"Guess Things Happen That Way" is a 1958 cross over single by Johnny Cash, which was written by Jack Clement.

[3] The B-side of "Guess Things Happen That Way", a song entitled, "Come In Stranger" made it to #6 on the country chart.

As Allmusic describes it, the song "featured an arrangement dominated by piano and a vocal chorus adding distinctive 'ba-doo's throughout [that is] ...slicker than, say, "Cry!

or "I Walk the Line" [but with] an eccentric tone all its own — largely because the vocal chorus (who sound as if they're occupying a middle ground between doo wop and barbershop quartet) is in such stark contrast to Cash's lead vocal.

"[2] The song was banned by the BBC upon its 1958 release when the head of religious broadcasting objected to the lines "God gave me that girl to lean on, / Then he put me on my own.