Strawberry Cake Lyrics - Johnny Cash

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 wellâ#128#¦ 

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 

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Oh that strawberry cake 

Oh that strawberry cake 

Out in California them berries were grown 

And into this city them berries were flown 

For making that 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 

I deserve that strawberry cake 

Deserve that strawberry cake 

I ran and I grabbed it then out the side door 

Into Central Park through the bushes I tore 

Holdin' my strawberry cake 

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I look back behind me and what do I see 

The chef and headwaiter and the maître d 

I had a nice helpin' of cake as I ran 

I gobble them berries as fast as I can 

They're closin' the gap as I slowed down to eat 

But the cake brought a new surge of power to my feet 

I hid in the bush when the lead I did take 

And I quietly finished my strawberry cake 

I ate all that strawberry cake 

That fine fancy strawberry cake 

Someone at the plaza is without dessert 

But for the first time in days now my belly don't hurt 

I'm full of strawberry cake