Forever Words is a 2018 album by various artists recording poetry and lyrics by Johnny Cash set to music for the first time. The album follows a 2016 book release of the poems entitled Forever Words: The Unknown Poems (). The album includes a posthumously released track by Chris Cornell, who died in 2017. In 2020 and 2021, a deluxe version of the album was released in four waves, with a total of 18 additional songs. The first and second waves were released on October 23 and December 11, 2020 with the two remaining waves set for release on February 5 and April 2, 2021 respectively.
Track listing
- "Forever/I Still Miss Someone" â Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
- "To June This Morning" â Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
- "Gold All Over the Ground" â Brad Paisley
- "You Never Knew My Mind" â Chris Cornell
- "The Captain's Daughter" â Alison Krauss and Union Station
- "Jellico Coal Man" â T-Bone Burnett
- "The Walking Wounded" â Rosanne Cash
- "Them Double Blues" â John Mellencamp
- "Body on Body" â Jewel
- "I'll Still Love You" â Elvis Costello
- "June's Sundown" â Carlene Carter
- "He Bore It All" â Dailey & Vincent
- "Chinky Pin Hill" â I'm with Her
- "Goin', Goin', Gone" â Robert Glasper featuring Ro James and Anu Sun
- "What Would I Dreamer Do?" â The Jayhawks
- "Spirit Rider" â Jamey Johnson
Deluxe Edition:
- <li value="17">"Big Hearted Girl" â Hard Working Americans
- "I'm Comin' Honey" â Shawn Camp
- "Brand New Pair of Shoes" â Ana Christina Cash
- "If You Loved Me" â Elvis Costello and the Imposters
- "I've Been Around" â Marty Stuart
- "Who's Gonna Grease My Skillet?" â John Popper
- "California Poem" â Jamey Johnson, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas
- "Little Patch of Grass" â Brandon Robert Young and Clare Bowen
- "The Dogs Are In The Woods" â John McEuen
- "Does Anybody Out There Love Me?" â Jewel
- "Autumn" â Watkins Family Hour
- "Let It Be Tonight" â Ira Dean
- "Pretty Pictures in My Mind" â The Lumineers
- "Outta Site Tonite" â Ronnie Dunn and Brad Paisley
- "My Song" â Runaway June
- "Dark and Bloody Ground" â Ruston Kelly
- "The Third Degree" â Aaron Lewis
- "Tecemseh" â Bill Miller
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