“There's a man goin' 'round takin' names.
An' he decides who to free and who to blame.
Everybody won't be treated all the same.
There'll be a golden ladder reaching down.
When the man comes around.”

— Johnny Cash

Song lyrics, American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002), The Man Comes Around

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American singer-songwriter 1932–2003

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