On the Grand Canyon line,
On the Grand Canyon line,
On the Grand Canyon line,
Couldn't go back to Texas,
cause I know I'd done wrong.
It wasn't that I really had
But I robbed the state bank
With my pistol and the money
through the big door I ran.
On the Grand Canyon line,
On the Grand Canyon line,
Couldn't go back to Texas,
cause I know I'd done wrong
Because of a break in the rich man's laws
I thought of my sweetheart, I began to cry
When I am caught by my neck I will die
Couldn't go back to Texas
cause I know I done wrong
The sheriff said, grab him boys,
They took me to the jailhouse
Five hours to live, how the time does fly
Couldn't go back to Texas,
cause I know I'd done wrong