Railroad Whistlin' Blues

Railroad Whistlin' Blues by Barefoot McCoy ©2015. www.barefootmccoy.com

Gone with the yesterday’s windin’ wind,

My only lover and my one true friend

Didn’t even tie the laces on her shoes.

Bought a ticket on the rail bound for Santa Fe, 

Left me singin’ songs with the train all day.

You might even say I got the blues.

And I’m a-gonna lay here and listen

To that railroad a-whistlin’,

And anything I hear it say,

I’ll say too…

She could be down’n ‘Mexico by now,

Workin’ a saloon in a cowboy town

Hiding all those outlaws on the loose.

When I see a train passin’ by that way,

I only see the train ‘took my love away,

But love is a just a hangin’ hangman’s noose.

And I’m a-gonna lay here and listen

To that railroad a-whistlin’,

And anything I hear it say,

I’ll say too…

Well I picked up the paper and what did I see?

My lady’s eyes starin’ back at me

Her wayward wanted face all over the news.

She’s a free-runnin’, fast-gunnin’ gypsy queen

Robbin’ all the banks and the trains between.

I think she’s even got a lover too.

And I’m a-gonna lay here and listen

To that railroad a-whistlin’,

And anything I hear it say,

I’ll say too…

I’m a hitch-hikin’, train-hoppin’ ramblin’ lad,

Fallen out of love with a love gone bad

No matter where I go, just passing through.

And I’m a-gonna lay here and listen

To that railroad a-whistlin’,

And anything I hear it say,

I’ll say too…

Oh anything I hear it say,

I’ll say too…

Anything I hear it say,

I’ll say…