Railroads And Riverboats Lyrics - Bad Bad Leroy Brown & Other Favorites - Jim Croce

The railroads, and the riverboats, that bred the mighty man 

That we read about, and we dream about 

The men who built this land 

And the farmers and the lumbermen and the men who worked the mills 

And the poor hard working miners 

Who died inside the hills 

While the rivers that flow 

Are the blood of our land 

And the trucks they keep rumbling 

On the great concrete band 

And the railroads keep pushing 

To be all they once were 

And nature is calling 

No one's listening to her 

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And the immigrants, by the boat load, in a dozen different tones 

Sang of freedom, in the new land 

Climbed the ladder rung by rung 

Some to Boston, some to Pittsburg, Philidelphia and St. Paul 

And the old ways, led to new days 

They were welcome one and all. 

While the rivers that flow 

Are the blood of our land 

And the trucks they keep rumbling 

On the great concrete band 

And the railroads keep pushing 

To be all they once were 

And nature is calling 

No one's listening to her 

With the railroads, and the riverboats, and the bread lines far behind 

And the days we sang together 

Long gone but still in mind 

And the men who, came before us, men who brought us to today 

And the story, still unravels, from the dreams of yesterday 

While the rivers that flow 

Are the blood of our land 

And the trucks they keep rumbling 

On the great concrete band 

And the railroads keep pushing 

To be all they once were 

And nature is calling 

No one's listening to her 

And nature is calling, 

No one's listening to her