Joe Ely - Boxcars Lyrics
Well I gave all my money to the banker this monthNow I got no more money to spendShe smiled when she saw me comin' through that doorWhen I left she said, "Come back again."I watched them lonesome boxcar wheelsTurnin' down the tracks out of townAnd it's on that lonesome railroad trackI'm gonna lay my burden down.I was raised on a farm the first years of my lifeLife was pretty good they sayI'll probably live to be some ripe ol' ageIf death'll stay out of my wayThis world can take my money and timeBut it sure can't take my soulI'm goin' down to the railroad tracksWatch them lonesome boxcars rollThere's some big ol' Buicks at the Baptist churchCaddilacs at the Church of ChristI parked my camel by an ol' haystackI'll be lookin for that needle all nightThere ain't gonna be no radial tiresTurnin' down the streets of goldI'm goin down to the railroad tracksAnd watch them lonesome boxcars rollNow if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight trainBeatin' out a beautiful tuneIf you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracksShinin' by the light of the moonIf you ever felt the locomotive shake the groundI know you don't have to be toldWhy I'm goin down to the railroad tracksAnd watch them lonesome boxcars roll.Yeah, I'm goin down to the railroad tracksWatch them lonesome boxcars roll
