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Current version of Johnny Cash Lyrics Starkville City Jail (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/johnny-cash/starkville-city-jail/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Johnny Cash Lyrics Starkville City Jail (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/johnny-cash/starkville-city-jail/...) Version 1 of the lyrics | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Well, I left my motel room, down at the Starkville Motel | Well, I left my motel room, down at the Starkville Motel, | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | The town had gone to sleep and I was feelin' fairly well | The town had gone to sleep and I was feelin' fairly well. | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | I strolled along the sidewalk 'neath the sweet magnolia trees | I strolled along the sidewalk 'neath the sweet magnolia trees; | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | I was whistlin', pickin' flowers, swayin' in the southern breeze | I was whistlin', pickin' flowers, swayin' in the southern breeze. | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | I found myself surrounded, one policeman said, "That's him | I found myself surrounded; one policeman said: "That's him. | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Come along, wild flower child, don't you know that it's 2 a.m." | Come along, wild flower child. Don't you know that it's two a.m." | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | They're bound to get you | They're bound to get you. | 7 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 'Cause they got a curfew | 'Cause they got a curfew. | 8 | ||||||||||
| 9 | And you go to the Starkville City Jail | And you go to the Starkville City jail. | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Well, they threw me in the car and started driving into town | Well, they threw me in the car and started driving into town; | 10 | ||||||||||
| 11 | I said, "What the hell did I do?" And he said, "Shut up and sit down" | I said: "What the hell did I do?" He said: "Shut up and sit down." | 11 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Well, they emptied out my pockets, took my pills and guitar picks | 4 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Well, they emptied out my pockets, took my pills and guitar picks. | 12 | |||||||||||
| 13 | I said "Wait, my name is" "Awe, shut up" Well, I sure was in a fix | I said: "Wait, my name is..." "Awe shut up." Well, I sure was in a fix. | 13 | ||||||||||
| 5 | The sergeant put me in a cell, then he went home for the night | 5 | |||||||||||
| 14 | I said "Come back here, you so and so, I ain't bein' treated right" | The sergeant put me in a cell, then he went home for the night; | 14 | ||||||||||
| 15 | I said: "Come back here, you so and so; I ain't bein' treated right." | 15 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Well, they're bound to get you | 6 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 'Cause they got a curfew | Well, they're bound to get you, cause they got a curfew, | 16 | ||||||||||
| 17 | And you go to the Starkville City Jail | And you go to the Starkville City Jail. | 17 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | I started pacin' back and forth and now and then, I'd yell | I started pacin' back and forth, and now and then I'd yell, | 18 | ||||||||||
| 19 | And kick my forty dollar shoes against the steel door of my cell | And kick my forty dollar shoes against the steel floor of my cell. | 19 | ||||||||||
| 20 | I'd walk awhile and kick awhile and all night nobody came | I'd walk awhile and kick awhile, and all night nobody came. | 20 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Then I sadly remembered, they didn't even take my name | Then I sadly remembered that they didn't even take my name. | 21 | ||||||||||
| 22 | At 8 a.m., they let me out, I said, "Gimme them things of mine!" | At 8 a.m. they let me out. I said: "Gimme them things of mine!" | 22 | ||||||||||
| 23 | They gave me a sneer and a guitar pick and a yellow dandelion | They gave me a sneer and a guitar pick, and a yellow dandelion. | 23 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | They're bound to get you | They're bound to get you, 'cause they got a curfew, | 24 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 'Cause they got a curfew | And you go to the Starkville City Jail. | 25 | ||||||||||
| 10 | And you go to the Starkville City Jail | 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | And you go to the Starkville City Jail | 11 | |||||||||||
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