Sometimes you gotta be somebody else
Sometimes the fruit ain't pretty on the shelf
But if there's a drink and a little time to kill
Call me whatever you want, I reckon I will
I was lookin' for a cold one, had a dollar in my pocket
Not a single thought worth thinkin', Lord, I couldn't stop it
Pushed through the door, the whole place froze like glass
Bartender dropped his bottle, good Lord! It's Johnny Cash!
I was 'bout to say I wasn't, but the drinks kept comin' free
So I signed napkins, boots, hell, they brought a baby to me
Some fool handed me his divorce papers, I signed 'em with class
Then that little honey hollered, Johnny, sign my ass!
Sometimes you gotta be somebody else
Sometimes the fruit ain't pretty on the shelf
But if there's a drink and a little time to kill
Call me whatever you want, I reckon I will
Somebody asked where I'd been, so I figured I'd play the game
Said: Memphis, rode the rails out west, did a prison show and made my name
Met every president, fought a Texas bear beneath the stars
Stole a locomotive once and drove that sucker through three bars
Then a woman came up, you're not cash, I know your game
Beauty missed her by a mile, it wasn't her claim
But if she'd keep my secret, I knew what I had to do
I took her out back, hell, a soldier follows through
Sometimes you gotta be somebody else
Sometimes the fruit ain't pretty on the shelf
But if there's a drink and a little time to kill
Call me whatever you want, I reckon I will
