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've done wrong!
I pa**ed by the bank, for 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 money and the pistol through the big doors I ran!
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've done wrong!
Sitting alone in a boxcar's four walls
Because I've been breaking the rich man's laws!
I thought of my sweetheart and began to cry –
When I'll be caught by my neck I will die!
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've done wrong!
The boxcar door opened and the pussies walked in –
The Sheriff said: "Grab him boys, I think, that is him!"
They took me to the jailhouse and now I must die!
Five hours to live, boys - how the time it can fly!
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've done wrong!