I sure am...



The tenderness of love's embrace

Can sometimes leave a lonely taste

Bobby Joe is jumping on a Western Union train



The sun is high but Bobby's low

His bags were packed so long ago

He's just a shadow of a man with nothing left to lose



So gather round and I will tell a story sad and true

About a man called Bobby Joe

A man that I once knew



I told you how he acted tough

Played the fool and lost his love

While he was a-jumping on that Western Union train

Woo Woo

Woo Woo



Without a home or family

In a travelling theatre company

I still recall that sunny day the circus came to town



The whole town came to see the show

Folks all laughed at Bobby Joe

He tried to be an acrobat but always played the clown



He met a girl called Mary Lou I saw them hand in hand

Her father was the sheriff though and didn't understand



And then the circus had to leave

And Bobby said please wait for me

I'll come back with some money and we'll buy a plot of land



Now circus life does not pay much

And Bobby lost his gambling touch

The promises to Mary Lou still echoed in his head

He robbed and stole in every town

They never did suspect the clown

Until one day he went too far and left a man for dead



But in his hideout in the woods he thought of Mary Lou

And in his mind he made a plan of things he had to do

He got to see her right away

So many things he got to say

The need to know if she could ever love a wanted man



That night he rode to Mary's place

He hoped to see a friendly face

But Sheriff Graves was waiting with a gun and several men

They all took aim but no-one knew

That at that moment Mary Lou

Would come out of the shadows and run to her Bobby's arms

But Mary never got there as a single shot was fired

A bullet meant for Bobby meant that Mary's life expired



But through his grief he fired his gun

Until he was the only one alive with just a memory

Now bloodstained with revenge



So gather round and I will tell a story sad and true

About a man called Bobby Joe

A man that I once knew



The tenderness of love's embrace

Can sometimes leave a lonely taste

Bobby Joe is jumping on a Western Union train

Woo Woo

Woo Woo

Woo Woo

Woo Woo