What ya got?

Quit my job, flipped off the boss, took my name off the payroll
Screw you, man
Picked up my cell, rang my baby's bell, said, "I'm three miles from home"
I said, "Sugar, why don't you put on that sun dress I like so much?
Wait out by the road, I'm comin' to pick you up"

(Whoa)
Throw your suitcase in the back
(Whoa)
Done gassed up the Pontiac
(Whoa)
Blastin' out to Johnny Cash
Headin' for the highway
Baby, we ain't ever comin' back

It's four hundred and sixty-seven miles to the outskirts of Las Vegas
What do you say we go get married by a preacher man who looks like Elvis?
Yeah, mama
Sugar, don't you worry 'bout tellin' your mama goodbye
We'll send her a souvenir postcard from the wild side

(Whoa)
Throw your suitcase in the back
(Whoa)
Done gassed up the Pontiac
(Whoa)
Blastin' out to Johnny Cash
Headin' for the highway
Baby, we ain't ever comin' back

(Whoa)
Throw your suitcase in the back
(Whoa)
Done gassed up the Pontiac
(Whoa)
Blastin' out to Johnny Cash
Headin' for the highway
Baby, we ain't ever comin' back

Suey
(Whoa)
(Whoa)
(Whoa)
Hear that train a-comin', rollin' 'round the bend
(Whoa)
The man in black gonna rock your ass again
(Whoa)
(Whoa)
(Whoa)


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Johnny Cash Lyrics as written by Rodney Clawson John Rich

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    good song. about quitting, taking your girlfriend and just leaving all your problems behind.

    xjaclynnxon July 09, 2007   Link
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    This song is about freedom. Maybe you're tired of your mundane life and you just want to pack up and take off without a plan, hence the phone call to the girlfriend minutes before leaving and deciding once you get there to get married.

    stupidterrion August 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    I think that it is a great song! Johnny Cash was a hero and for a song to be named after him (even though he is only mentioned in the song like 3 or 4 times) is very cool! This is a song we turn up loud at work and then we get yelled at but this is one that will live on forever

    ovrwrkd&undrpaidon January 12, 2008   Link

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