Man in Black (song)

Man in Black is a book written in 1971 by Johnny Cash song, which was released in the same year on the same album. It is a protest song in which Johnny Cash, the man was known by the nickname in Black, explains why he always wears black clothes.

" I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin 'in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner Who Has long paid for his crime, But is there Because He's a victim of the times. "

"I wear black for the poor and the Niedergeknüppelten who live in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has paid a long time for his actions, but is there because he is a victim of the times."

The song reached # 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. Man in Black was also the title of Johnny Cash's first autobiography, which was published in 1975.