Jackson

Album: Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits (1967)
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  • We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout
    We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out
    I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around
    Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson
    Look out Jackson town

    Well, go on down to Jackson, go ahead and wreck your health
    Go play your hand you big-talkin' man and make a big fool of yourself
    Yeah, go to Jackson, go comb your hair
    Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson
    See if I care

    When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow (ha)
    All them women gonna make me teach 'em what they don't know how
    I'm goin' to Jackson, you turn-a loose-a my coat
    'Cause I'm goin' to Jackson
    Goodbye, that's all she wrote

    But they'll laugh at you in Jackson and I'll be dancin' on a Pony Keg
    They'll lead you 'round town like a scalded hound
    With your tail tucked between your legs
    Yeah, go to Jackson, you big-talkin' man
    And I'll be waitin' in Jackson, behind my Jaypan Fan

    Well now, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper Sprout
    We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out
    I'm goin' to Jackson and that's a fact
    Yeah, we're goin' to Jackson, ain't never comin' back

    Well, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout
    Honey we've been talkin' 'bout Jackson Writer/s: Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Sissi from Jacksonville ArkWas raised listening to this kind of music Hank Williams Tammy Wynette Loretta Lynn
  • Dewey Cox from Springberry, AlI agree with Seventhmist...while I enjoy June’s voice I thought Reece’s voice was more to my liking. Of course I was familiar with JC before watching the movie, some of these songs I heard for the first time; especially songs with June. So to here RW first THEN JCC sing Jackson, I prefer RWs version.
  • Seventhmist from 7th HeavenI was never partial to Carter's brassy voice. Ironically, I thought Witherspoon's voice was better in the movie.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1967 {April 30th} Johnny Cash and June Carter's "Jackson" peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Need You" by Sonny James*...
    Between 1964 and 1976 the husband and wife duo had eight records on the Hot Country Singles chart, four made the Top 10 with their two biggest hits both peaking at #2*, the above "Jackson" and "If I Were A Carpenter" for one week in March of 1970...
    Besides their two #2 records, their other two Top 10 records were "It Ain't Me Babe" {#4 in 1964} and "Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" {#6 in 1967}...
    May both Johnny Cash {1932 - 2003} and June Carter Cash {1929 - 2003} R.I.P.
    * For both of their #2 records it was Sonny James who kept them out of the top spot, his "It's Just A Matter of Time" was at #1 for "If I Were A Carpenter", and for "Jackson" it was his "Need You" at #1...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Hot Country Singles' Top 10 on April 30th, 1967:
    At #3. "Walk Through This World" by George Jones
    #4. "Lonely Again" by Eddy Arnold
    #5. "It's Such A Pretty World Today" by Wynn Stewart
    #6. "Cold Hard Facts of Life" by Porter Wagoner
    #7. "Sam's Place" by Buck Owens
    #8. "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" by Tammy Wynette
    #9. "I Threw Away The Rose" by Merle Haggard
    #10. "I'll Come Runnin'" by Connie Smith
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 11th 1980, Johnny Cash, in duet with Miss Piggy, performed "Jackson" on the syndicated TV program 'The Muppet Show'*...
    A little over thirteen years earlier on April 30th, 1967 his covered version of the song, in a duet with June Carter, reached #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart; the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Need You" by Sonny James...
    * 'The Muppet Show' ran for five seasons with a total of 120 original episodes.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 18th 1967, "Jackson" by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #79; and on July 23rd it peaked at #14 (for 3 weeks) and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100...
    The duo had three other Top 100 records; "Summer Wine" (peaked at #49 in 1967), "Lady Bird" (reached #20 in 1967), and "Some Velvet Morning" (peaked at #26 in 1968)...
    The flip-side of "Jackson" was Nancy's "You Only Live Twice"; it also charted, reached #44 on the Top 100...
    R.I.P. Mr. Hazelwood (1929 - 2007) and Ms. Sinatra celebrated her 74th birthday on June 8th, 1940.
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