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MERAHPUTIH.COM - LAGU Jim, I Wore a Tie Today merupakan salah satu karya yang dipopulerkan penyanyi sekaligus penulis lagu legendaris asal Amerika Serikat, Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash yang dikenal sebagai salah satu ikon musik country menghadirkan lagu ini dengan gaya vokal khasnya yang penuh karakter serta lirik yang sarat makna.
Jim, I Wore a Tie Today memiliki durasi sekitar 2 menit 46 detik dan menempati urutan ke-15 dalam album Bootleg Vol. I: Personal File yang dirilis pada 23 Mei 2006. Album tersebut merupakan kompilasi berisi rekaman-rekaman pribadi Johnny Cash yang belum pernah dipublikasikan secara luas sebelumnya sehingga memberikan gambaran lebih mendalam mengenai proses kreatif sang musisi.
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Lirik lengkap 'Jim, I Wore a Tie Today' dari Johnny Cash
Jim, Jim
I wore a tie today
The first that I ever wore
You have said that I look like a dummy
Out of a dry goods store
Oh, Jim, Jim, the preacher said a lot of things
But I didn’t hear a word he said
My mind kept wandering
Back down the trail
Back to the good times we had
Riding herd through the sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We did everything in the books, I guess
And a lot that they never thought up
Oh, Jim, Jim, so you’re riding on ahead
Well, if that’s how it’s going to be
When you reach those streets paved with gold
Jim, take a claim out for me
We did everything we could do for ya, Jim
But your fever just wouldn’t go down
So we put you on a wagon, Jim
And this morning we got you back to town
But when we got here, you were gone, Jim
And there wasn’t anything anybody could do
They dressed you up in a fancy suit and a necktie
And so, today, we wore one too
Riding herd through the sun and the rain
Panning for gold on the cuff
We’ve did everything in the book I guess
And a lot that they never thought up
Oh Jim, Jim, so you’re riding on ahead
Well if that’s how its going to be
When you reach those streets paved with gold
Jim, stake a claim out for me.(Far)
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