What Is Truth Lyrics

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What Is Truth Lyrics by Johnny Cash

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The old man turned off the radio 
 Said, "Where did all of the old songs go 
 Kids sure play funny music these days 
 They play it in the strangest ways" 
 Said, "it looks to me like they've all gone wild 
 It was peaceful back when I was a child" 
 Well, man, could it be that the girls and boys 
 Are trying to be heard above your noise? 
 And the lonely voice of youth cries "What is truth?" 
  
 A little boy of three sittin' on the floor 
 Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?" 
 "son, that's when people fight and die" 
 The little boy of three says "Daddy, why?" 
 A young man of seventeen in Sunday school 
 Being taught the golden rule 
 And by the time another year has gone around 
 It may be his turn to lay his life down 
 Can you blame the voice of youth for asking 
 "What is truth?" 
  
 A young man sittin' on the witness stand 
 The man with the book says "Raise your hand" 
 "Repeat after me, I solemnly swear" 
 The man looked down at his long hair 
 And although the young man solemnly swore 
 Nobody seems to hear anymore 
 And it didn't really matter if the truth was there 
 It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair 
 And the lonely voice of youth cries 
 "What is truth?" 
  
 The young girl dancing to the latest beat 
 Has found new ways to move her feet 
 The young man speaking in the city square 
 Is trying to tell somebody that he cares 
 Yeah, the ones that you're calling wild 
 Are going to be the leaders in a little while 
 This old world's wakin' to a new born day 
 And I solemnly swear that it'll be their way 
 You better help the voice of youth find 
 "What is truth/"

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