"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" from Nirvana MTV Unplugged, originally by Leadbelly or some old-timey bluesman.
Elvis Costello - Complicated Shadows, a song he wrote hoping Johnny Cash would record it. Didn't happen though.
Elvis Costello - Hidden Shame - Maybe it was this one he wanted Johnny Cash to do. Maybe both. I'm too lazy to look it up.
"I had a friend when I was just a boy
We were like brothers, we would run and hide
And we went walking on a high hillside
And I really don't how it happened
He turned to me and had this strange look in his eye
And not a single word was spoken
I must have pushed him, but I don't remember why
And all at once, he lay there broken
And I walked down without him and I didn't even sigh"
Also very Cash-ish
Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99, from "Nebraska". Johnny Cash did record this one - made it the title track of an album.
Last edited by Kilgore Trout; 04-09-2008 at 08:16 PM.
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