Nobody Cared (Live at Österåker Prison, Sweden - October 1972) - Johnny Cash

It all started out in Illinois with a woman

That I thought was just my own

She saw a new tie and a new shirt

Kicked her heels and flipped her skirt

Slammed that door and left me standing all alone

They had a love nest in his new club

There went my wife all over town

As I watched it I got green

And with my drinkin' I got mean

Stuck a match and burned that club right to the ground

And I spent nine months in the hole

Lyin' there in solitaire

And nobody cared nobody cared nobody cared

There was a screw out in the hall

That had me backed up to the wall

Escortin' me with a water pistol in that 36 degrees

With me shiverin' to my knees

I ain't gonna forget about that water pistol

If I've been bad you think that'll make me better

If I've been a sinner you think

That'll make me a saint no it ain't

Freedom come and I found him made him take off

All his clothes and socks and shoes

Had him scramblin' on the floor

Tryin' to make it to the door

Cryin' crawlin' screamin' bloody murder too

Well I didn't really kill him

Though over his whole world there hung a paw

I made him bend over on his knees

And to his screams of Owen please

Took my turpentine water pistol

And I let him have it all

'Cause I spent nine months whole lyin' there in solitaire

And nobody cared nobody cared nobody cared

And nobody cared nobody cared nobody cared