Johnny Cash - Highway Patrolman Lyrics

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My name is Joe Roberts I work for the State 
I'm a sergeant out on Perenville barracks No 8 
I've always done an honest job honest as I could 
Got a brother named Frankie Frankie ain't no good 
Ever since we were young kids it's been the same come down 
I'd get a call on a short way Frankie's in trouble downtown 
But if it was any other man I'd put him straight away 
But sometimes when it's your brother you look the other way 
Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood 

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria 
While the band played The Night Of The Johnstown Flood 
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother should 
Man turns his back on his family he ain't no good 
Well Frankie went into the army back in 1965 
I got a farm deferment settled down took Maria for my wife 
But them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was like we's gettin' robbed 
Frankie came home in '68 and me I took this job 
Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood 

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria 
While the band played The Night Of The Johnstown Flood 
I catch him when he's strayin' teach him how to walk that line 
Man turns his back on his family ain't no friend of mine 
The night was like any other I got a call bout the quarter of nine 
There was trouble at a roadhouse out on the Michigan line 
There was a kid on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head 
There was a girl cryin' at a table it was Frankie she said 
I ran out and I jumped in my car then I hit the lights 
I must have done about a hundred and ten to Michigan County that night 
It was down by the crossroads out bout willow bank 
Seen the buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank 
Well I chased him through them county roads 
Till the sign said Canadian border five miles from here 
Pulled over to the south out the highway watched his taillights disappeared 
Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood 

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria 
While the band played The Night Of The Johnstown Flood 
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother should 
Man turns his back on his family ain't no good

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