• Casey Jones
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    Driving that train, high on cocaine
    Casey Jones you'd better watch your speed
    Trouble ahead, trouble behind
    And you know that notion just crossed my mind (note 1)

    This old engine makes it on time
    Leaves Central Station 'bout a quarter to nine
    Hits River Junction at seventeen to
    At a quarter to ten you know it's travelling again

    Trouble ahead, the lady in red
    Take my advice you'd be better off dead
    Switchman's sleeping, train Hundred and Two
    Is on the wrong track and headed for you

    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

    This is the Hunter/Garcia original, not to be confused with the traditional song Casey Jones, which the Dead also played, as did Jerry with some of his other bands. The latter is normally called "The Ballad Of Casey Jones" in setlists.

    (1) Mike Mehan suggested to me that Jerry sometimes sang "And you know that notion just cost my mind" - I like the thought!

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This is the Hunter/Garcia original, not to be confused with the traditional song Casey Jones, which the Dead also played, as did Jerry with some of his other bands. The latter is normally called "The Ballad Of Casey Jones" in setlists.

(1) Mike Mehan suggested to me that Jerry sometimes sang "And you know that notion just cost my mind" - I like the thought!

Lyrics By
Robert Hunter
Music By
Jerry Garcia
Lyrics

Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you'd better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind (note 1)

This old engine makes it on time
Leaves Central Station 'bout a quarter to nine
Hits River Junction at seventeen to
At a quarter to ten you know it's travelling again

Trouble ahead, the lady in red
Take my advice you'd be better off dead
Switchman's sleeping, train Hundred and Two
Is on the wrong track and headed for you

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