Railroad Song
     Words and Music by Jim Croce and Ingrid Croce

     When I was a boy in the days of the train
     I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day
     And I'd wave at the breakman
     And he'd wave back at me
     While the thunderclouds rolled
     Out of East Tennessee

     But the dreams of a boy disappear when you're grown
     And though I may dream, the railroads are gone
     The ties they are rotten
     And the tracks shot to hell
     Along with my dreams and the old railroad bell

     In my dreams I ride the rails to California
     Workin' diners and farms along the way
     Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border
     With a black eyed girl beside me all the way

     Now the mountains are silent
     And the railroads are gone
     And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn
     But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me
     While the thunderclouds roll out of East Tennessee

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