Johnny Cash -
Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar (2017 Definitive Expanded Remastered Edition)
Rock Island Line (2017 Remaster)
Now, this here's a story about the Rock Island Line
Well, the Rock Island Line, she runs down into New Orleans
There's a big toll gate down there
And, y'know, if you got certain things on board
When you go through the toll gate
Well, you don't have to pay the man no toll
Well, the train driver, he pulled up to the toll gate
And the man hollered and asked him what all he had on board, and he said
"I got livestock, I got livestock
I got cows, I got pigs, I got sheep
I got mules, I got all livestock"
Well, he said, "You're alright, boy
You don't have to pay no toll
You can just go right on through"
So, he went on through the toll gate, and as he went through
He started picking up a little bit of speed
Picking up a little bit of steam
He got on through he turned and looked back at the man, he said
"Well, I fooled you, I fooled you
I got pig iron, I got pig iron
I got all pig iron"
Now, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line, it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
Well, if you ride, you gotta ride like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
Oh, cloudy in the west, and it looked like rain
'Round the curve come a passenger train
Northbound train on a southbound track
He's all right a-leavin', but he won't be back
Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line, it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
Well, if you ride you gotta ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
Well I may be right and I may be wrong
But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
Well, the engineer said before he died
There were two more drinks that he'd like to try
The doctor said, "What could they be?"
"A hot cup of coffee and cold glass of tea"
Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line, it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
Well, if you want to ride you gotta ride like you find it
Get your ticket at the station of the Rock Island Line
Well, the Rock Island Line, she runs down into New Orleans
There's a big toll gate down there
And, y'know, if you got certain things on board
When you go through the toll gate
Well, you don't have to pay the man no toll
Well, the train driver, he pulled up to the toll gate
And the man hollered and asked him what all he had on board, and he said
"I got livestock, I got livestock
I got cows, I got pigs, I got sheep
I got mules, I got all livestock"
Well, he said, "You're alright, boy
You don't have to pay no toll
You can just go right on through"
So, he went on through the toll gate, and as he went through
He started picking up a little bit of speed
Picking up a little bit of steam
He got on through he turned and looked back at the man, he said
"Well, I fooled you, I fooled you
I got pig iron, I got pig iron
I got all pig iron"
Now, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line, it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
Well, if you ride, you gotta ride like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
Oh, cloudy in the west, and it looked like rain
'Round the curve come a passenger train
Northbound train on a southbound track
He's all right a-leavin', but he won't be back
Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line, it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
Well, if you ride you gotta ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
Well I may be right and I may be wrong
But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
Well, the engineer said before he died
There were two more drinks that he'd like to try
The doctor said, "What could they be?"
"A hot cup of coffee and cold glass of tea"
Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line, it's a road to ride
Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
Well, if you want to ride you gotta ride like you find it
Get your ticket at the station of the Rock Island Line
Credits
Writer(s): Jose Manuel Chao, Jose-manuel Tho Chao
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Other Album Tracks
- Rock Island Line (2017 Remaster)
- I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (2017 Remaster)
- Country Boy (2017 Remaster)
- If the Good Lord's Willing (2017 Remaster)
- Cry! Cry! Cry! (2017 Remaster)
- Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You) (2017 Remaster)
- So Doggone Lonesome (2017 Remaster)
- I Was There When It Happened (2017 Remaster)
- I Walk the Line (2017 Remaster)
- The Wreck of the Old '97 (2017 Remaster)
Altri album
- Songwriter
- Spotlight / Well Alright
- Well Alright
- The Best of Johnny Cash: Sun Records Essentials
- The Best of Johnny Cash: Sun Records Essentials (feat. The Tennessee Two)
- INTEGRAL JOHNNY CASH 1954 - 1962
- My Way Volume III
- My Way Volume II
- My Way
- Bear's Sonic Journals: Live at The Carousel Ballroom, 4/24/1968
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