How to Write a Real Song, Part One

When Cash wasn't busy stealing Trent Reznor's songs, he was penning wonderful odes like "The General Lee".

Now all you wanna-be hep cats gonna blast this out your '57 Chevys? When you're finished with this, I'll let you in on a new ditty I just wrote. Compare the two, and see how a real minstrel rolls.



Here's the lyrics to that, in case you need to cover it at church or something.

I'm a charger
That charges through the night
Like an orange bolt of lightning
Passing everything in sight
I'm the best pal the Duke boys' ever had
I'm thunder on the highway looking bad, bad, bad

I'm a knight
Like the kind in shining armor
With my polished body gleaming
I'm a fighter and a charmer
If trouble comes your way just ask for me
My friends all know me as the General Lee

I'm the General Lee
A piston pumpin' steel bumpin' calvalry
I'll never let you down when you're riding with me
Buckle up and I'll show you what I mean
Take a look back there
Sirens blowing red lights flashing everywhere
We'll cross the field and we'll be runnin' free
They'll eat dust with compliments of me
The General Lee

I'm a hero
And that's how I'll make you feel
When you're riding shotgun with me
And the law is at your heels
I'm glory bound and when the chase is done
I'll take off throught the mountains and have fun, fun, fun

I've got style
Tearing throught the curves
With my flag waving proudly to the people that I serve
I'm number 1 and I'll always be
The pride of the South they call the General Lee

I'm the General Lee
A piston pumpin', steel bumpin' cavalry
I'll never let you down when you're riding with me
Buckle up and I'll show you what I mean
Take a look back there
Sirens blowing red lights flashing everywhere
I'll jump that pond and we'll be running free
And they'll go swimming compliments of me
The General Lee
The General Lee
General Lee
(muscle engine roaring)
(Dixie horn)

Audi 5000,

JC