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Johnny Cash – Strawberry Cake


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The place was crowed and giving up on the Hassle of working our way through the crowd, we headed back to the hotel to get ready for the concert that night at the Garden State Art Center. In New York city just walking the street Ran out of money had nothing to eat I stopped at the Plaza, that fancy hotel Where you can check in if you’re well to do well… The first of July and a hundred and four I stopped at the Plaza’s front revolving door I stepped in the door and went around for a ride Treatin’ myself to the cool air inside Then I found myself in a chandeliered room Where people were dining and I hid in the gloom My hunger pains hurt ’til I thought I would break When a waiter brought out a big strawberry cake Then I thought of Oxnard, just north of LA Where I picked strawberries for many a day Hard work with no future for the harvest was done And I headed eastward a-travelin’ by thumb And nobody wanted me here in this town I felt like a stray dog they all kick around Them berries reminded me of my bad breaks I’m hungry and I want that strawberry cake

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