Railroad Lady (24 Oct '74)
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She's a railroad lady
Just a little bit shady
Spending her life on the train
She's a semi-good looker
But the fast rails they took her
Now she's trying, just trying
To get home again
South Station in Boston
To the freight yards of Austin
From the Florida sunshine
To the New Orleans rain
Now that the rail packs
Has taken the best track
She's trying, just trying
To get home again
She's a railroad lady
Just a little bit shady
Spending her life on the train
Once a Pullman car traveler
Now the brakeman won't have her
She's trying, just trying
To get home again
Once a highballing loner
Well he thought he could own her
Bought her a fur coat
And a big diamond ring
Well she hocked 'em for cold cash
Left town on the Wabash
Never thinking, never thinking
Of home way back then
She's a railroad lady
Just a little bit shady
Spending her life on the train
She's a semi-good looker
But the fast rails they took her
Now she's trying, just trying
To get home again
But the rails are now rusty
And the dining car's dusty
Gold-plated watches
Have taken their toll
All the railroads are dying
And the lady sits crying
On a bus to Kentucky
And home that's her goal
She's a railroad lady
Just a little bit shady
Spending her life on the train
She's a semi-good looker
But the fast rails they took her
Now she's trying, just trying
To get home again
On a bus to Kentucky
And home once again