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  • Well my mama told me, my papa told me too
    Well my mama told me, my papa told me too
    Well I shouldn't be here trying to sing these railroad blues

    Wish I had listened to oh what mama said (note 1)
    Wish I had listened to oh what mama said
    Well I wouldn't be here trying to sleep in this cold iron bed (note 2)

    Well I went to the depot, I never got there on time
    Went down to the depot, never got there on time
    Well that train's rolling down, she's rolling down the line

    Mister jailer go away now, don't tell me no lies
    Mister jailer go away now, don't tell me no lies
    Well that train's going down, she's rolling down the line

    Well my mama told me, my papa told me too
    Well my mama told me, papa told me too
    Well I shouldn't be here trying to sing these railroad blues

    Wish I had listened to oh what mama said
    Wish I had listened to oh what mama said
    Well I wouldn't be here trying to sleep in this cold iron bed

  • I was born in a desert, raised in a lion's den
    I was born in a desert, raised in a lion's den
    And my number one occupation is stealing women from their men

    Well I'm a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and I'm gone for good
    Well I'm a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and I'm gone for good
    Well the sheriff couldn't catch me
    But his little girl sure wished she would

    Yes and the doctor call me crazy, some says I am some says I ain't (note a)
    Yes and the doctor call me crazy, some says I am some says I ain't
    The preacher man call me a sinner, but his little girl call me a saint

    Well a couple of shots of whiskey, women round here start lookin' good
    Well a couple of shots of whiskey, women round here start lookin' good (note b)
    Couple more shots of whiskey, I'm goin' back to Minglewood

    It's T for Texas, yes and it's T for Timbuctoo (note c)
    It's T for Texas, yes and it's T for Timbuctoo
    Yes and it's T for [San Francisco - or wherever!]
    Where the little girls know what to do

  • The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it.
    Clerk he wrote it down indeed-e
    Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down
    Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound

    Some got six month some got one solid.
    Some got one solid year indeed-e
    Some got six month some got one solid.
    But me and my buddies all got lifetime here

    I wrote a letter I mailed in the air, Mailed it on the air indeed-e
    I wrote a letter I mailed in the air.
    You may know by that I've got a friend somewhere