Railroad Lady

[Chorus]

She's a railroad lady

Just a little bit shady

Spent her whole life on a train

She was a semi-good looker

’Til the fast rails, they took her

Now she's trying, just trying to get home again

[Verse 1]

South Station in Boston

To the freight yards of Austin

From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain

Now that the rail packs

Have taken the best tracks

She's trying, just trying to get home again

[Chorus]

She’s a railroad lady

Just a little bit shady

Spending her life on a train

She's semi-good looker

'Til the fast rails, they took her

Now she's trying, just trying to get home again

[Verse 2]

Once a high-ballin' loner

Who thought he could own her

Bought her a fur coat and a big diamond ring

She hocked him for cold cash

Left town on the Wabash

Never thinking, never thinking of home way back then

[Chorus]

She's a railroad lady

Just a little bit shady

Spent her whole life on the trains

A semi-good looker

'Til the fast trails, they took her

Now she's trying, just trying to get home again

[Verse 3]

Now the rails are all rusty

The dining car’s dusty

And those gold-plated watches have taken their toll

The railroads are dying

And the lady sits crying

On a bus to Kentucky now and home, that’s her goal

[Chorus]

She's a railroad lady

Just a little bit shady

Spent her whole life on a train

A semi-good looker

’Til the fast trails, they took her

Now she's trying, just trying to get home again

[Outro]

She's a railroad lady

Just a little bit shady

Spending her life on the trains

Once a poor man-car traveller

Now the brake man won't have her

She’s a-trying, just trying to get home again

On a bus to Kentucky and home once again