Slippin' and a-slidin', playin' Dominoes Leftin' and a-rightin' ain't a crime, you know Well, I gotta tell the story before it's time to go Well, are
Well, I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain Around the curve come a passenger train Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead, he's
On a greyhound bus Lord, I'm travelin' this morning I'm goin' to Shreveport And down to New Orleans Been travelin' these highways Been doin' things my
In the white room with black curtains in the station Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings Silver horses, brightening moonbeams in your
Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds, take my money You can have my life of luxury You can have my precious silver, studded saddle, ohh But you can not