Ever since Thomas Edison (pictured) created the phonograph after five days and nights hooking up his ears to rubber tubes, the world’s been grooving to the oldies thanks to the miracle of recorded music. But way before there was ever anything remotely resembling an iPod, listening to a particular recording meant listening to a victrola, gramophone, or phonograph, which could sound awfully staticky to our MP3-spoiled ears. Still, there’s no reason not to break out the old LPs every once in a while and crank up that old-timey music!
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Johnny Cash - Hurt
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that’s realThe needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everythingWhat have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the endAnd you could have it all
My empire of dirtI will let you down
I will make you hurt..I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repairBeneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right hereWhat have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the endAnd you could have it all
My empire of dirtI will let you down
I will make you hurtIf I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
