Last Train Home Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

By the time I get to Phoenix 

Was the last song on your mind the day you left 

Then you woke up in Nogales 

With Tequila with her name across your chest 

Now, you've stumbled through the morning 

On these border tourists' dusty avenues 

Singing every day's the hurting kind 

And everyday you live, you're born to lose 

Now, you missed the last train home 

The whistle blew and now she's gone 

West Texas dust beneath your nails 

You're hammered down the heartbreak trail 

Now, you've missed the last train home 

Whistle blew, she's solid gone 

Now, you're wandering El Paso 

Searching for your broken heart and truth 

She was all you ever had 

And the only thing you ever had to lose 

And with a juke box playing Charlie Rich 

You're lining up your shots at half past noon 

And you threw your ring across the bar 

And sang along to good time Charlie's got the blues 

Now, you missed the last train home 

The whistle blew and now she's gone 

West Texas dust beneath your nails 

You're hammered down the heartbreak trail 

Now, you've missed the last train home 

Whistle blew, she's solid gone 

Don't go to Tulsa where she's bound 

You'll end up six feet underground 

Your ex-friend, Charlie's there about 

He never missed the last train out 

Now, you missed the last train home 

That whistle blew, she's solid gone 

Now, you missed the last train home 

That whistle blew, she's solid gone