Johnny cash ride this train (part 5) lyrics

Ride this train to Pionridge Mississippi see that levee there 



It's built to hold back the waters of Ol' Man River when he gets on a rampage 



And he gets on a rampage believe me 



One of these days he's gonna come right over that levee 



And we're gonna have to head for the hills again 



And you know how that levee was built Mister 



Not with machines it is built with elbow grease 



They got the men off the farms out of the houses 



Even out of the honky tonks on Saturday night 



I don't hardly know how it happened to me it happens fast 



I just remember I was in the Green Lantern in Natchez one Saturday night 



And somebody pulled a knife and somebody threw the bottle 



And the next thing I knew I had a chain on my leg and a shovel in my hand 



It seemed like the whole world come down on me 



They whipped us like miles and when they did feed us 



There was always a fight or a killin' over who's gonna get the biggest piece of meet 



Whereas the boss man did't care about the killin' 



That is less you killed a good worker then you get killed 



If you complain about anything he just liable to give you a chance to get away 



You know what I mean 



They take the chains off your legs and beg you to run so they can shoot you