Johnny Cash - Chicken in Black lyrics
[Johnny Cash - Chicken in Black lyrics]
For two long years my head hurt bad
So the doctor checked me and
He shook his head he said
"I'm sorry to tell you but
Your body's outlived your brain"
He said, "I know this doctor in New York son
And he'll fix you up right
With a brand new one"
So the head doctor met me when
I stepped down off the train he said
"We had this bank robber killed last night
His body's shot but his brain's alright
I'll give you a transplant boy
And it'll be okay"
I got my new brain in and I was feeling great
I went right back to
Nashville with no headache
But something strange happened when I walked
In the bank one day
I said "Stick 'em up everybody
I'm robbing this place
Drop all of your money in my guitar case
Don't nobody move and don't nobody
Reach for that door
A lady said, "Why, you're Johnny Cash!"
I said, "No ma'am, I'm the Manhattan Flash
And I am the best bank robber in New York"
Now the other night, Roy Acuff called me
He said, "John
I'd like for you to do the Opry"
So I went out on the stage
But I couldn't sing i got into half a verse
Of "I Walk The Line"
And something snapped in that head of mine
I yelled, "Stick 'em up! Gimme
Your money, your watches, and rings"
Well I called New York and
Talked to that brain quack i said, "Doc
I've got to have my old brain back"
He said, "I'm sorry there Mr cash
But I can't do that" he said
"I put your brain in a chicken last Monday
He singing your songs and
Making lots of money and I got him signed to
A ten year recording contract" now friends
If you see me walking down the street
Remember what you see ain't necessarily me
And if I try to hold you up
Don't pay me no mind
But when you got ten bucks that you can blow
You ought to catch that Johnny Chicken Show
He's doin' fairs and concert dates all
Up and down the line
I said "Stick 'em up everybody
I'm robbing this place
Drop all of your money in my guitar case
Don't nobody move and don't nobody
Reach for that door
A lady said, "Why, you're Johnny Cash!"
I said, "No ma'am, I'm the Manhattan Flash
And I am the best bank robber in New York"
Well, I don't pay any income tax
You don't pay tax on money you steal
But you ought to catch
That Johnny Chicken Show chicken In Black
Mm
So the doctor checked me and
He shook his head he said
"I'm sorry to tell you but
Your body's outlived your brain"
He said, "I know this doctor in New York son
And he'll fix you up right
With a brand new one"
So the head doctor met me when
I stepped down off the train he said
"We had this bank robber killed last night
His body's shot but his brain's alright
I'll give you a transplant boy
And it'll be okay"
I got my new brain in and I was feeling great
I went right back to
Nashville with no headache
But something strange happened when I walked
In the bank one day
I said "Stick 'em up everybody
I'm robbing this place
Drop all of your money in my guitar case
Don't nobody move and don't nobody
Reach for that door
A lady said, "Why, you're Johnny Cash!"
I said, "No ma'am, I'm the Manhattan Flash
And I am the best bank robber in New York"
Now the other night, Roy Acuff called me
He said, "John
I'd like for you to do the Opry"
So I went out on the stage
But I couldn't sing i got into half a verse
Of "I Walk The Line"
And something snapped in that head of mine
I yelled, "Stick 'em up! Gimme
Your money, your watches, and rings"
Well I called New York and
Talked to that brain quack i said, "Doc
I've got to have my old brain back"
He said, "I'm sorry there Mr cash
But I can't do that" he said
"I put your brain in a chicken last Monday
He singing your songs and
Making lots of money and I got him signed to
A ten year recording contract" now friends
If you see me walking down the street
Remember what you see ain't necessarily me
And if I try to hold you up
Don't pay me no mind
But when you got ten bucks that you can blow
You ought to catch that Johnny Chicken Show
He's doin' fairs and concert dates all
Up and down the line
I said "Stick 'em up everybody
I'm robbing this place
Drop all of your money in my guitar case
Don't nobody move and don't nobody
Reach for that door
A lady said, "Why, you're Johnny Cash!"
I said, "No ma'am, I'm the Manhattan Flash
And I am the best bank robber in New York"
Well, I don't pay any income tax
You don't pay tax on money you steal
But you ought to catch
That Johnny Chicken Show chicken In Black
Mm