Started out in Tennessee in 1944
When the doctor hollered: It's a girl
My father hit the floor
Then he hit the bootle
And he signed his name
And he drove off in the nash
And when that sun came up again
He'd named me Johnny Cash
So at 22 I left my home
To Nashville I did go
Try to land me a little job
Had to earn myself some dough
I was workin' in a diner
In a hairnet servin' hash
And on my little apron
Was embroidered Johnny Cash
I couda had my pick of men
If I'd been named lucille
But when they saw my uniform
They just laughed and ate their meals
So I just drink my coffee black
In back behind the trash
And curse that lousy drunkard
Who had named me Johnny Cash
And I walked the streets of nashville
I was feelin' low and lost
Throught I'd go and change my name
No matter what it cost
I stood in line behind a man
Who turned and in a flash
He said: My name is sue
And I say: Great, I'm Johnny Cash
Now me and sue is married
With a little boy and girl
The boy was christened Jessica
And the girl was christened Earl
And when my sue comes home from work
It's up the stairs we dash
'Cause I love to hear my little Susie say
I love you Johnny Cash
