Casey Jones
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Casey Jones by The Grateful Dead
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The Grateful DeadWrited by
Jerry Garcia & Robert HunterAbout
The Dead’s take on the legend of John Luther “Casey” Jones, from Cayce, Kentucky, who did indeed leave Memphis' Central Station at a quarter to nine, ignored a signal to stop, and died.
This “Casey Jones” was different, however, because it also dipped into the folk tradition of cocaine songs, makin...
Casey Jones Lyrics
[Chorus]
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
[Verse 1]
This old engine
Makes it on time
Leaves Central Station
About a quarter to nine
Hits river junction
At seventeen to
At a quarter to ten
You know it's traveling again
[Chorus]
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
[Verse 2]
Trouble ahead
A lady in red
Take my advice
You'd be better off dead
Switch-man sleeping
Train hundred and two
Is on the wrong track
And headed for you
[Chorus]
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
[Verse 3]
Trouble with you is
The trouble with me
Got two good eyes
But we still don't see
Come round the bend
You know it's the end
The fireman screams and
The engine just gleams
[Chorus]
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
[Chorus]
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
[Outro]
And you know that notion
Just crossed my mind
Casey Jones Q&A
Who wrote Casey Jones's ?
Casey Jones was written by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter.
Who produced Casey Jones's ?
Casey Jones was produced by The Grateful Dead & Betty Cantor & Bob Matthews.
When did The Grateful Dead release Casey Jones?
The Grateful Dead released Casey Jones on Sun Jun 14 1970.
What did The Grateful Dead say about "Casey Jones"?
Hunter, interviewed on the song by Charles Reich and Jann Wenner:
I said the bad word [in “Casey Jones”] – cocaine – and put it in a somewhat romanticized context, and people look at that as being an advertisement for cocaine rather than what a close inspection of the words will tell you.