I'm Gonna Try To Be That Way Lyrics - Johnny Cash

I'm gonna try to be that way 

Once upon a time there lived a man 

Many years ago in a foreign land 

Knew how to live right, tried to be a light 

Gave everybody a helping hand 

I'm gonna try to be that way 

I'm gonna try to be that way 

Do the kind of things a man oughta do 

Say the kind of things a man oughta say 

I'm gonna try to be that way 

He never done anybody wrong 

He tried to help everybody 'long 

He brought a better land to make a better man 

Out of the rich or the poor 

Or the weak or the strong 

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And he preached love and brotherhood 

He went around doin' good, doin' good 

Everywhere he went 

They knew that he was sent 

And the people started actin' like they should 

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