
Date of issue: 13.04.2006
Record label: CHARLY
Song language: English
Rock Island Line - Original |
Now this here’s the story |
About the Rock Island Line |
The Rock Island Line |
She runs down into New Orleans |
And just outside of New Orleans |
Is a big toll gate and all the trains |
That go through the toll gate, why |
They got to pay the man some money |
But of course, if you’ve |
Got certain things on board |
You’re okay, you don’t |
Have to pay the man nothing |
Just now we see a train |
She’s coming down the line |
And when she come up near the toll gate |
The driver, he shout down to the man |
He said, I got pigs, I got horses |
I got cows, I got sheep |
I got all livestock |
Got all livestock |
I got all livestock |
And the man say |
Well, you’re all right, boy |
You just get on through |
You don’t have to pay me nothing |
And then the train go through |
And when he go through the tollgate |
The train get up a little bit of steam |
And a little bit of speed |
And when the driver thinks |
He’s safely on out of sight |
He shouts back down |
The line to the man |
He say, I fooled you, I fooled you |
I got pig iron, I got pig iron |
I got all pig iron |
Now I’ll tell you |
Where I’m going, boy |
(CHORUS) |
Down the Rock Island Line |
She’s a mighty good road |
The Rock Island Line |
Is the road to ride |
Yes, the Rock Island Line |
Is a mighty good road |
But if you want to ride |
Gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station |
Of the Rock Island Line |
I may be right, I may be wrong |
You know you’re gonna miss me When I’m gone |
(CHORUS) |
Hallelujah, I’m safe from sin |
The good Lord’s coming |
For to see me again |
(CHORUS) |
A, b, c, w, x, y, z Cat’s in the cupboard |
But he don’t see me |
(CHORUS) 2X |
Name | Year |
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Hurt | 2002 |
God's Gonna Cut You Down | 2005 |
Personal Jesus | 2001 |
Ain't No Grave | 2009 |
You're the Only Star In My Blues Heaven ft. Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash | 2012 |
One | 2002 |
Heart Of Gold | 2002 |
Further On Up The Road | 2005 |
Solitary Man | 2002 |
The Man Comes Around | 2002 |
I Won't Back Down | 1999 |
Devil's Right Hand | 2002 |
Cat's In The Cradle | 2020 |
Ghost Riders in the Sky | 2011 |
I've Been Everywhere | 1995 |
Sixteen Tons | 2020 |
We'll Meet Again | 2002 |
Rusty Cage | 2002 |
Wayfaring Stranger | 2002 |
Hung My Head | 2002 |