We Got Paid By Cash Lyrics - The Statler Brothers

It started March of sixty-four 

Many years ago 

We were hired by Johnny Cash 

To open up his show 

Four boys, a worn out Cadillac 

With a road map on the dash 

For the next eight and one half years 

We got paid by Cash 

He took us down to Nashville 

To Columbia studio 

Not knowing where we came from 

They told us where to go 

But Johnny said, "I like 'em 

Don't you give them no trash" 

You see, we were Johnny's little boys 

And we got paid by Cash 

We were there when June became 

Johnny's lovin' bride 

And we sang to him that mornin' 

Our buddy Luther died 

And we were there when the son was born 

That filled them both with pride 

And we were there when John remembered 

God was on his side 

We watched him on the concert stage 

We watched him write his songs 

And saw the things we had to do 

And the things that could go wrong 

And if we had to start again 

We'd do it in a flash 

'Cause we learned more than we earned 

When we got paid by Cash 

Then came the time when our career 

Demanded that we go 

And through some tears we all shook hands 

That last and final show 

All those years we never had 

A contract or a clash 

Whatever we may be today 

We owe it all to Cash 

We were there when June became 

Johnny's lovin' bride, 

And we sang to him that mornin' 

Our buddy Luther died 

And we were there when the son was born 

That filled them both with pride 

And we were there when John remembered 

God was on his side 

Now John will tell you there were years 

When times were good and bad 

But we can tell you they were some 

Of the best we ever had 

Carl Perkins and the Carters 

And the Tennessee Three 

We were one big happy family 

And would have done it all for free 

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