《Willie Jones》歌词

[00:00:00] Willie Jones - Bobby Bare

[00:00:10] Willie Jones was a man I met

[00:00:12] When I lived in Baltimore

[00:00:14] I was a guard

[00:00:15] And he was doing time

[00:00:19] In the three long years he stayed there

[00:00:21] I got to know him well

[00:00:24] Willie Jones was a friend of mine

[00:00:28] He used to say buddy you know

[00:00:30] Where I'm goin' when they let me out of here

[00:00:34] Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there

[00:00:39] And he talked about the southland

[00:00:41] Though he'd drifted from its shore

[00:00:44] I never seen a man who loved it more

[00:00:56] He talked about the whippoorwills in the Alabama night

[00:01:01] Honeysuckle vine

[00:01:03] And sugar cane

[00:01:06] Swimming holes

[00:01:07] And fishing poles

[00:01:08] And early morning frost

[00:01:11] And sleeping under a tin roof when it rained

[00:01:16] He talked about a country road

[00:01:18] And a cabin in the pines

[00:01:20] And a girl with wavy long chestnut brown hair

[00:01:26] He talked about the beauty

[00:01:27] Of his Blue Ridge Mountain home

[00:01:30] And damn near made me think that I was there

[00:01:34] And he'd say buddy you know

[00:01:37] Where I'm goin' when they let me out of here

[00:01:40] Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there

[00:01:45] When a man ain't got no freedom

[00:01:48] The time sure passes slow

[00:01:50] Willie Jones had ten long years to go

[00:02:02] It's been almost a years now

[00:02:04] Since that hot night in July

[00:02:08] Willie hit the guard

[00:02:09] And jumped the fence

[00:02:12] I had my rifle ready but I couldn't let it fly

[00:02:17] I shot over his head

[00:02:18] And we ain't seen him since

[00:02:22] Then last week the postman

[00:02:24] Brought a letter to my door

[00:02:27] Marked no return address and no reply

[00:02:31] It just said nobody north of Birmingham

[00:02:34] Is gonna see this boy again

[00:02:37] But if you're ever down our way

[00:02:38] Won't you please drop by

[00:02:42] Buddy you know where I'm going

[00:02:44] When they let me out of here

[00:02:47] Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there

[00:02:51] And he talked about the southland

[00:02:54] Though he'd drifted from its shore

[00:02:56] I never seen a man who loved it more