Pops, did you hear the story of long John Dean?
No baby
bold bank robber from Bowlin' Green
Was sent to the jail house yesterday
But late last night he made his getaway

He was long gone from Kentucky
Long gone, ain't he lucky?
Long gone, what I mean
long gone John from Bowlin' Green

Long John stood on the railroad tie
Waitin' for freight train to past by
Freight train came just puffin' and flyin'
You oughta seen long John grabbin' that blind

He was long gone from Kentucky
Long gone, J.D. lucky?
Long gone, what I mean
Long gone John from Bowlin' Green

They caught him in Frisco to seal his fate
At San Quentin they jailed him one evening late
But out on the ocean, John did escape
'Cause the guards forgot to close the Golden Gate

He was long gone from Kentucky
Long gone, John be lucky!
Long gone, what I mean
long gone John from Bowlin' Green

While they offered a reward to bring him back
Even put bloodhounds on his track
Those doggone bloodhounds lost his scent
Now nobody knows where long John went

He was long gone from Kentucky
Long gone, and boy is lucky!
Long gone, what I mean
long gone John from Bowlin' Green

gang of men tried to capture Dean
So they chased him with a submarine
Dean jumped overboard and grabbed the submarine
And made that gang catch a flyin' machine

He's long gone from Kentucky
long gone, that boy's lucky!
long gone, what I mean
long gone John from Bowlin' Green

He's long gone, I said from Kentucky
Long gone, hmm that boy's lucky
Long gone, yeah he's got nothing in the head
Long gone, long gone