The Chicken in Black
[00:09.14] For two long years my head hurt bad
[00:13.13] So the doctor checked me an he shook his head
[00:16.31] He said, "I'm sorry to tell you
[00:18.44] But your body's outlived your brain"
[00:21.36] He said, "I know this doctor in New York, son
[00:24.02] And he'll fix you right up with a brand new one"
[00:26.41] So the head doctor met me when I stepped down off of the train
[00:29.60] He said, "We had this bank robber killed last night
[00:33.58] His body's shot but his brain's alright
[00:36.77] I'll give you a transplant, boy, and you'll be okay"
[00:39.69] I got my new brain in and I was feelin' great
[00:42.61] I went right back to Nashville with no headache
[00:47.13] But something strange happened when I walked in the bank one day
[00:51.91] I said, "Stick 'em up everybody, I'm robbin' this place
[00:55.10] Drop all of your money in my guitar case
[00:56.96] Don't nobody move and don't nobody reach for that door"
[01:02.53] A lady said, "Why, you're Johnny Cash"
[01:05.46] I said, "No ma'am, I'm the Manhattan Flash
[01:09.97] And I am the best bank robber in New York"
[01:11.03] Now the other night, Roy Acuff called me
[01:15.55] He said, "John, I'd like for you to do the Opry
[01:17.67] So I went out on the stage, but I couldn't sing"
[01:22.46] I got into a half a verse of "I Walk The Line"
[01:25.11] And something snapped in this head of mine
[01:27.77] I yelled, "Stick 'em up
[01:29.89] Give me your money, your watches and rings"
[01:35.47] Well, I called New York and talked to that brain quack
[01:37.60] I said, "Doc, I've gotta have my old brain back"
[01:40.52] He said, "I'm sorry there, Mr. Cash, but I can't do that"
[01:44.77] He said, "I put your brain in a chicken last Monday
[01:47.69] He's singing your songs and makin' lots of money
[01:51.41] And I got him signed to a ten-year recording contract"
[01:56.45] Now, friends, if you see me walkin' down the street
[01:58.58] Remember what you see ain't necessarily me
[02:00.44] And if I try to hold you up, don't pay me no mind
[02:05.22] But when you got ten bucks that you can blow
[02:08.67] You oughta catch that Johnny Chicken show
[02:11.06] He's doin' fairs and concert dates all up and down the line
[02:15.31] I said, "Stick 'em up everybody, I'm robbin' this place
[02:18.77] Drop all of your money in my guitar case
[02:20.63] Don't nobody move and don't nobody reach for that door"
[02:28.86] A lady said, "Why, you're Johnny Cash"
[02:29.66] I said, "No ma'am, I'm the Manhattan Flash
[02:31.52] And I am the best bank robber in New York"
[02:38.16] Well, I don't pay any income tax
[02:41.35] You don't pay tax on money you steal
[02:45.33] You oughta catch that Johnny Chicken show
[02:47.46] Chicken in black
