On The Grand Canyon Line

Lyrics

[Chorus] On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along On the Grand Canyon Line I was singing no song On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along Couldn't go back to Texas, 'cause I know I'd done wrong [Verse 1] I passed the State Bank and no money I had It wasn't that I really had meant to be bad But I robbed the State Bank with a trembling hand With the pistol and the money, through the big door I ran [Chorus] On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along On the Grand Canyon Line I was singing no song On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along Couldn't go back to Texas, 'cause I know I'd done wrong [Verse 2] Sitting alone in a boxcar's four walls Because of a breaking the rich man's laws I thought of my sweetheart, I began to cry When I am caught by the neck I will die [Chorus] On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along On the Grand Canyon Line I was singing no song On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along Couldn't go back to Texas, 'cause I know I'd done wrong [Verse 3] The boxcar door opened and a posse walked in The Sheriff said, "Grab him, boys, I think that is him" They took me to a jailhouse and now I must die Five hours to live boys how the time it does fly [Chorus] On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along On the Grand Canyon Line I was singing no song On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along Couldn't go back to Texas, 'cause I know I'd done wrong