Midnight Special

Midnight Special - Lonnie Donegan/Leinemann

If you ever go to Houston

Boy ya better walk right

You better not stagger

And you better not fight

Or the sheriff gon' arrest you

Lord and carry you down

And if the jury find your guilty

You're penitentiary bound

But let the midnight special

Shine a light on me

Let the midnight special

Shine an ever loving light on me

Well you wake up in the morning

When the ding dong ring

Go over walking to the table

Ya see the same old damn thing

Knife n' fork upon the table

And nothing in my pan

Say anything about it

A get in trouble with the man

Let the midnight special

Shine a light on me

Let the midnight special

Shine an ever loving light on me

Yonder comes miss Rosie yeah

How in the world do you know

Well I know her by her apron

And the dress she wore

Because umbrella on her shoulder

Piece a paper in her hand

She's a gonna tell the my captain

To give better my man

Let the midnight special

Shine a light on me

Let the midnight special

Shine an ever loving light on me

Well I done my time boy

Hoot n' holler n' cryin'

Well the man are call me

An I'll be ridin' down the line

But let the midnight special lord

Shine a light on me

A let the midnight special

Shine it's ever loving light on me