Hey Porter! Lyrics

The song Hey Porter! is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings in the year 2005 .



Hey, Porter, Hey Porter!
Would you tell me the time?
How much longer will it be
'Til we cross that Mason Dixon Line?
At daylight will you tell that engineer to slow it down;
Or better still, just stop the train
'Cause I want to look around.

Hey, Porter! Hey Porter!
What time did you say?
How much longer will it be
'Till I can see the light of day?
When we hit Dixie will you tell that engineer to ring his bell;
And ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up and yell.

Hey, Porter! Hey Porter!
It's getting light outside.
This old train is puffin' smoke and I have to strain my eyes.
But ask that engineer if he will blow his whistle please,
'Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves,
And I feel that Southern breeze.

Hey, Porter! Hey, Porter!
Please get my bags for me,
I need nobody to tell me now that we're in Tennessee.
Go tell that engineer to make that lonesome whistle scream.
We're not so far from home so take it easy on the steam.

Hey Porter! Hey Porter!
Please open up the door.
When they stop this train I'm gonna get off first
'Cause I can't wait no more.
Tell that engineer I say, "Thanks a lot. I didn't mind the fare.
I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil
And breathe that Southern air."



Johnny Cash - Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings

Oct 2005

  1. I Walk the Line
  2. Get Rhythm
  3. There You Go
  4. Train of Love
  5. Cry! Cry! Cry!
  6. Hey Porter!
  7. So Doggone Lonesome
  8. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
  9. Big River
  10. Guess Things Happen That Way
  11. Ways of a Woman in Love
  12. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
  13. Sugartime
  14. It's Just About Time
  15. Katy Too
  16. Belshazzar
  17. Life Goes On
  18. You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
  19. Folsom Prison Blues
  20. Luther Played the Boogie
  21. Straight A's in Love
  22. Home of the Blues
  23. Port of Lonely Hearts
  24. Come in Stranger
  25. Country Boy
  26. Wide Open Road
  27. Don't Make Me Go
  28. Leave That Junk Alone
  29. Mean Eyed Cat
  30. Next in Line
  31. Give My Love to Rose
  32. Cold Cold Heart
  33. Hey Good Lookin'
  34. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
  35. I Can't Help It
  36. You Win Again
  37. Goodnight Irene
  38. Goodbye Little Darlin', Goodbye
  39. Wreck of the Old '97
  40. Blue Train
  41. Rock Island Line
  42. I Was There When It Happened
  43. Remember Me
  44. I Love You Because
  45. Born to Lose
  46. New Mexico
  47. Down the Street to 301
  48. Fool's Hall of Fame
  49. If the Good Lord's Willing
  50. Doin' My Time
  51. Thanks a Lot
  52. Oh Lonesome Me
  53. Story of a Broken Heart
  54. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

Hey Porter!