A Song that Saves

I watched Walk the Line, the story of Johnny Cash, for the first time yesterday. A short monologue by the manager of Johnny's recording agency made me pause. It made me think about the song I sing to others. Not the song that comes out of my mouth (thankfully for them), but the song that resonates from my life. I thought you might like to hear what he had to say too. He was speaking to Johnny during his first audition and just after he had played a sappy cover song.

All right, let's bring it home. 
               
If you was hit by a truck 
               
and you were lying out
in that gutter dying... 
               
and you had time to sing
one song, huh, one song... 
               
people would remember
before you're dirt... 
               
one song that would let 
               
God know what you felt about
your time here on earth... 
               
one song that would sum you up... 
               
you telling me
that's the song you'd sing? 
               
That same Jimmie Davis tune
we hear on the radio all day? 
               
About your peace within
and how it's real 
               
and how you're
gonna shout it? 
               
Or would you sing
something different? 
               
Something real,
something you felt? 
               
Because I'm telling you
right now... 
               
that's the kind of song
people want to hear. 
               
That's the kind of song
that truly saves people.