Railroad Lady Lyrics - Lefty Frizzel

She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady spending her days on a train 

Once a semi good looker but the fast rails they took her 

Now she's trying just trying to get home again 

South station in Boston to the stockyards of Austin 

From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain 

Now that the rail packs have taken the best tracks 

She's trying just trying to get back home again 

She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady spending her days on a train 

Once a pullman car traveller now the brakeman won't have her 

She's trying just trying to get back home again 

Once a high-balling lawyer thought he could own her 

He bought her a fur coat and a big diamond ring 

But she hocked 'em for cold cash in a town on the Wabash 

Never thinking never thinking of home way back then 

But the rails are now rusty the dining car's dusty 

The gold faded watches have taken their gold 

The railroads're dying and the lady is crying 

On a bus to Kentucky and home that's her goal 

She's a railroad lady... 

On a bus to Kentucky and home once again