Jim Byrnes Lyrics
"Me and Piney Brown"

I took a train to Kansas City,
when I was just a boy
I took the train to Kansas City,
when I was nothing but a boy
'Cos I had heard about the (rounders)
and how those people jumped for joy
I met the girl down on the corner
and whooee she sure looked fine
I met the girl down on the corner
and man didn't that little girl sure look fine
You come along with me little brother,
I'm gonna a take you down to Eighteenth and Vine
And then everything that happened,
seemed like some kind of dream
After that everything that happened,
seemed like we were living in some kind of dream
Yeah she took me to a world,
something that this young boy had never seen
You see we went into a night club,
did look like some old railroad car
Mmhhm, went into this night club,
seemed like some old railroad car
The big man serving drinks and singing right there behind the bar

He sang a song called "Cherry Red",
say ( Roland Pete ) and he was California bound
He sang a song called "Cherry Red",
( Roland Pete ) said that he was California bound
But the words I most remember,
was a song about a man named Piney Brown
Many years have past and gone now,
you see my lucks been up and down
Many years have past and gone now,
and this little boy has been in the big round world around
But I never will forget the night I heard Joe Turner sing,
about "Me and Piney Brown"