Here are all of Johnny Cash songs ranked. Verse 3 I bet theres rich folks eating in a fancy dining car Theyre probably drinkin coffee and smoking big cigars Well I know I had it coming, I know I cant be free But those people keep a. Johnny Cash wrote Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk the Line and Come In, Stranger. Johnny Cash originally did It Aint Nothing New Babe, We Must Believe in Magic, Clean Your Own Tables, Good Old American Guest and other songs. Beginning with 'Cry Cry Cry' in 1955, Cash enjoyed an almost unprecedented run of hits that crossed many genre lines. The song was originally inspired by a male friend of Silverstein’s with a somewhat feminine name-Jean Shepherd, the author of A Christmas Story. This crossover appeal earned him the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. Johnny Cash covered I Couldnt Keep from Crying, The Greatest Love Affair, Clean Your Own Tables, We Must Believe in Magic and other songs. Johnny Cash songs are some of the most iconic in the history of modern music. And not just the country charts-it held the #2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. They weren’t the only ones: "A Boy Named Sue" quickly shot to the top of the charts. Johnny Cashs 44-year-old son arrested at Canadian airport after drunkenly stripping naked in the terminal John Carter Cash was returning home to Tennessee from a hunting trip in Newfoundland on. Johnny wasn’t sure he could learn the lyrics fast enough, but he did-and the inmates went crazy for it. They were headed to California to record the famous live At San Quentin album. When the party was over, June encouraged Johnny to take the lyrics to “Sue” on the plane the next day. Last but not the least is probably the most popular comedic country song that even people who don’t listen to country music would know about. And a neon sign, to point the way, to our bathroom down the hall. Everyone debuted a new song at the party-Dylan sang “Lay Lady Lay,” Nash did “Marrakkesh Express,” Kristofferson played “Me and Bobby McGee,” and Mitchell sang “Both Sides Now.” Silverstein, who was a songwriter in addition to an author of children’s books, debuted “A Boy Named Sue.” We’ll take out the dining room table, and put a bar along that wall. As you might imagine, it was a veritable who’s-who of music: Bob Dylan, Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, and Shel Silverstein. In 1969, Johnny and June threw a party at their house in Hendersonville.