(Robert Borchers/Mack Vickery)

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry,
It's not a hot day in January,
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me
A case of gone was all he carried,
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry,
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

I didn't think that he'd leave me,
After sayin' how much he needs me
But the fact still remains I'm sittin' here all alone
Missin' the lovin' of my baby, Lord, it's bout to drive me crazy
He was the sweetest piece of heaven I've ever known

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry,
It's not a hot day in January,
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me
A case of gone was all he carried,
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry,
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

As I walk through his kingdom,
Of honky tonks and bars,
Well, I remember how he'd hold me and comfort me with talk
He didn't cuss with every breath, he had a soothing Southern drawl,
He made me feel like a lady through it all

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry,
It's not a hot day in January,
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me
A case of gone was all he carried,
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry,
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry,
It's not a hot day in January,
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me
A case of gone was all he carried,
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry,
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be