Long Gone

Did you ever hear the story of Long John Dean

A bold bank robber from Bowling Green

Was sent to the jailhouse yesterday

But late last night he made his getaway

He's long gone

From Kentucky

Long gone

Ain't he lucky

Long gone and what I mean

He's long gone John from Bowling Green

Long John stood on the railroad tie

A-waiting for a freight train to come by

Freight train came just a-puffin' and flyin'

You ought to see Long John grabbin' that blind

He's long gone

From Kentucky

Long gone

Ain't he lucky

Long gone and what I mean

He's long gone John from Bowling Green

Now they caught him in Frisco and sealed his fate

In San Quentin they jailed him one evening late

But out on the ocean John did escape

'Cause the guards forgot to close the Golden Gate

He's long gone

From Kentucky

Long gone

Ain't he lucky

Long gone and what I mean

He's long gone John from Bowling Green

Now they offered a reward to bring him back

Even put bloodhounds on his track

Those doggone bloodhounds lost his scent

Now nobody knows where Long John went

He's long gone

From Kentucky

Long gone

Ain't he lucky

Long gone and what I mean

He's long gone John from Bowling Green

A gang of men tried to capture Dean

So they chased him with a submarine

Dean jumped overboard, grabbed the submarine

And made that gang catch a flyin' machine

He was long gone

From San Quentin

Long gone

Oh, he's still a-sprintin'

Long gone, I'm tellin' you

So shut your mouth and shut mine, too, ah-ha

Long gone

From Kentucky

Long gone

Oh man, he's lucky

Long gone

Grab that blind

Long gone

Oh, that man's flyin'

Long gone

They tell me he's still a-sprintin'

Long gone

This cat's gone

Long gone

I hope he finds a pad

'Cause it's kinda tough

Scarping out in the open