Forever Words


Forever Words is a 2018 album by various artists recording poetry and lyrics by Johnny Cash set to music for the first time. The album follows a 2016 book release of the poems entitled Forever Words: The Unknown Poems. The album includes a posthumously released track by Chris Cornell, who died in 2017. In 2020 and 2021, a deluxe version of the album was released in four waves, with a total of 18 additional songs. The first and second waves were released on
October 23 and December 11, 2020 with the two remaining waves set for release on February 5 and April 2, 2021 respectively.
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Track listing

  1. "Forever/I Still Miss Someone" – Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
  2. "To June This Morning" – Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
  3. "Gold All Over the Ground" – Brad Paisley
  4. "You Never Knew My Mind" – Chris Cornell
  5. "The Captain's Daughter" – Alison Krauss and Union Station
  6. "Jellico Coal Man" – T-Bone Burnett
  7. "The Walking Wounded" – Rosanne Cash
  8. "Them Double Blues" – John Mellencamp
  9. "Body on Body" – Jewel
  10. "I'll Still Love You" – Elvis Costello
  11. "June's Sundown" – Carlene Carter
  12. "He Bore It All" – Dailey & Vincent
  13. "Chinky Pin Hill" – I'm with Her
  14. "Goin', Goin', Gone" – Robert Glasper featuring Ro James and Anu Sun
  15. "What Would I Dreamer Do?" – The Jayhawks
  16. "Spirit Rider" – Jamey Johnson
Deluxe Edition:
  2. "Big Hearted Girl" – Hard Working Americans
  3. "I'm Comin' Honey" – Shawn Camp
  4. "Brand New Pair of Shoes" – Ana Christina Cash
  5. "If You Loved Me" – Elvis Costello and the Imposters
  6. "I've Been Around" – Marty Stuart
  7. "Who's Gonna Grease My Skillet?" – John Popper
  8. "California Poem" – Jamey Johnson, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas
  9. "Little Patch of Grass" – Brandon Robert Young and Clare Bowen
  10. "The Dogs Are In The Woods" – John McEuen
  11. "Does Anybody Out There Love Me?" – Jewel
  12. "Autumn" – Watkins Family Hour
  13. "Let It Be Tonight" – Ira Dean
  14. "Pretty Pictures in My Mind" – The Lumineers
  15. "Outta Site Tonite" – Ronnie Dunn and Brad Paisley
  16. "My Song" – Runaway June
  17. "Dark and Bloody Ground" – Ruston Kelly
  18. "The Third Degree" – Aaron Lewis
  19. "Tecemseh" – Bill Miller

Personnel