| 1 | 25 Minutes to Go | capital punishment |
| 2 | A Boy Named Sue | jokes |
| 3 | The Beast in Me | id, ego & superego |
| 4 | Before My Time | songs about love songs |
| 5 | Big River | rivers |
| 6 | Dark as a Dungeon | caves |
| 7 | Don’t Take Your Guns To Town | advice |
| 8 | Five Feet High and Rising | feet |
| 9 | Fuego d’Amor (Ring of Fire) | foreign language versions |
| 10 | Get Rhythm | knowledge |
| 11 | (Ghost) Riders in the Sky | American west |
| 12 | Hurt | covers better than the original |
| 13 | I Don’t See Where I’m Bound | adventure |
| 14 | I Hung My Head | sinners |
| 15 | I See a Darkness | friendship |
| 16 | I Walk the Line | humming |
| 17 | Jackson (with June Carter) | US cities & states |
| 18 | Let the Train Blow Her Whistle | departures |
| 19 | Little Magic Glasses | eyewear |
| 20 | Love’s Been Good to Me | music for funerals |
| 21 | The Man Comes Around | end of the world |
| 22 | One | numbered one to ten |
| 23 | The One on the Right Is on the Left | inversions |
| 24 | One Piece at a Time | smuggling & stealing |
| 25 | Personal Jesus | God & the Devil |
| 26 | Ring of Fire | accidents |
| 27 | That’s One You Owe Me | platonic love |
| 28 | When It’s Springtime in Alaska | spring |