Lyrics Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

Rock Island Line

This here's a story

About the Rock Island Line

Well, the Rock Island Line

Runs from New Orleans going North

The train driver pulled

Up to the toll gate

The man asked him what all

They had on board

He said, I ain't got no pig iron

He said, whattaya got

He said, I got livestock

I got livesock, I got cows

I got pigs, I got chicks

I got cows, I got sheep

I got mules, I got all livestock

I got all livestock

I got all livestock

Man said, you're alright then

You go on through

So he went on through the tollgate

And as he went through

He started picking up

And a little bit of speed

Picking up a little bit of steam

As he went through, he says

Well, I fooled you, I fooled you

I got pig iron, I got pig iron

I got all pig iron, I got all pig iron

Let's move it for him now

Down the Rock Island Line

Is a mighty good road

Rock Island Line

Is the road to ride

Rock Island Line

Is a mighty good road

Well, if you ride

You got to ride it like you find it

Get your ticket at the station

On the Rock Island Line

Well, cloudy and lost

And it looks like rain

Around the curve

Come a passenger train

Yes, the Rock Island Line

Is a mighty good road

Rock Island Line

Is the road to ride

Rock Island Line

Is a mighty good road

Well, if you ride

You got to ride it like you find it

Get your ticket at the station

On the Rock Island Line

Then she goes on North and

When she crosses the

Flat land of Illinois

She picks up a little bit more speed

Oh, a, b, c, w, x, y, z

Cat's in the cupboard

But he don't see me

Down the Rock Island Line

A mighty good road

Rock Island Line

Is the road to ride

Rock Island Line

Is a mighty good road

Well, if you ride

You got to ride it like you find it

Get your ticket at the station

On the Rock Island Line

The Rock Island Line

A mighty good road

Rock Island Line

Is the road to ride

Rock Island Line

Is a mighty good road

Well, if you ride

You got to ride it like you find it

Get your ticket at the station

On the Rock Island Line