'Twas sunset down in old Key WestThe locals all were high.The tourists snapped their photographsAnd munched their Key Lime pie.And meanwhile down at Sloppy Joe'sThe drinks were standin' tallWith Buffett on the jukebox And Hemingway on the wall.Then up spoke Sam the Shrimper:He said, I've been a shrimper all my life.My daddy was a shrimperAnd my mom's a shrimper's wife.And I'm tired of bein' a shrimper'cause a shrimper's life's too tameSo I'm gonna ride the Conch Train, boys,And be like Jesse James.Gonna be like Jesse James, boy...Gonna be like Jesse James.Case you didn't hear me the first three times...Gonna be like Jesse James.Now the Conch Train is a tourist toyThat rolls through Key West TownLike some weird ride from DisneylandIt drives the tourists round and roundWhile the engineer on her P.A. Points out all the sitesWell, Tennessee did you-know-what To you-know-who that night.The tourists all have money, said SamTheir wives all have rings of gold.Their mopeds all are pawnable.Their cameras can be sold.And think of all the glory, boys,The money and the fameTo be the first and only manTo rob the Key West Train.Now the engineer of the Conch TrainHer name was Betsy Wright.She drove the Conch Train all day longAnd loved Shrimper Sam all night.And with some sweet persuasion,She agreed to join the game:She'd slow it down and flag the ladAnd let him ride the train.The conch train made its turnDown the Smathers PitchWhen Shrimper Sam with a snorkle eyeLeaped naked from the sea.His fillet knife was in his hand.He jumped aboard the train.Give up your bucks, you tourist schmucks.I'm Key West Jesse James.I'm Key West Jesse James, boy...Key West Jesse James...Case you didn't hear me the first three times...I'm Key West Jesse James.Now unbeknownst to Shrimper SamIn the third car from the rear,Sat Kelso Bolls from Muscle Shoals,An American Legioneer.He was a redneck of respectAnd a marksman of reknown.From under his fatHe drew a Gat,And shot the shrimper down.Now the first time that he shot poor Sam,Sam groaned and clutched his side.The second time that he shot poor Sam,Sam fell to his knees and cried.And the third time that he shot poor Sam,You could see in both their eyesLash LaRue and Randolph ScottBeneath the Western skies.We laid poor Sam upon the sandAnd we lifted up his head.We listened close to hear the wordsThe dying shrimper said.He said, Boys, you know I had my chanceBut I went and botched the job,But how can a boy named Jesse JamesWithout a train to rob?Then Kelso Bolls took off his hatAnd the tears streamed down his face.He said, Son, I know just how you feel.This world's a changin' place.When history is written,Uh... they won't recall our names,But I only got to play Pat Garrett'cause you played Jesse James.We buried Sam in the southernmost sandsClose by the southernmost wavesWhere sweet Betsy WrightCries tears every nightOnto his southernmost grave.And on his tombstone say the wordsStick to your own game.And if you are a shrimper,Do not try to rob a train.
Lyrics by Shel Silverstein
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