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 riverbank And drank hard water From the 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 Knoxville 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, think about Willie Jean, oh She ever get as far As New Orleans? Crazy Willie Jean Far as New Orleans