Johnny Cash Dead at 71

This is a major loss. Although this is not really "legally related," it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to:

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry.

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.

And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.

I'm gonna sit right here until I die.

I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up every time
I heard her drawl that Southern drawl.
Then I heard my dream went back downstream,
Cavortin' in Davenport,
And I followed you, Big River, when you called.

Then you took me to St. Louis, later on down the river.
A freighter said she'd been here
But she's gone, boy, she's gone.
I found her trail in Memphis,
But she'd just walked up the bluff;
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.

I went down to Baton Rouge, River Queen, rollin' on.
You took that woman on down
To New Orleans, New Orleans.
Go on, I've had enough;
Dump my blues down in the Gulf.
She loves you, Big River, more than me.

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.

Big River, by John R. Cash, (c) 1958. In my opinion, Cash was one of the most important living figures in American music, as I think the brilliant lyrics above attest. Read about his legend here.