The Beast In Me

Johnny Cash

1. The beast in me
   Is caged by frail and fragile bars
   Restless by day
   And by night rants and rages at the stars
   God help the beast in me
   
2. The beast in me
   Has had to learn to live with pain
   And how to shelter from the rain
   And in the twinkling of an eye
   Might have to be restrained
   God help the beast in me

R: Sometimes it tries to kid me
   That it's just a teddy bear
   And even somehow manage to vanish in the air
   And that is when I must beware
   Of the beast in me that everybody knows
   They've seen him out dressed in my clothes
   Patently unclear
   It it's New York or New Year
   God help the beast in me   
   
   The beast in me