but i'm not going to let them catch me, lord, i'm not going to let them catch the midnight rider ♪ ♪ no, i'm not going to let them catch me, lord, i'm not going to let them catch the midnight rider ♪ ♪ ♪ well, down in louisiana, across new orleans, went back up in the woods on the ever greens ♪ ♪ stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, and johnny be good ♪ ♪ and never learned to read or write too well, but he could play guitar like a ring on a bell ♪ ♪ go, go, go, johnny, go ♪ go, go, go, go johnny go, j n jonny be good ♪