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it Started March Of Sixty-FourMany Years AgoWe Were Hired By Johnny CashTo Open Up His ShowFour Boys, A Worn Out CadillacWith A Road Map On The DashFor The Next Eight And One Half YearsWe Got Paid By CashHe Took Us Down To NashvilleTo Columbia StudioNot Knowing Where We Came FromThey Told Us Where To GoBut Johnny Said, 'i Like 'emDon't You Give Them No Trash'You See, We Were Johnny's Little BoysAnd We Got Paid By CashWe Were There When June BecameJohnny's Lovin' BrideAnd We Sang To Him That Mornin'Our Buddy Luther DiedAnd We Were There When The Son Was BornThat Filled Them Both With PrideAnd We Were There When John RememberedGod Was On His SideWe Watched Him On The Concert StageWe Watched Him Write His SongsAnd Saw The Things We Had To DoAnd The Things That Could Go WrongAnd If We Had To Start AgainWe'd Do It In A Flash'cause We Learned More Than We EarnedWhen We Got Paid By CashThen Came The Time When Our CareerDemanded That We GoAnd Through Some Tears We All Shook HandsThat Last And Final ShowAll Those Years We Never HadA Contract Or A ClashWhatever We May Be TodayWe Owe It All To CashWe Were There When June BecameJohnny's Lovin' Bride,And We Sang To Him That Mornin'Our Buddy Luther DiedAnd We Were There When The Son Was BornThat Filled Them Both With PrideAnd We Were There When John RememberedGod Was On His SideNow John Will Tell You There Were YearsWhen Times Were Good And BadBut We Can Tell You They Were SomeOf The Best We Ever HadCarl Perkins And The CartersAnd The Tennessee ThreeWe Were One Big Happy FamilyAnd Would Have Done It All For FreeDon Don, Don DonDon Don, Don Don