The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part I Lyrics

Yes they always whisper to me
Of the days of long ago
When the settler and the miner
Fought the crafty Navajo

How the cattle roamed the valley
Happy people worked the land
Now everything is covered
By The Shifting, Whispering Sands

(Sung by an unknown choir)
A miner left his buck board
Went to work his claim that day

(Sung by Johnny Cash)
And the burrows broke their halters
When they thought he'd gone to stay

How they found that ancient miner
Lying dead upon the sands
And for months they could but wonder
Did he die by human hands?

So they dug his grave and laid him
On his back and crossed his hands
And his secret still is covered
By the Shifting, Whispering Sands

(Sung by an unknown choir)
And his secret is still hidden
By the Shifting, Whispering Sands

(Spoken by Johnny Cash)
This is what they always whisper to me
Out on the quiet desert air
Of the people and the cattle
And that miner lying there

So if you want to learn the secret
Wander through this quiet land
(Sung)
And I'm sure you'll hear the story
Of the Shifting, Whispering Sands

(Sung by an unknown choir)
And I'm sure you'll hear the story
Of the Shifting, Whispering Sands

Johnny Cash - Sings Ballads of True West

Apr 2009

1. Hiawatha's Vision
2. Road to Kaintuck
3. The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part I
4. Ballad of Boot Hill
5. I Ride An Old Paint
6. Hardin Wouldn't Run
7. Mr. Garfield
8. Streets Of Laredo
9. Johnny Reb
10. A Letter From Home
11. Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
12. Mean As Hell
13. Sam Hall
14. 25 Minutes to Go
15. Blizzard
16. Sweet Betsy From Pike
17. Green Grow The Lilacs
18. Stampede
19. The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part II
20. Reflections