An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy
CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey
My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't
I remember when I was a lad
Times were hard and
A young cowboy named Billy Joe
Grew restless on the farm
A
Beside a Singin' Mountain Stream
Where the Willow grew
Where the Silver
I hear the train a-comin'
It's rollin' around the bend
And I
At my door the leaves are falling
A cold wild wind
You've cut out your dancing
And you never see a show
Friends
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
I told
John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight
He said, "'Fore
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black
Why you
Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Detroit
Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound
Well, I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold
Don't call my name out your window, I'm leavin'
I won't
