Lyrics:

Sometimes I think about the folks back home
And 12 miles of road that I used to roam
Sometimes I think about that crazy Willie Jean
She ever get as far as New Orleans

We used to spend the summer on a grassy river bank
And drink hot water from a railroad filling tank
Some nights I lie awake just thinkin', thinkin' about Willie Jean
She ever get as far as New Orleans

Daddy told me son, I say ya, your gonna come to harm
I'm gonna see you on that Knoxville County Farm
Some nights I lie awake and I'm thinkin', thinkin' about my Willie Jean
She ever make it as far as New Orleans

Some nights I lie awake and I think, think about Willie Jean
She ever get as far as New Orleans
Crazy Willie Jean Far as New Orleans