Life of a Railroad Man (3:37)

LIFE OF A RAILROAD MAN

Contact Info:
Daniel Crabtree
info@DanielCrabtreeMusic.com

Songwriter, Publisher & PRO
Daniel Crabtree / Three Girls I Work For Publishing / ASCAP

ISRC: QM2PK1720935

Lyrics:

Stumbled from my bedside, set my eyes to the morning light
Back still tired and aching, didn’t rest much through the night
Money’s tight, bills to pay, hounds howling at my door
Hard living’s almost worn me out, ain’t worth much anymore

I’ve been with the railroad might near all my life
Got no friends, got no time, gave my money to my ex-wife
Running north to Kentucky, back down to Tennessee
Thirty-four years on the CSX got the very best part of me

The life of a railroad man can break a heart and soul
Working hard with my two hands out in the heat and cold
Sound of that ole freight train, I can’t get it off my mind
That’s the life of a railroad man workin’ a railroad line

I’m feeling like an old freight train, the boilers shuttin’ down
Steam, it don’t blow no more, soon I’ll be glory bound
I guess I’ll go where all trains roll and wind up in the graveyard
That’s what happens to an old steam can, when it’s been pushed too far

The life of a railroad man can break a heart and soul
Working hard with my two hands out in the heat and cold
Sound of that ole freight train, I can’t get it off my mind
That’s the life of a railroad man workin’ a railroad line