The single went to number one on the country charts for six weeks. "Understand Your Man" also crossed over to the Top 40, peaking at number 35. You’d just say the same old things That you be sayin'all along, Just lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shut, Till I’m gone.
Johnny Cash Lyrics "Understand Your Man" Don’t call my name out your window, I’m leavin' I won’t even turn my head.
"Understand Your Man" is a 1964 single by Johnny Cash. Understand Your Man Lyrics: Does he do the things that kind of drive you crazy? Understand your man You can give my other suit to the salvation army And everything else, I leave behind I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my travelin' While I'm untangelin' my mind I ain't gonna repeat, what I said anymore While I'm breathin' air that ain't been breath before I'll … Don’t send your kinfolk to give me no talkin' I’ll be gone, like I said. Cash borrowed parts of the melody from Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". "Understand Your Man" lyrics. I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter Then you'll Understand Your Man (meditate on it) Understand Your Man (You hear me talkin, now?)
It was also the last song Cash ever performed in front of an audience.