Johnson Family

Johnson Family - The Devil Makes Three

Born to a good father

I have no excuse

I could say I blame someone

But what would be the use

When I learn to travel now

Is when I learn to steal

To ride without a ticket now

Along the lines of steel

Oh you don't know the things

I have seen

Twenty years out on the road

With the Johnson Family

Oh you don't know the cages

I have seen

Twenty years in and out

Of the Johnson Family

I'd harnessed stones

Now and took them to the fence

I found my heart by moved the shop

And always made the rent

When I met old George now

He showed me to the box

Fresh out the night

Oh from the day now

The money never stops

Oh you can't know the cages

I have seen

In and out over the years

Of the Johnson Family

Oh you can't know the troubles

I have seen

Twenty years out on the road

With the Johnson Family

Call me a thief and a liar now

You know you would be right

Straight as an arrow

I sit here tonight

All my debts too heavy boys

I cannot pay them down

I pawn my watch

And take a walk down

To the sea to drown

Oh you can't know the things

I have seen

Twenty years out on the road

With the Johnson Family

Oh you can't know the cages

I have seen

Twenty years out on the road

With the Johnson Family