[Chorus]
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was riding, riding along
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was singing those songs
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was riding along
Couldn't go back to Texas, I know I done wrong

[Verse 1]
I passed the state bank, and no money I had
Wasn't that I really meant to be bad
But I robbed the state bank with a trembling hand
With a pistol and the money, through the big door I ran

[Chorus]
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was riding, riding along
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was singing those songs
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was riding along
Couldn't go back to Texas, I know I done wrong

[Verse 2]
Sitting all alone in a boxcar's four walls
Just 'cause of a break in the rich man's law
I thought about my sweetheart, and I started to cry
When I get caught by the neck, I die
The boxcar did open, and a posse walked in
The sheriff said "Now, grab him, boys, I think that's him"
They took me to a jailhouse, and now I must die
Five hours to live, how the time flies
[Chorus]
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was riding, riding along
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was singing those songs
On the Grand Canyon Line, I was riding along
Couldn't go back to Texas, I know I done wrong