Highway Patrolman Cifras

HIGHWAY PATROLMAN       -       Johnny Cash
 
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Intro:
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    My name is Joe     Roberts 
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    I work for the    state 
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I'm a    sergeant out of     Perrineville 
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    Barracks number     eight  
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I     always done an     honest job 
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    Honest as I     could 
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    Got a brother named     Frankie 
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    Frankie ain't no     good  
 
 
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    Ever since we were     young kids 
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    It’s been the same come     down 
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    I get a call on the    shortwave 
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    Frankie's in trouble down -     town  
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Well    if it was any    other man 
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    I'd put him straight a -    way 
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But    sometimes when it's your     brother 
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    You look the other     way  
 
 
Chorus:
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Yeah     me and Frankie laughin' and     drinkin' 
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Nothin' feels     better than blood on     blood 
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Takin'    turns dancin' with Ma -     ria 
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While the    band played "the    Night of the 
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Johnstown     Flood"  
 
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    I catch him when he's    strayin' 
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    Like any brother    should 
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    Man turns his back on his    family 
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    He ain't no    good  
 
 
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Well    Frankie went in the     army 
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Back in    nineteensixty -    five 
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    I got a farm de -    ferment, 
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Settled    down, took Maria for my     wife  
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But them    wheat prices kept on    droppin' 
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Till it was    like we were gettin'    robbed 
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    Frankie came home in     sixtyeight 
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    Me, I took this    job 
 
 
Chorus:
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Yeah    me and Frankie laughin' and    drinkin' 
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Nothin' feels    better than blood on    blood 
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    Takin' turns dancin' with Ma -    ria 
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While the band played "the    Night of the 
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Johnstown    Flood"  
 
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    I catch him when he's    strayin' 
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    Teach him how to walk that    line 
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    Man turns his back on his     family 
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    Ain't no friend of    mine  
 
 
Break:
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Well the    night was like any    other 
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I got a    call `bout quarter to    nine 
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There was    trouble in a    roadhouse 
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Out on the Michigan     line 
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There was a     kid on the floor    lookin' bad 
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    Bleedin' hard from his    head 
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There was a    girl cry'n' at a    table 
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    It was Frank, she    said  
 
 
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    I ran out and I    jumped in my car 
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    Then I hit the    lights 
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    I musta done a    hundred and ten 
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Through    Michigan county that     night  
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It was    down by the    crossroads, 
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    Out by Willow    bank 
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Seen a     Buick with O -     hio plates 
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    Behind the wheel was    Frank  
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Well I    chased him through them    county roads 
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Till a    sign said "Canadian border    five miles from here" 
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    Pulled over the     side of the highway 
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    Watched his tail-lights    disappear 
 
 
Chorus:
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Yeah    me and Frankie laughin' and    drinkin' 
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Nothin' feels    better than blood on    blood 
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    Takin' turns dancin' with Ma -    ria 
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While the band played "the    Night of the 
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Johnstown     Flood"  
 
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    I catch him when he's   strayin' 
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    Like any brother    should 
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Man turns his back on his     family 
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He ain't no      good//
 
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