Railroad Song Lyrics - Jim 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 brakesman, 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 

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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 

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