Willie Jones-Bobby Bare

[ti:Willie Jones] [ar:Bobby Bare] [al:Drunk & Crazy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Willie Jones - Bobby Bare (Bobby Bare) [00:10.14]Willie Jones was a man I met [00:12.11]When I lived in Baltimore [00:13.82] [00:14.90]I was a guard [00:15.99]And he was doing time [00:17.57] [00:19.33]In the three long years he stayed there [00:21.92]I got to know him well [00:23.67] [00:24.69]Willie Jones was a friend of mine [00:27.41] [00:28.43]He used to say buddy you know [00:30.78]Where I'm goin' when they let me out of here [00:33.49] [00:34.31]Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there [00:38.62] [00:39.15]And he talked about the southland [00:41.58]Though he'd drifted from its shore [00:43.49] [00:44.21]I never seen a man who loved it more [00:47.15] [00:56.33]He talked about the whippoorwills in the Alabama night [01:00.40] [01:01.48]Honeysuckle vine [01:03.15]And sugar cane [01:04.18] [01:06.46]Swimming holes [01:07.45]And fishing poles [01:08.70]And early morning frost [01:10.48] [01:11.25]And sleeping under a tin roof when it rained [01:14.36] [01:16.19]He talked about a country road [01:18.51]And a cabin in the pines [01:20.99]And a girl with wavy long chestnut brown hair [01:24.37] [01:26.05]He talked about the beauty [01:27.92]Of his Blue Ridge Mountain home [01:30.26] [01:30.84]And damn near made me think that I was there [01:33.93] [01:34.86]And he'd say buddy you know [01:37.17]Where I'm goin' when they let me out of here [01:40.00] [01:40.89]Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there [01:45.07] [01:45.59]When a man ain't got no freedom [01:47.51] [01:48.05]The time sure passes slow [01:49.97] [01:50.77]Willie Jones had ten long years to go [01:53.64] [02:02.79]It's been almost a years now [02:04.97]Since that hot night in July [02:07.03] [02:08.34]Willie hit the guard [02:09.57]And jumped the fence [02:10.81] [02:12.69]I had my rifle ready but I couldn't let it fly [02:17.54]I shot over his head [02:18.86]And we ain't seen him since [02:20.72] [02:22.44]Then last week the postman [02:24.64]Brought a letter to my door [02:26.68] [02:27.39]Marked no return address and no reply [02:30.20] [02:31.64]It just said nobody north of Birmingham [02:34.50]Is gonna see this boy again [02:36.32] [02:37.01]But if you're ever down our way [02:38.88]Won't you please drop by [02:40.49] [02:42.32]Buddy you know where I'm going [02:44.56]When they let me out of here [02:46.26] [02:47.21]Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there [02:51.80]And he talked about the southland [02:54.23]Though he'd drifted from its shore [02:56.16] [02:56.96]I never seen a man who loved it more