What Is Truth Chords & Lyrics by Johnny Cash
What Is Truth
guitar chords lyrics
Intro:
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The old man turned off the radio,
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Said, "Where did all of the old songs go?
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Kids sure play funny music these days,
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And they play it in the strangest ways."
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Said, "It looks to me like they've all gone wild.
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It was peaceful back when I was a child."
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Well, man, could it be that the the girls and boys
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Are tryin' to be heard above your noise?
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And the lonely voice of youth cries, "What is truth?"
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A little boy of three sittin' on the floor
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Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?"
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"Son, that's when people fight and die."
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A little boy of three says, "Daddy, why?"
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A young man of seventeen in Sunday school,
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Bein' taught the golden rule.
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And by the time another year has gone around,
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It may be his turn to lay his life down.
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Can you blame the voice of youth for asking, "What is truth?"
Interlude:
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A young man sittin' on the witness stand.
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The man with the book says, "Raise your hand.
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Re-peat after me. I solemnly swear."
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The man looked down at his long hair.
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And although the young man solemnly swore,
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Nobody seemed to hear anymore.
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And it didn't really matter if the truth was there,
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It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair.
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And the lonely voice of youth cries, "What is truth?"
Interlude:
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A young girl dancin' to the latest beat
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Has found new ways to move her feet.
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A young man speakin' in the city square
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Is tryin' to tell somebody that he cares.
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Yeah, the ones that you're callin' wild
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Are gonna be the leaders in a little while.
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This old world's wakin' to a newborn day
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And I solemnly swear that it'll be their way.
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You better help that voice of youth find what is truth.
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And the lonely voice of youth cries, "What is truth?"
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