Merle Haggard — Railroad Lady

[Chorus] She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady Spending her days on the train She's a semi-good looker, but the fast rails, they took her Now she's trying, just trying to get home again [Verse 1] 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 home again [Chorus] She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady Spending her days on the train She's a semi-good looker, but the fast rails, they took her Now she's trying, just trying to get home again [Verse 2] Once a high-balling loner thought he could own her He bought her a fur coat and a big diamond ring But she hocked him for cold cash, left 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-plated watches have taken their toll The railroads are dying and the lady is crying On a bus to Kentucky and home, that's her goal [Chorus] She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady Spending her days on a train Once a pullman car trapper, now a brakeman won't have her She's trying, just trying to get back home again On a bus to Kentucky and home once again