Last Of The Hobo Kings Lyrics - Mary Gauthier

Steam Train Maury died last night 

His wife Wanda by his side 

Caught the Westbound out of here 

Hopped the high irons to the by and by 

They say he jumped ten thousand trains 

Rode a million miles for free 

Helped out at VA hospitals and penitentiary's 

Dandy Dave, Rusty Nails and Sweet Lady Sugar Cane 

Dead Eye Kate and the Baloney Kid raise their cups tonight in Steam Train's name 

Senators, congressmen, puppets on a string 

Among the windswept vagabonds Steam Train was the king 

The last of the hobo kings, the last of the hobo kings 

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Now bums just drink and wander round 

Tramps dream and wander too 

But a hobo was a pioneer who preferred to work for food 

He knew how his nation's doing 

By the length of a side walk cigarette butt 

Born with an aching wanderlust 

Embedded in his gut 

Hounded, beaten, laughed at, broke 

Chased out of every town 

With a walking stick scepter 

And a shredded coffee can crown 

The last of the hobo king, the last of the hobo kings 

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The last free men are hoboes 

Steinbeck said, and he paid cash 

And the stories that he bought from them 

Helped write the Grapes of Wrath 

But boxcars have been sealed for years 

And trespassers do time 

And the railroad yards are razor wired 

And hoboing's a crime 

So here's to you Steam Train Maury 

Hold that Westbound tight 

As you ride off into history 

The last hobo, the last ride 

The last of the hobo king, the last of the hobo kings