Music Video of the Week

I'm not a big fan of "country music." I have some Willie in my collection and some Lyle Lovett, but that's about it. One artist I don't have, but wish I did, is Johnny Cash. He was one of the first performers I ever bought, back in 1963, I think, I bought a 45 rpm disk of "Ring of Fire." However, good as that was, it doesn't hold a flame when compared to his last work, "Hurt." It is a classic. Even if you hate the thought of "country music" I suspect you'll appreciate the song and, in particular, this video. It brings tears to my eyes every time I see it. Man, I wish I could write like this.

Hurt
By Johnny Cash
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I hurt myself
today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only
thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar
sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what
have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away
in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I
will let you down
I will make you hurt

I
wear this crown of thorns
upon my liar's chair
full of broken
thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the
feelings disappear
you are someone else
I am still right
here

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I
know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my
empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

if
I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I
would find a way