Jimmy Buffett - Railroad Lady

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Song 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 stock yards of Austin
From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain
Now that the rail p.a.c.s (1)
Have 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 switchmen(2)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
in a town on the Wabash (3)
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

Release History

1973

A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean

1. The Great Filling Station Holdup
2. Railroad Lady
3. He Went to Paris
4. Grapefruit - Jucy Fruit
5. Cuban Crime of Passion
6. Why don't we get Drunk
7. Peanut Butter Conspiracy
8. They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
9. I Have Found Me A Home
10. My Lovely Lady
11. Death Of An Unpopular Poet