Johnny Cash performs "You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven" Live Video.

Johnny Cash performs "You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven" Live Video.

Song from album Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous

Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was originally released on 13 November 1958, but later re-issued in 2003, under the label Varèse Sarabande, with four different versions of tracks already present on the original LP as a bonus. The complete contents of the album are also incorporated into an extended version of the previous collection With His Hot and Blue Guitar included in the 2012 box set Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection.

Johnny Cash - You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven Lyrics

 

I have sailed the peaceful waters of the ocean deep and blue

I held my breath and watched the western sunsets golden hue

I've flown above the mountain peaks and valleys wide and green

But you're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen

 

You're the nearest thing to heaven yes you are

I have searched for happiness so long and far

But my search for love was through the day that I found you

Cause you're the nearest thing to heaven yes you are

 

I confess that I've been tempted by a luring magic charms

When the smile was flashed my way and stood before two open arms

But I turned and walked away because I love you like I do

You're the nearest thing to heaven darlin' you

 

You're the nearest thing to heaven...

 

I have watched the silver raindrops fall to earth to cool the day

Watched the rainbow at twilight when the clouds had blown away

I love the pretty flowers but they cannot buy the worth

Cause you're the nearest thing to heaven on this earth

 

You're the nearest thing to heaven...