Midnight Special

歌詞

spoken: Lead Belly's in prison over there at Sugarland Texas Central Farm That's a penitentiary That train leave Houston right before midnight and get to Sugarland right about midnight All them boys over there in prison Would wish there's only a train anywhere but Central Farm, Sugarland Texas That's a penitentiary Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me Yonder comes Miss Rosie, how in the world do you know? Well, I know her by the apron and the dress she wore Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand Oh, she go to tell that Governor, "Set loose my man" Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me If you ever go to Houston, man, you better walk right Man, you better not squabble and you better not fight That cop will arrest you, and he will take you down And that judge will sentence you penitentiary bound Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me Yes, you wake up in the morning, yeah, the big bell ring You go marching to the table, you find the same old thing No forks on the table, ain't nothing in the pan Yeah, you say a thing about it, you have trouble with the man Yeah, you wake up in the morning, you hear the ding-dong ring You go marching to the table, find the same old thing Flap jacks and molasses, and that sow-belly fat Yeah, you say a thing about it, man you gon' get dead Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me I's standing at the station, my baby got on board I's standing there begging, "Baby, please don't go" And that train was leaving, Miss Rosie inside I couldn't do nothing, I hung my head and cry Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me Now jumpin' Jumpin' Judy, she was a mighty fine girl Yeah, Judy brought jumpin' to the whole wide world And she brought it in the mornin', about the break of day Yeah, she brought me the news, my wife was dead And that started me a-grievin' and then a-mounin' and a-cryin' And I had begin to think about my very long, long, penitentiary time Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me Woo, Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me spoken: Now this is how I heard it the first time back in 1976 Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me Mmhm, Special shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin' light on me