Johnny Cash What Is Truth Lyrics

What Is Truth Lyrics

The old man turned off the radio
Said, "Where did all of the old songs
go
Kids sure play funny music these days
They play it in the strangest
ways"
Said, "it looks to me like they've all gone wild
It was peaceful
back when I was a child"
Well, man, could it be that the girls and
boys
Are trying to be heard above your noise?
And the lonely voice of
youth cries "What is truth?"

A little boy of three sittin' on the
floor
Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?"
"son, that's when people
fight and die"
The little boy of three says "Daddy, why?"
A young man of
seventeen in Sunday school
Being taught the golden rule
And by the time
another year has gone around
It may be his turn to lay his life down
Can
you blame the voice of youth for asking
"What is truth?"

A young man
sittin' on the witness stand
The man with the book says "Raise your
hand"
"Repeat after me, I solemnly swear"
The man looked down at his long
hair
And although the young man solemnly swore
Nobody seems to hear
anymore
And it didn't really matter if the truth was there
It was the cut
of his clothes and the length of his hair
And the lonely voice of youth
cries
"What is truth?"

The young girl dancing to the latest
beat
Has found new ways to move her feet
The young man speaking in the
city square
Is trying to tell somebody that he cares
Yeah, the ones that
you're calling wild
Are going to be the leaders in a little while
This
old world's wakin' to a new born day
And I solemnly swear that it'll be
their way
You better help the voice of youth find
"What is truth/"