Well ju dge looked down gave me forty days
I nstead of the fine that I could not pay
S aid "Walk right you'll soon be home
C ross the line you'll be on your own"
Forty da ys of shotguns and barbed wire fences
Forty ni ghts to sit and listen
T o the midnight train to M emphis
W ell now whistle blows when the sun comes u p
H ead to floor keep your big mouth sh ut
E at your breakfast on the grou nd
W ork like hell till the sun goes dow n
Forty da ys of shotguns and barbed wire fences
Forty ni ghts to sit and listen
T o the midnight train to M emphis
W ell now then for the jury ten for the ju dge
T wenty more to forge t my gru dge
W hen I get to thirty-n ine
T hat's the longest day in a prisoner's mind
Forty da ys of shotguns and barbed wire fences
Forty ni ghts to sit and listen
T o the midnight train to M emphis
M idnight train to Me mphis
M idnight train to Me mphis
O h Midnight train to Mem phis