There seems to be a major fact-checking error with this song. The quickest route from Johnson City, TN to Richmond is I-81 to I-64. Or, if you took I-40 into North Carolina, it would be quicker to use I-85, not I-95.
I don't think they were aiming for Richmond specifically. I think they were meandering around the mid-South committing robberies. They were apprehended somewhere near Richmond, which is where they were booked into jail - which is why he's headed to Richmond with the sheriff at the end of the song.
I don't think they were aiming for Richmond specifically. I think they were meandering around the mid-South committing robberies. They were apprehended somewhere near Richmond, which is where they were booked into jail - which is why he's headed to Richmond with the sheriff at the end of the song.
"A long way to Richmond" is a way of saying, "It's a long way to the end of this caper."
"A long way to Richmond" is a way of saying, "It's a long way to the end of this caper."
There seems to be a major fact-checking error with this song. The quickest route from Johnson City, TN to Richmond is I-81 to I-64. Or, if you took I-40 into North Carolina, it would be quicker to use I-85, not I-95.
I don't think they were aiming for Richmond specifically. I think they were meandering around the mid-South committing robberies. They were apprehended somewhere near Richmond, which is where they were booked into jail - which is why he's headed to Richmond with the sheriff at the end of the song.
I don't think they were aiming for Richmond specifically. I think they were meandering around the mid-South committing robberies. They were apprehended somewhere near Richmond, which is where they were booked into jail - which is why he's headed to Richmond with the sheriff at the end of the song.
"A long way to Richmond" is a way of saying, "It's a long way to the end of this caper."
"A long way to Richmond" is a way of saying, "It's a long way to the end of this caper."