There's a Bear in the Woods Songtext
von Johnny Cash

Kevin Jones said, there′s a bear in the woods
And if you don't believe it,
Just ask Wesley Orbison and Lance Johnson,
′Cause they saw him, too.
I was drivin' my jeep across the field
And when I came in to the edge of the woods,
I saw Kevin Jones,
Comin' down out of a tread.
I stopped my jeep
And Kevin jumped up on the running board
And there it′s when he said,
There′s a bear in the woods.
And I looked right at Kevin
And I said, now Kevin, tell me the truth.
And he looked at me right in the eye,
He said, I'm not kiddin′ you, Uncle John,
He said, there's a bear in the woods.
And if you don′t believe it,
Just ask Wesley Orbison and Lance Johnson,
'Cause they saw him, too.


I kept on lookin′ right at Kevin and I said,
Now tell me truth, Kevin.
He said, it is, it's a bear, it's a black bear.
He said, it′s not a big bear, but it′s a bear,
It's a black bear.
I′ve seen him goin' down the trail there.
I kept on lookin′ at Kevin and I got to thinkin'.
Now Kevin Jones said, there′s a bear in the woods.
Kevin was seven years old and I'm a lot older than he is.
And I've done a lot of things that he hadn′t done.
And one of those things that I′ve done that he hadn't, is to lie.
So I got to thinkin′, if Kevin Jones says,
There's a bear in the woods, who am I to doubt it.
Well, I kind o′ grinned at Kevin
And he jumped down off of the running board
And I started my jeep back up
And headed down the road in the woods.
As I went away,
I hollered back at Kevin and I said,
Hey Kevin, watch out for that bear in the woods!