Big River Train Lyrics - Singles - Wilburn Brothers

[ Wilburn Bros ] 

In the land of the Ponderosa pine there runs a giant 8-wheeler 

Known as the Big River Train 

Just before she disappears into the forset she passes by a prison 

Where many a convict has dreamed of riding her rails to freedom 

I'd like to tel you a story as it was told to me 

It's called The Legend Of The Big River Train 

Keep that 8-wheel drive a rolling let her lonesome whistle whine 

For it tells the world a story as it whistles through the pines 

In the death car lies a convict with a number for his name 

And he's going home this morning on that old Big River Train 

Well they brought him to this prison twenty years ago this date 

Changed his name into a number then he became my prison mate 

Somehow I knew he wasn't guilty from the very day he came 

Yet they brought him to this prison on that old Big River Train 

We became the best of buddies side by side through thick and thin 

Then one night he told his story how he was framed by evil men 

Men who bought and bribed the jury seeking only selfish gain 

They sent an honest man to prison condemned him to a life of shame 

Many times I've heard him tell me when he'd hear that whistle blow 

That same old train that brought me here pal is gonna take me home I know 

I'll ride it back to my home country and there I'll clear my honest name 

Well they shipped him back this morning on that old Big River Train 

But he's gone to meet his Maker in a land that's bright and new 

Gone to claim a peace and freedom that heaven knows was overdue 

Of a crime he wasn't guilty just a victim of a frame 

Yes he came and now he's leavin' on that old Big River Train 

Yes he's going home this morning on that old Big River Train