Listen to (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (Live) by Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky (Live)

Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Johnny Cash

Performer

Willie Nelson

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Stan Jones

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Sean Murphy

Producer

Rick Rubin

Producer

Lyrics

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash, and, uh

Hi, I'm Willie Nelson

What do you wanna do first?

Let's do, uh

An old cowpoke went ridin' out

One dark and windy day

Upon a ridge he rested as

He went along his way

When all at once a mighty herd

Of red-eyed cows he saw

Plowin' through the cloudy sky

And up a cloudy drawl

Their brands were still on fire

And their hooves were made of steel

Their horns were black and shiny

And their hot breath he could feel

A bolt of fear went through him as

They thundered through the skies

He saw the riders coming hard

And he heard their mournful cry

Yippie-yi-yay, yippie-yi-oh

Ghost riders in the sky

As the riders passed on by him

He heard one call his name

If you want to save your soul from hell

A ridin' on our range

Then cowboy change your ways today

Or with us you will ride

Trying to catch the devil's herd

Across these endless skies

Yippie-yi-yay, oh, yippie-yi-oh

Ghost riders in the sky

(Thank you, Willie)

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred

Their shirts all soaked with sweat

He's ridin' hard to catch that herd

But he ain't caught 'em yet

'Cause they've got to ride forever

On that range up in the sky

On horses snortin' fire

As they ride on, hear their cry

Yippie-yi-yay, yippie-yi-oh

Ghost riders in the sky

Ghost riders in the sky

Alright

Thank you

Hey, that's one, we got

That's one, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, that's a great start)

We did that on the

We've done it on The Highwaymen show

When we were working with Willie and Waylon

And Chris, and myself, and, uh

It's been a while since we did a Highwaymen tour, ya know

(Yeah, yeah)

We're, we're about due, I think

Hard to find all four of us

(But I love workin')

We never could find Waylon

I love workin' with those crimina', I mean

Those guys over there

Fully enjoy it

You wrote a song that I did on a reggae album that I've did

And you, you have, you got a house over in Jamaica, don't you?

Mm-hmm

And you know a lot of those folks over there?

Yeah

So, I did this song called, Worried Man

And, did it on the reggae album

It's, it really sounds good with those guys, play it

Good, I haven't heard it, it makes sense to hear it

Lemme tell you how I wrote the, how I come to write it

Uh, you were there

You probably went through a little town called, Falmouth

On the north, north shore, uh

Between Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, and, uh

I was walking along the streets of Falmouth one day

And this, this bum came up

And he said, uh, he recognized me

Said, "Mr. Cash, I'm a worried man

I'm a very worried man"

I thought, man, here's a new approach

I never had this one before

I said, "Um, okay, what are you worried about?"

And he said, he said, "I got a wife and nine pickney

And no job, and that makes me a worried man"

So, after I left him, on the way back to

To our home, I wrote this

Written by: Stan Jones

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