Song : Riding On The Cotton Belt
Album : The Last Gunfighter Ballad
Category : Johnny Cash
Songwriter (s) :
Publisher : Johnny Cash
I Recently Went To A Big Homecoming’ Celebration
In Cleveland County Arkansas Where I Was Born
Whole Family Went Down And There Was A Great Day For Us
I Felt Like This Day Was Special Especially For My Mother And My Daddy
Though It Was Daddy’s And Mama’s Homecoming’
And I Was So Proud Of Them Riding’ That Carriage
Down The Main Street Of Rison Arkansas
Sometimes The Songs I Write Sound Like Talking’ About Myself
But Actually In Some Of These Songs
Especially This One I’m Writing’ About My Daddy
Riding’ On The Cotton Belt Cleveland County’s Where I Long To Be
I Got Onto Brinkley And Every Mile I Make Is A Memory
This Boxcar’s Cold And Windy
And The Dust Goes Around In Circles In The Air
But My Hard Times Are Behind Me
And I’m Returning’ Home So I Don’t Care
And I’m Riding’ On The Cotton Belt Railroad Line
In The Pitching’ Rolling Rhythm And The Noise
Railroad Men Are Friends Of Mine
And I’m Riding’ On The Cotton Belt Boys
Riding’ On The Cotton Belt Across That Little River Called Saline
That’s Where I Went Fishing’ And I Hunted In Her Bottoms As A Teen
Now Just A Head’s A Farmhouse And In The Kitchen Window There’s A Light
And I’ve Just Got Fourteen Dollars
But I’m Taking It Myself Home Tonight
And I’m Riding’ On The Cotton Belt Railroad Line
In The Pitching’ Rolling Rhythm And The Noise
Railroad Men Are Friends Of Mine
And I’m Riding’ On The Cotton Belt Boys
Jumping’ Off The Cotton Belt Ain’t Easy When She’s Going Forty Per
But I See My Wife Standing’ There Hoping That I’m Coming Home To Her
I Got A Few New Cuts And Bruises
But This Old Working Hobo’s Made A Home
So Long To Your Cotton Belt Thank You For The Ride Keep Rolling On.
I’m Riding’ On The Cotton Belt Railroad Line
In The Pitching’ Rolling Rhythm And The Noise
Railroad Men Are Friends Of Mine
And I’m Riding’ On The Cotton Belt Boys