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NiN. Because of the subject matter -- not that Johnny Cash didn't have any experience with drugs; but because the words are not written from the point of view of an old man.
Johnny Cash did an incredible job with it. But I really have to wonder how much of it was "produced" by Rick Rubin? Regardless, I love the Cash version as well.
The fact that JC was elderly and on the verge of dying makes it seem more powerful than it really is. If he'd done the song 15 years ago (or say 1995) would people still feel the same way about it?
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