supper Time
Disc 5
01. Sunday Morning Coming Down
02. Get Rhythm
03. I Walk the Line
04. Long Black Veil
05. I Still Miss Someone
06. Blue Train
07. I Got Stripes
08. Peace in the Valley
09. Five Feet High and Rising
10. Folsom Prison Blues
11. Cry, Cry, Cry
12. Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
13. Tennessee Flat Top Box
14. A Thing Called Love
15. The Ways of a Woman In Love
16. Ballad of Ira Hayes
17. Guess Things Happen That Way
18. Home of the Blues
19. Supper Time
20. Ring of Fire
Disc 6
01. A Backstage Pass
02. Cat’s in the Cradle
03. Farmer’s Almanac
04. Don’t Go Near the Water
05. Family Bible
06. Harley
07. I Love You, Love You
08. Hidden Shame
09. Monteagle Mountain
10. That’s One You Owe Me
11. Veteran’s Day (single B‐side)
12. I Shall Be Free (single B‐side)
13. I Draw the Line (previously unreleased)
14. A Backstage Pass (early version)
15. Harley (early version)
16. That’s One You Owe Me (early version)
17. Veteran’s Day (early version)
Disc 7
01. The Greatest Cowboy of Them All
02. I’m An Easy Rider
03. The Mystery of Life
04. Hey Porter
05. Beans for Breakfast
06. Goin’ by the Book
07. Wanted Man
08. I’ll Go Somewhere and Sing My Songs Again
09. The Hobo Song
10. Angel and the Badman
11. The Wanderer
There were wackos and weirdos and dingbats and dodos
And athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe
There was leather and lace and every minority race
With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson show

Kristofferson got an offer for a movie
Promoters closed another deal or two
Mark Rothbaum got a call from Shooter Jennings
And Waylon left the minute he was through
I moved with the mob at intermission
To the green room where you see who you can see
There were has-beens and would-bes and never-weres
Paupers, punks, and millionaires, and me

And there were wackos and weirdos and dingbats and dodos
And athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe
There was leather and lace and every minority race
With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson show

Hell's Angels blocked the traffic to the building
In order for the beer truck to come through
And waiting in the wings to sing with Willie
Were hopeful stars of flickering magnitude
There was a singer Willie knew back in the fifties
Who once paid him fifty dollars for a song
There were women who once did and some who still would
I heard one ask, "Did Connie come along?"

And there were wackos and weirdos and dingbats and dodos
And athletes and movie stars and David Allan Coe
There was leather and lace and every minority race
With a backstage pass to the Willie Nelson show