Railroad Lady - Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett
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She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady,
She spent her whole life on the train
She's a semi good-looker, but the fast rails
They took her,
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again.
South Station in Boston
To the freight yards of Austin,
From the Florida sunshine, the New Orleans rain.
Now that the rail packs
have taken the best tracks,
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again.
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Once a highballin' loner,
He thought he could own her,
He bought her a fur coat
And a big diamond ring.
She hocked them for cold cash,
Left town on the Wabash,
Not thinkin', not thinkin' of home way back then.
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Yeah the rails are rusty,
The dining cars dusty,
The gold plated watches
Have taken their toll.
Yeah the railroads is dyin',
As the lady she sits a crying,
On a bus to Kentucky for home that's her goal.
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