Sometimes I think about The folks back home And 12 miles of road I used to roam Sometimes I think about My crazy Willie Jean She ever get as far as New Orleans? We used to spend the summer On a grassy river bank And drink hard water From a railroad fillin' tank Sometimes I think about My crazy Willie Jean Will she ever get as far as New Orleans? Daddy told me, "Son I see you're gonna come to harm I'm gonna see you On that natural county farm" Sometimes I think about That crazy Willie Jean She ever get as far as New Orleans? Sometimes I lie awake And I cry, I think about Willie Jean Oh, she ever get as far as New Orleans? Please, Willie Jean, as far as New Orleans