What makes Cash’s version so powerful is the video that went with it. You see him as a young man. You see his wife June Carter (my dearest friend) who passed away not long after the video was recorded. You see Cash himself surrounded by the trappings of his succes and you see the wreck if a man who is near the end and reflects on his life singing in his creaking but recognizable voice. You forget all about that the original lyrics were about drug abuse. He shuts the lid on the piano and that is the end. All done. No more. He is finished.