Pops, did you hear the story of long John Dean?   Not yet drummer   A bold bank robber from Bowlin' Green   Was sent to the jail house yesterday   But late last night he made his getaway      He was long gone from Kentucky   Long gone, ain't he lucky?   Long gone, what I mean   A long gone John from Bowlin' Green      Long John stood on the railroad tie   Waitin' for freight train to come by   Freight train came by puffin' and flyin'   Oughta seen long John grabbin' that blind      He was long gone from Kentucky   Long gone, ain't he lucky?   Long gone, what I mean   Long gone John from Bowlin' Green      They caught him in Frisco to seal his fate   At San Quentin they jailed him one evening late   But out on the ocean, John did escape   'Cause the guards forgot to close the Golden Gate      He was long gone from Kentucky   Long gone, ain't he lucky?   Long gone, what I mean   A long gone John from Bowlin' Green      While they offered a reward to bring him back   Even put bloodhounds on his track   Those doggone bloodhounds lost his scent   Now nobody knows where John went      He was long gone from Kentucky   Long gone, ain't he lucky?   Long gone, what I mean   A long gone John from Bowlin' Green      A gang of men tried to capture Dean   So they chased him with a submarine   Dean jumped overboard and grabbed the submarine   And made that gang catch a flyin' machine      He's long gone from Kentucky   A long gone, that boy's lucky?   A long gone, what I mean   A long gone John from Bowlin' Green      He's long gone, I said from Kentucky   Long gone, hmm that boy's lucky   Long gone, yeah he's got nothing in the head   Long gone, long gone