[Chorus]
On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along
On the Grand Canyon Line I was singing no song
On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along
Couldn't go back to Texas, 'cause I know I'd done wrong

[Verse 1]
I passed the State Bank and no money I had
It wasn't that I really had meant to be bad
But I robbed the State Bank with a trembling hand
With the pistol and the money, through the big door I ran

[Chorus]
On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along
On the Grand Canyon Line I was singing no song
On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along
Couldn't go back to Texas, 'cause I know I'd done wrong

[Verse 2]
Sitting alone in a boxcar's four walls
Because of a breaking the rich man's laws
I thought of my sweetheart, I began to cry
When I am caught by the neck I will die

[Chorus]
On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along
On the Grand Canyon Line I was singing no song
On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along
Couldn't go back to Texas, 'cause I know I'd done wrong
[Verse 3]
The boxcar door opened and a posse walked in
The Sheriff said, "Grab him, boys, I think that is him"
They took me to a jailhouse and now I must die
Five hours to live boys how the time it does fly

[Chorus]
On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along
On the Grand Canyon Line I was singing no song
On the Grand Canyon Line I was riding along
Couldn't go back to Texas, 'cause I know I'd done wrong