Railroad Lady Lyrics by Jimmy Buffett

Railroad Lady Lyrics

    By: jimmy buffett, jerry jeff walker
    1973
    She's a railroad lady
    Just a little bit shady
    Spendin' her days on the trains
    She's a semi-good looker
    But the fast rails they took 'er
    Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again

    South station in boston to the freightyards of austin
    From the florida sunshine to the new orleans rain
    Now that the railpacks
    Has taken the best tracks
    She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again

    She's a railroad lady
    Just a little bit shady
    Spendin' her life on a train
    Once a pullman car traveller
    Now the brakeman won't have 'er
    She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again

    Once a high ballin' loner he thought he could own 'er
    Bought her a fur and a big diamond ring
    She hocked 'em for cold cash
    Left town on the wabash
    Never thinkin', never thinkin' of home way back then

    But the rails are now rusty
    The dinin' car's dusty
    Gold plated watches have taken their toll
    Yeah the railroads are dyin'
    And the lady she's cryin'
    On a bus to kentucky and home that's her goal

    She's a railroad lady
    Just a little bit shady
    Spendin' her life on a train
    She's a semi-good looker
    But the fast rails they took 'er
    Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again

    Coda:
    Yes on a bus to kentucky and home once again

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