Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Strawberry Cake, artist - Johnny Cash. Date of issue: 29.02.1976
Song language: English
Strawberry Cake |
| In New York city just walking the street |
| Ran out of money had nothing to eat |
| I stopped at the Plaza, that fancy hotel |
| Where you can check in if you’re well to do well |
| The first of July and a hundred and four |
| I stopped at the Plaza’s front revolving door |
| I stepped in the door and went around for a ride |
| Treating myself to the cool air inside |
| Then I found myself in a chandeliered room |
| Where people were dining and I hid in the gloom |
| My hunger pains hurt until I thought I would break |
| When a waiter brought out a big strawberry cake |
| Oh that strawberry cake |
| Oh that strawberry cake |
| Out in California them berries were grown |
| And into this city them berries were flown |
| For making that strawberry cake |
| Then I thought of Oxnard, just north of LA |
| Where I picked strawberries for many a day |
| Hard work with no future for the harvest was done |
| And I headed eastward a-traveling by thumb |
| And nobody wanted me here in this town |
| I felt like a stray dog they all kick around |
| Them berries reminded me of my bad breaks |
| I’m hungry and I want that strawberry cake |
| I deserve that strawberry cake |
| Deserve that strawberry cake |
| I ran and I grabbed it then out the side door |
| Into Central Park through the bushes I tore |
| Holding my strawberry cake |
| I look back behind me and what do I see |
| The chef and headwaiter and the maître d |
| I had a nice helping of cake as I ran |
| I gobble them berries as fast as I can |
| They’re closing the gap as I slowed down to eat |
| But the cake brought a new surge of power to my feet |
| I hid in the bush when the lead I did take |
| And I quietly finished my strawberry cake |
| I ate all that strawberry cake |
| That fine fancy strawberry cake |
| Someone at the plaza is without dessert |
| But for the first time in days now my belly don’t hurt |
| I’m full of strawberry cake |