Lyrics Rock Island Line.lrc Johnny Cash
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[ar: Johnny Cash]
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[00:04.98]Now this here’s a story about the Rock Island Line
[00:08.93]Well, the Rock Island Line, she runs down into New Orleans
[00:12.96]There’s a big tollgate down there and you know
[00:14.80]If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate
[00:18.07]Well, you don’t have to pay the man no toll
[00:21.08]Well, a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate
[00:23.71]And a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and said
[00:27.77]I got livestock
[00:29.50]I got livestock
[00:31.25]I got cows
[00:32.44]I got pigs
[00:33.15]I got sheep
[00:33.97]I got mules
[00:35.07]I got all live stock
[00:41.54]Well, he said, “You alright boy? You don’t have to pay no toll
[00:45.07]You can just go right on through,” so, he went on through the tollgate
[00:49.37]And as he went through, he started pickin’ up a little bit of speed
[00:54.48]Pickin’ up a little bit of steam
[01:00.43]He got on through, he turned and looked back at the man, he said
[01:04.93]Well, I fooled you
[01:06.18]I fooled you
[01:07.06]I got pig iron
[01:07.52]I got pig iron
[01:08.87]I got old pig iron
[01:11.82]Down the Rock Island Line, she’s a mighty good road
[01:14.06]Rock Island Line, it’s the road to ride
[01:15.90]Rock Island Line, it’s a mighty good road
[01:17.87]Well, if you ride it, you got to ride it like you find it
[01:19.93]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[01:23.26]Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain
[01:25.66]Round the curve came a passenger train
[01:27.51]North bound train on a southbound track
[01:29.19]He’s alright a leavin’, but he won’t be back
[01:31.03]Well, the Rock Island Line, she’s a mighty good road
[01:33.02]Rock Island Line, it’s the road to ride
[01:35.17]Rock Island Line, it’s a mighty good road
[01:37.02]Well, if you ride it, you got to ride it like you find it
[01:38.83]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[01:42.24]Oh, I may be right and I may be wrong
[01:44.13]But you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
[01:47.69]Well, the engineer said before he died
[01:49.59]There were two more drinks that he’d like to try
[01:51.79]The conductor said, “What could they be?”
[01:53.36]A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea
[01:55.56]Well, the Rock Island Line, she’s a mighty good road
[01:57.93]Rock Island Line, it’s the road to ride
[01:59.54]Rock Island Line, it’s a mighty good road
[02:01.24]Well, if you ride it, you got to ride it like you find it
[02:03.12]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[02:07.27]Year of Release: 1957