Well that judge he found me guilty of wrong doing He sentenced me to hang in mid-july He look down at me and said you are a ruin If i were you i'd break right down and cry But nobody seems to care that i ain't guilty I never did the things they said i've done But it looks like they're gonna to hang somebody And it's lookin like i'm goin to be the one Chorus, (so just) send my body home on a freight train And don't worry none that i don't go first class Send my body home on a freight train So everyone can see me when i pass And don't worry none about no fancy funeral It don't matter how they lay me down See they bury me out by mama's apple tree And just send my body back to my home town Verse 2 My mama was one damn hard workin woman She tried to raise us kids without a pa The last thing that she said she was on her dying bed Was boy don't get in trouble with the law Well whenever my time comes to meet my maker I'm going to try to do my very best I'm going to stand and take it like a man When they ask if i have one request I'll say .....(repeat chorus)