Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Highway Patrolman, artist - Johnny Cash. Date of issue: 27.08.2020
Song language: English
Highway Patrolman |
| My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state |
| I’m a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8 |
| I always done an honest job as honest as I could |
| I got a brother named Frankie and Frankie ain’t no good |
| Now ever since we was young kids it’s been the same come down |
| I get a call over the radio Frankie’s in trouble downtown |
| Well if it was any other man, I’d put him straight away |
| But when it’s your brother sometimes you look the other way |
| Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' |
| Nothin' feels better than blood on blood |
| Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band |
| Played «Night of the Johnstown Flood» |
| I catch him when he’s strayin' like any brother would |
| Man turns his back on his family well he just ain’t no good |
| Well Frankie went in the army back in 1965 |
| I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife |
| But them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was like we were gettin' robbed |
| Frankie came home in `68, and me, I took this job |
| Yeah we’re laughin' and drinkin' |
| Nothin' feels better than blood on blood |
| Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band |
| Played «Night of the Johnstown Flood» |
| I catch him when he’s strayin' teach him how to walk that line |
| Man turns his back on his family he ain’t no friend of mine |
| Well the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nine |
| There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line |
| There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head |
| There was a girl cry’n' at a table and it was Frank, they said |
| Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights |
| Well I musta done one hundred and ten through Michigan county that night |
| It was out at the crossroads, down `round Willow bank |
| Seen a Buick with Ohio plates. |
| Behind the wheel was Frank |
| Well I chased him through them county roads |
| Till a sign said «Canadian border five miles from here» |
| I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his tail-lights disappear |
| Me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' |
| Nothin' feels better than blood on blood |
| Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band |
| Played «Night of the Johnstown Flood» |