Johnny Cash - If He Came Back Again

Johnny Cash

If He Came Back Again

If He Came Back Again
(Written by Barry Alfonso & Craig Bickhardt)

You'd have thought a king had died
The way those people cried
Instead of one more broken entertainer
It struck those in his trade
He could have had it made
If he'd only been a little saner
They traveled far to see him
Oh, the humble and the high
They said goodbye as if he were a friend

Now somewhere he is smiling
On those who idolized him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again?

He was born of modest means
But had outrageous dreams
They never let him rest
Till he fulfilled them
While he rode that train of song
His devils tagged along
The whiskey and the pills
Just couldn't kill him
He didn't mean to be a rebel
Ah, the real ones never do
They're born apart from ordinary men

Now somewhere he is smiling
On those who sanctified him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again?

It's an old familiar story
But it's a damn shame none-the-less
They don't forgive his kind
Till they lay them down to rest

Now somewhere he is smiling
On those who idolized him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again?
Oh, if he came back again

Mirror lyrics:

Oh, if he came back again
If he came back again?
But would they even recognize him
On those who idolized him
Now somewhere he is smiling

Till they lay them down to rest
They don't forgive his kind
But it's a damn shame none-the-less
It's an old familiar story

If he came back again?
But would they even recognize him
On those who sanctified him
Now somewhere he is smiling

They're born apart from ordinary men
Ah, the real ones never do
He didn't mean to be a rebel
Just couldn't kill him
The whiskey and the pills
His devils tagged along
While he rode that train of song
Till he fulfilled them
They never let him rest
But had outrageous dreams
He was born of modest means

If he came back again?
But would they even recognize him
On those who idolized him
Now somewhere he is smiling

They said goodbye as if he were a friend
Oh, the humble and the high
They traveled far to see him
If he'd only been a little saner
He could have had it made
It struck those in his trade
Instead of one more broken entertainer
The way those people cried
You'd have thought a king had died

(Written by Barry Alfonso & Craig Bickhardt)
If He Came Back Again

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