Ricky Nelson — I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow

I was ridin' Number Nine Headin' south from Caroline I heard that lonesome whistle blow I got in trouble, I had to roam Left my gal and left my home I heard that lonesome whistle blow Just a kid actin' smart I went and broke my darlin' heart I guess I was, I was too young to know They took me off the Georgia Main Locked me to a ball and chain I heard that lonesome whistle blow All alone I bear the shame I'm a number, not a name I heard that lonesome whistle blow I'll be locked here in this cell 'Til my body's just a shell I heard that lonesome whistle blow Just a kid actin' smart I went and broke my darlin' heart I guess I was, I was too young to know I'll never see that gal of mine I'm in Georgia, doin' time I heard that lonesome whistle blow I heard that lonesome whistle blow