Forever Words

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 (ISBN 0399575138). 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

 * 1) "Forever/I Still Miss Someone" – Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
 * 2) "To June This Morning" – Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
 * 3) "Gold All Over the Ground" – Brad Paisley
 * 4) "You Never Knew My Mind" – Chris Cornell
 * 5) "The Captain's Daughter" – Alison Krauss and Union Station
 * 6) "Jellico Coal Man" – T-Bone Burnett
 * 7) "The Walking Wounded" – Rosanne Cash
 * 8) "Them Double Blues" – John Mellencamp
 * 9) "Body on Body" – Jewel
 * 10) "I'll Still Love You" – Elvis Costello
 * 11) "June's Sundown" – Carlene Carter
 * 12) "He Bore It All" – Dailey & Vincent
 * 13) "Chinky Pin Hill" – I'm with Her
 * 14) "Goin', Goin', Gone" – Robert Glasper featuring Ro James and Anu Sun
 * 15) "What Would I Dreamer Do?" – The Jayhawks
 * 16) "Spirit Rider" – Jamey Johnson

Deluxe Edition:
 * 1) "Big Hearted Girl"  – Hard Working Americans
 * 2) "I'm Comin' Honey" – Shawn Camp
 * 3) "Brand New Pair of Shoes" – Ana Christina Cash
 * 4) "If You Loved Me" – Elvis Costello and the Imposters
 * 5) "I've Been Around" – Marty Stuart
 * 6) "Who's Gonna Grease My Skillet?" – John Popper
 * 7) "California Poem" – Jamey Johnson, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas
 * 8) "Little Patch of Grass" – Brandon Robert Young and Clare Bowen
 * 9) "The Dogs Are In The Woods" – John McEuen
 * 10) "Does Anybody Out There Love Me?" – Jewel
 * 11) "Autumn" – Watkins Family Hour
 * 12) "Let It Be Tonight" – Ira Dean
 * 13) "Pretty Pictures in My Mind" – The Lumineers
 * 14) "Outta Site Tonite" – Ronnie Dunn and Brad Paisley
 * 15) "My Song" – Runaway June
 * 16) "Dark and Bloody Ground" – Ruston Kelly
 * 17) "The Third Degree" – Aaron Lewis
 * 18) "Tecemseh" – Bill Miller

Personnel

 * T. Bone Burnett
 * Chris Cornell
 * Elvis Costello
 * Jamey Johnson
 * Kris Kristofferson
 * Jewel
 * Willie Nelson
 * John Mellencamp
 * Brad Paisley
 * Kacey Musgraves
 * Rosanne Cash
 * Alison Krauss
 * Carlene Carter
 * I'm with Her (band)