Johnny Cash – What Is Truth (Guitar)

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The old man turned off the radio,

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Said, "Where did all of the old songs go?

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     Kids sure play funny music these days,

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     And they play it in the strangest ways."

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     Said, "It looks to me like they've all gone wild.

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     It was peaceful back when I was a child."

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Well, man, could it be that the the girls and boys

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Are tryin' to be heard above your noise?

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And the lonely voice of youth cries,        "What is truth?"

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A little boy of three sittin' on the floor

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Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?"

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     "Son, that's when people fight and die."

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A little boy of three says, "Daddy, why?"

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A young man of seventeen in Sunday school,

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     Bein' taught the golden rule.

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And by the time another year has gone around,

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It may be his turn to lay his life down.

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Can you blame the voice of youth for asking,        "What is truth?"

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A young man sittin' on the witness stand.

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The man with the book says, "Raise your hand.

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Re-peat after me. I solemnly swear."

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The man looked down at his long hair.

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And although the young man solemnly swore,

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      Nobody seemed to hear anymore.

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And it didn't really matter if the truth was there,

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It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair.

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And the lonely voice of youth cries,         "What is truth?"

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A young girl dancin' to the latest beat

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Has found new ways to move her feet.

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A young man speakin' in the city square

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Is tryin' to tell somebody that he cares.

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      Yeah, the ones that you're callin' wild

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Are gonna be the leaders in a little while.

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This old world's wakin' to a newborn day

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And I solemnly swear that it'll be their way.

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You better help that voice of youth find            what is truth.

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And the lonely voice of youth cries,          "What is truth?"