Straight A's in Love Lyrics

Well, the readin' and the writin' arithmetic
Never did get through to me
It ain't because I'm square or thick
'Cause I learned my A, B, C

But when I graduated from the grammar school
And I moved one grade above
I began to be a snook at books
But I made straight A's in love

Now the teacher would say to learn your algebra
But I'd bring home C's and D's
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid
On the left and on the right and in the back and the front of me?

Oh, my grades are low on my card, I know
But they oughta give me one above
If they'd give me a mark for learnin' in the dark
I'd have straight A's in love

Now in my senior year with graduation near
I did my homework every night
And when my momma said I oughta go to bed
I turn out all the lights

But my sweetie pie was waitin' right outside
She'd be a coolin' like a dove
Though I did my best, I failed semester test
But I made straight A's in love

Now the teacher would say to learn your algebra
But I'd bring home C's and D's
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid
On the left and on the right and in the back and the front of me

Oh, my grades are low on my card, I know
But they oughta give me one above
If they'd give me a mark for learnin' in the dark
I'd have straight A's in love

Johnny Cash - Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings

Oct 2005

1. I Walk the Line
2. Get Rhythm
3. There You Go
4. Train of Love
5. Cry! Cry! Cry!
6. Hey Porter!
7. So Doggone Lonesome
8. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
9. Big River
10. Guess Things Happen That Way
11. Ways of a Woman in Love
12. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
13. Sugartime
14. It's Just About Time
15. Katy Too
16. Belshazzar
17. Life Goes On
18. You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
19. Folsom Prison Blues
20. Luther Played the Boogie
21. Straight A's in Love
22. Home of the Blues
23. Port of Lonely Hearts
24. Come in Stranger
25. Country Boy
26. Wide Open Road
27. Don't Make Me Go
28. Leave That Junk Alone
29. Mean Eyed Cat
30. Next in Line
31. Give My Love to Rose
32. Cold Cold Heart
33. Hey Good Lookin'
34. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
35. I Can't Help It
36. You Win Again
37. Goodnight Irene
38. Goodbye Little Darlin', Goodbye
39. Wreck of the Old '97
40. Blue Train
41. Rock Island Line
42. I Was There When It Happened
43. Remember Me
44. I Love You Because
45. Born to Lose
46. New Mexico
47. Down the Street to 301
48. Fool's Hall of Fame
49. If the Good Lord's Willing
50. Doin' My Time
51. Thanks a Lot
52. Oh Lonesome Me
53. Story of a Broken Heart
54. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle