Johnny Cash - Cisco clifton had a fillin station

^ACisco Clifton had a fillin' station About a mile and a half from town Most cars passed unless they were out of gas So Ci^Esco was always ar^Aound ^ARegular gas was all that it sold Except tobacco matches and oil Other than that he fixed lots of flats Keepin' Cisco r^Eough hands soi^Aled ^AHe'd wipe the gas and check the air In a hundred times a day He patiently gave directions On how to get to the st^Eate hig^Ahway ^AUsually he'd give 'em water Or a tire or two some air And once a big black Cadillac Spent se^Even dollars th^Aere ^AHe'd give anybody anything they'd ask And lend anything he had His tools are tires bumper jacks or wire To the go^Eod ones or the b^Aad ^AIn wintertime there was a depot stove And a table for a checker game And every mornin' at sunup The same ch^Eecker players ca^Ame ^ASo Cisco Clifton's fillin' station Was always in the red Personal loans were personally gone But ne^Ever a word was s^Aaid ^AOne mornin' at eight, them checker players Heard a big bulldozer roar like a freight And Cisco said I hope my kids stay fed When they bu^Eild that Inter^Astate ^AHe'd managed to pay for property Where his little fillin' station sat And friends still came for checker game So Ci^Esco settled for t^Ahat ^AHe wouldn't say so but Cisco knew That the Interstate was too much to fight But to keep his will and to pay his bills He did o^Edd jobs at ni^Aght ^AHe still opened up at sunrise And the checker game went on The cars flew past on highest gas And the neighbors had s^Eold out and g^Aone

So at Cisco Clifton's fillin' station There's a ho^Ewdy and a checker g^Aame