ALLEGHENY
(Chris Gantry)
Johnny Cash & June Carter - 1973


JUNE CARTER:
(Yelps and hollers in the background throughout)

JOHNNY CASH:
How she got that junk car runnin' guess I'll never know
It never ran but once and set two winters in the snow
Well imagine runnin' out on me when I lay sound asleep 
Allegheny

Well my big mistake was thinkin' she was something I could keep
She stole my winter's food supply and something else I fear
My savin's in the mattress have strangely disappeared
Now those who know me best knows he who robs me best beware 
Allegheny

I'm gonna call up the dogs and hunt you down,
Drag you back here by the hair
Oh Allegheny, something tells me you're dis-satisfied
CARTER: Well could it be because I've been your mail-order bride
CASH: There's a half of you that's French 
CARTER: Yeah and I could crave a better style
CASH: And a half of you is Cherokee 
CARTER: Yeah and I've gone wild 
CASH: Allegheny

She's got a head start on me as a crow flies half a day
And unless I miss my guess she'll stop to rest in Monterey
But if I take the Knoxville Highway, thirteen hours it will be 
Allegheny

Well she forgot I knew the shortcut 
I'll be there in less than three
Oh Allegheny something tells me you're dis-satisfied
CARTER: Well could it be because I've been your mail-order bride
CASH: There's a half of you that's French 
CARTER: Yeah and I could crave a better style
CASH: And a half of you is Cherokee 
CARTER: Yeah and I've gone wild 
CASH: Allegheny

I signaled for my dogs to wait outside the hotel door
I described her to the desk clerk 
He said, "try the second floor"
And then he mentioned, "she's got company" 
And that marks the stranger's doom
Allegheny 

I wish I was her so I could see my face 
When I bust into the room
Oh Allegheny something tells me...
Allegheny...Allegheny...Allegheny
Come back here Allegheny.....FADE



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2002)