
Date of issue: 07.02.2005
Record label: Warner, Warner Strategic Marketing
Song language: English
Jessie Clay and the 12:05 |
In a two room trailer down by the tracks on the edge of a Tennessee town |
Jesse Clay lived with his lady and a one eyed Redbone hound |
And every night at 12:05 he’d hear that whistle whine |
And Jesse knew the train from Chattanooga was comin' by on time |
And we all knew old Jesse Clay got mean when he drank too much |
And Jesse’s lady wore the scars of his not too gentle touch |
And Jesse knocked her down one night just for bustin' a bottle of gin |
She hit her head when she hit the floor and she never got up again |
Now Jesse Clay was crazy scared when he saw her lyin' still |
He took his lady in his arms and he carried her up the hill |
He’s laid her down on a railroad track just an hour ahead of the train |
And Jesse knew that soon the 12:05 would take the blame |
And then he went to town and he waited around till he thought the time was right |
And he told the law how the 12:05 had taken his lady’s life |
The sheriff just looked at Jesse hard, said you better tell the truth this time |
Because the 12:05 just jumped the track about 10 miles up the line |
And no one knows what caused the train to leave the tracks that night |
It never happened before or since but it served old Jesse right |
You can still hear the train whistle whine as it passes by this way |
But the 12:05 won’t ever take the blame for Jesse Clay |
No, the 12:05 won’t ever take the blame for Jesse Clay |
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