The Texas Silver Zephyr Lyrics - Hank Snow

She was a young and pretty Coleman county farm girl 

Never been more than fifty miles from home 

I was just a drifter I was living off the land 

Spent the summer on her daddy's farm 

In the evening we'd walk along the railroad 

We'd hear that lonesome whistle in the night 

And she'd pretend we road the rails to Denver 

Cause' her head was full of flashin' neon lights 

Twas' that big old shiny diesel as it rounded Carter's bend 

Was enough to make a young girl want to roam 

She'd pretend she rode those shiny rails all around the world 

And had the Texas Silver Zephyr bring her home 

As summer work was over and restless got to me 

I kept talkin' 'bout the places I would go 

Then her young head got to spinnin' for the things she'd never seen 

So she followed me to Denver in the fall 

Then jobs got scarce in central Colorado 

And then the winter nights got awful cold 

Just one old army blanket was the only one we had 

No money for the oil to run the stove 

Yes that big old shiny diesel as it rounded Carter's bend 

Was enough to make a young girl want to roam 

But through all those hungry nights the only promise that I made 

I had the Texas Silver Zephyr take her home 

When she started feelin' bad she didn't tell me 

She had a way of keepin' problems all her own 

So I didn't know her troubles with the baby 

Before I could get a doctor she was gone 

Lord I know it's not the way she really wanted things to be 

In her dreams she had a pullman all her own 

But she'd be proud of me to know I kept my promise 

And had the Texas Silver Zephyr take her home 

And had the Texas Silver Zephyr take her home