For two long years my head hurt bad
and the doctor checked me and he shook his head
he said I´m sorry to tell you, but you´re body´s outlived your brain
He said I know this doctor in New York, son

and he´ll fix you right up with a brand new one
so the head doctor met me when I stepped down off of the train
He said we had this bank robber killed last night
his body´s shot, but his brain´s all right
I´ll give you a transplant, boy, and you´ll be okay
I got my new brain in and I was feeling great
I went right back to Nashville with no headache
but something strange happened when I walked into a bank one day
I said stick ´em up, everybody, I´m robbing this place
drop all of your money in my guitar case
don´t nobody move and don´t nobody reach for that door
A lady said why, you´re Johnny Cash!

I said no ma´am, I´m the Manhattan Flash
and I am the best bank robber in New York
Now the other night Roy Acuff called me
he said John, I´d like for you to do the Opry
so I went out on the stage, but I couldn´t sing
I got into half a verse of I walk the line
and something snapped in this head of mine
and I said stick ´em up, give me your money, your watches and rings!
Well I called New York, talked to that brain quack
I said doctor, I gotta have my old brain back
he said I´m sorry there, mr Cash, but I can´t do that
He said we put your brain in a chicken last Monday
he´s singing your songs and making lots of money
and I got him signed up to a ten year recording contract

Now friends if you see me walking down the street
remember what you see ain´t necessarily me
and if I try to hold you up, don´t pay me no mind
But if you´ve got ten bucks that you can blow
you ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show
he´s doing fairs and concert dates all up and down the line
I said stick ´em up, everybody, I´m robbing this place
drop all of your money in my guitar case
don´t nobody move and don´t nobody reach for that door
A lady said why, you´re Johnny Cash!
I said no ma´am, I´m the Manhattan Flash
and I am the best bank robber in New York
(Well, I don´t pay any income tax...
you don´t pay tax on money you steal...

You ought to catch that Johnny Chicken show...
Chicken in black...mmm...)