Heavy Metal (Don’t Mean Rock & Roll to Me)

by Johnny Cash · · Country
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[00:09.36] Somedays I think this old machine is out to get me [00:13.84] Somedays she does what I tell her [00:17.57] It's like dancing with a widow-maker forty hours a week [00:22.48] I'm talkin' about a big ol' D10 Caterpillar
Country 1987 English

Heavy Metal (Don’t Mean Rock & Roll to Me) Full Lyrics

[00:09.36] Somedays I think this old machine is out to get me [00:13.84] Somedays she does what I tell her [00:17.57] It's like dancing with a widow-maker forty hours a week [00:22.48] I'm talkin' about a big ol' D10 Caterpillar [00:27.95] I don't know why I like to drive 'em like I do [00:31.66] It ain't nothin' but a hundred seventy-five thousand pounds of steel [00:36.76] Could be the money, babe, could be the power [00:41.45] Could be I love the way it feels [00:45.77] Could be I love the way it feels [00:49.12] But you know she's mighty unforgivin' and you got to pay attention [00:53.99] 'Cause the D10 could be the death of you [00:58.44] But I get her all fired up and I can feel it in my soul [01:03.25] And it's hard to tell just who's drivin' who [01:08.55] I could move Alaska all the way to Beirut [01:12.18] I could bulldoze a beeline from here to Peru [01:16.64] I could push the Rocky Mountains into the sea [01:21.02] You know heavy metal don't mean rock and roll to me [01:25.94] [01:43.54] You know I'm like a modern day mule skinner drivin' [01:47.01] Ten thousand mules, so I say a little prayer every day [01:52.89] Lord, just let me get her turned around [01:54.97] Without fallin' off this mountain [01:57.63] You know the boss man don't like us treatin' his D10 that way [02:02.94] I don't know why I like to drive 'em like I do [02:06.83] It ain't nothin' but a hundred seventy-five thousand pounds of steel [02:11.92] Could be the money, babe, could be the power [02:16.79] Could be I love the way it feels [02:21.11] Could be I love the way it feels [02:25.53] Could be I love the way it feels [02:30.07] Could be I love the way it feels [02:33.86]

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When was "Heavy Metal (Don’t Mean Rock & Roll to Me)" by Johnny Cash released?

"Heavy Metal (Don’t Mean Rock & Roll to Me)" by Johnny Cash was released in 1987.

What genre is "Heavy Metal (Don’t Mean Rock & Roll to Me)" by Johnny Cash?

"Heavy Metal (Don’t Mean Rock & Roll to Me)" by Johnny Cash is a Country song.

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The opening lyrics are: "[00:09.36] Somedays I think this old machine is out to get me"