Rock Island Line-Johnny Cash

[00:05.01]Now, this here's the story of the Rock Island Line [00:08.97]The Rock Island line, she runs down into New Orleans [00:12.96]There's a big toll gate down there [00:14.58]And, y' know, if you got certain things on board [00:16.47]When you go through the toll gate [00:18.12]Where you don't have to pay the man all toll [00:21.15]Well, the train driver, he pulled up to the toll gate [00:23.70]The man only asked him what he had on board, and he said [00:26.94]"I got livestock, I got livestock [00:31.65]I got cows, I got pigs, I got sheep, I got mules, I got all livestock" [00:41.67]Well, he said, "you're alright, boy [00:43.80]You don't have to pay no toll [00:45.09]You just go right on through" [00:46.29]So, he went on through the toll gate, and as he went through [00:50.55]He started picking up a little bit of speed [00:54.66]Picking up a little bit of steam [01:00.72]He got on through he turned a look back to the man, he said [01:03.69]"Well, I fooled you, I fooled you [01:07.20]I got pig iron, I got pig iron [01:09.18]I got all pig iron" [01:12.09]Down the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road [01:14.28]The Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride [01:16.29]The Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road [01:18.06]Well, if you want to ride you gotta ride like you find it [01:20.07]Get your ticket at the station of the Rock Island Line [01:22.11]It was cloudy in the west, looked like rain, [01:25.56]But round the corner come-a passenger train. [01:27.57]North-bound train on the south-bound track, [01:29.58]You were all right a-leavin but you won't be back [01:31.38]Well, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road [01:33.48]The Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride [01:35.34]The Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road [01:37.17]Well, if you want to ride you gotta ride like you find it [01:39.21]Get your ticket at the station of the Rock Island Line [01:42.48]Now I may be right and I may be wrong [01:44.61]But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone [01:47.88]Well, the engineer said before he died, [01:50.01]There were two more drinks he'd like to have tried, [01:52.11]The doctor asked him "what could they be?" [01:53.88]He said "a hot cup of coffee and cold glass of tea" [01:55.86]Well, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road [01:57.96]The Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride [01:59.97]The Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road [02:01.71]Well, if you want to ride you gotta ride like you find it [02:03.72]Get your ticket at the station of the Rock Island Line