The Chicken in Black

[00:10.05] For two long years my head hurt bad
[00:12.00] So the doctor checked me and he shook his head
[00:15.03] He said, "I'm sorry to tell you but your body's outlived your brain"
[00:19.04] He said, "I know this doctor in New York son
[00:22.06] And he'll fix you up right with a brand new one"
[00:25.09] So the head doctor met me when I stepped down off the train
[00:30.08] He said, "We had this bank robber killed last night
[00:33.00] His body's shot but his brain's alright
[00:35.09] I'll give you a transplant boy, and it'll be okay"
[00:40.06] I got the new brain in and I was feeling great
[00:43.04] I went right back to Nashville with no headache
[00:45.09] But something strange happened when I walked in the bank one day
[00:50.09] I said "Stick 'em up everybody, I'm robbing this place
[00:53.03] Drop all of your money in my guitar case
[00:56.00] Don't nobody move and don't nobody reach for that door
[01:01.06] A lady said, "Why, you're Johnny Cash!"
[01:03.09] I said, "No ma'am, I'm the Manhattan Flash
[01:06.07] And I am the best bank robber in New York"
[01:11.09] Now the other night, Roy Acuff called me
[01:13.04] He said, "John, I'd like for you to do the Opry"
[01:16.00] So I went out on the stage, but I couldn't sing
[01:21.01] I got into half a verse of 'bout Walk The Line
[01:23.09] And something snapped in that head of mine
[01:26.01] I yelled, "Stick 'em up! Gimme your money, watches and rings"
[01:31.14]
[01:34.02] Well I called New York and talked to that brain quack
[01:36.00] I said, "Doc, I've got to have my old brain back"
[01:39.03] He said, "I'm sorry there Mr. Cash, but I can't do that"
[01:43.05] He said, "I put your brain in a chicken last Monday
[01:47.00] He singing your songs and making lots of money
[01:49.02] And I got him signed to a ten year recording contract"
[01:54.02] Now friends, if you see me walking down the street
[01:56.05] Remember what your see ain't necessarily me
[01:59.02] And if I try to hold you up, don't blame it on mine
[02:04.06] But when you got ten bucks that you can blow
[02:06.00] You ought to catch that Johnny Chicken Show
[02:09.09] He's done fairs and concerts dates all across the line.
[02:13.05] I said "Stick 'em up everybody, I'm robbing this place
[02:16.08] Drop all of your money in my guitar case
[02:19.09] Don't nobody move and don't nobody reach for that door
[02:24.05] A lady said, "Why, you're Johnny Cash!"
[02:26.04] I said, "No ma'am, I'm the Manhattan Flash
[02:29.04] And I am the best bank robber in New York"
[02:36.04] Well, I don't pay any income tax
[02:39.04] You don't pay tax on money you steal
[02:42.08] But you ought to catch that Johnny Chicken Show.
[02:46.04] Chicken in black
[02:49.01] Mhhhhmmm
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