Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Just One Step Away , by - Hank Thompson. Release date: 31.12.1960
Song language: English
Just One Step Away |
| John Henry was just a little bitty boy |
| No bigger than the palm of your hand |
| His mammy looked down at John Henry and say |
| Johnny you’re gonna be a steal drivin' man Lord lord |
| Johnny you’re gonna be a steal drivin' man |
| John Henry he said to his Captain Captain I wanna hear you sing |
| I’ll swing forty-nine pounds from my hips on down |
| I like to hear that cold steel ring Lord Lord I like to hear that cold steel |
| ring |
| John Henry had a little woman and her name was Polly Ann |
| John Henry he got sick and he had to go to bed |
| But Polly drove the steel like a man Lord Lord Polly drove the steel like a man |
| John Henry went to the tunnel to drive steam hammer by his side |
| Well he beat that drill till the end of the tunnel |
| Laid down his hammer and he cried Lord Lord laid down his hammer and he cried |
| John Henry drove the steel on that mountain till his hammer caught on fire |
| And the last words we heard John Henry say |
| Cool drink of water before I die Lord Lord a cool drink of water before I die |
| Well they took John Henry to the graveyard stuck him six feet under the sand |
| Everytime the freight train that go puffin' by |
| They say there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord yonder lies a steel drivin' |
| man |