The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. II

by Johnny Cash

From the album: Sings the Ballads of the True West

Track 25 of 26 on Sings the Ballads of the True West (1965).

Duration: 2:29

Sings the Ballads of the True West cover art

Lyrics for The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. II

Listen to the angel's story of the shifting, whispering sands They always whisper to me Of the days of long ago Of the settler and the miner And the crafty Navajo How the cattle roamed the valley Happy people worked the land Now everything is covered By the shifting, whispering sands A miner left his buck board Went to work his claim that day 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 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 hidden By the shifting, whispering sands And his secret is still hidden By the shifting, whispering sands This is what they whisper to me On the quiet desert air They rushed people and the cattle And that miner lying there If you want to learn the secret Wander through this quiet land And I'm sure you'll hear the story Of the shifting, whispering sands And I'm sure you'll hear the story Of the shifting, whispering sands

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More from Sings the Ballads of the True West

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