Lyrics / My Woman

That a pretty good lyric, and you couldn’t have chosen a better melody than Folsom Prison.  Good choice.  The one thing I will say is that I’m not extremely fond of the murdering you part, but it works in the overall context of the piece.

I can see this a a bluesy piece or even an country piece!  a perfect picture of dysfunctional love. I keep reading it hoping for a happier ending though!

Sounds like a very country song.
I think I’m a little bit scared of
the woman in this song, and a little
confused as to why the guy is still
with her… but that’s country
music for you. ;)

I’m not sure about lyrics and how simple they should be, I’m sure if I read Dylan’s work on paper I’d probably give it a “6” as well, but is it possible to exercise more slant rhyme the obligatory rhyme patterns…slant rhyme would give you more diversity with your vocabularly…

That would be great to hear in a bar.  I love “She shot a girl in reno, just cause I said hi.”
Good one.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong at all with taking someone else’s tune and writing a song to it.  I’m not particularly educated on Cash so I wouldn’t know how similar this really is to a song of his, but even then, if it’s casual, there’s nothing wrong with it.

I’ll be honest though, before I even read the description on the side (which was halfway through reading the song) I got the feeling this song had an old-fashioned rock-country, or even bluegrassy mood to it.  And approaching it in that way, it doesn’t work too bad.  Not too-oo bad.

I like your subject matter here and it has many good moments. But I feel like you loose your momentum in the last two stanza’s, and I think its the detail you injected into the first two that I miss.

The first line and I had “Folsom Prison Blues” tune in my head!  The first line!  haha  Then as I read it got stronger.  I laughed.  I smiled.  I loved it!  It is writing like this that makes my morning a ittle happier.  Thanks!

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November 10, 2005

by Deleted User

You know, that song should be recorded.  I really do like it.  It is a fun song for me.

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Bravo to anything keeping Johnny Cash alive, particularly Folsom Prison.

I absolutely love what you did with it.  The love that is bad for me but I keep sticking with her is a great concept in the context of the lonely, depressed character in Folsom Prison.

I don’t know that I would change a thing.  I have no idea on copyrights but I sure enjoyed it, in fact I think it’s a great idea to write new lyrics to old music, you’re probably not allowed to benefit from it, but who knows.

In any case it’s fun and interesting to me.   And, on some level rappers and hip hop guys and gals do it all the time.

I really like the lyrics to this song.  The lyrics are very catchy, and it seems like a typical country/western song.  I like how the song explains that the man can’t live without the woman, because how strong their bond is with each other.  Very well written and you did a wonderful job!