Boxcar Blues from Gone West by John Greene Music

Boxcar Blues
words and music by
butch hancock

well there’s a big old buick
at the baptist church
a cadillac at the church of christ
i parked my camel in the old haystack
i been searching for that needle all night
there ain’t going to be no radial tyres
turning on the streets of gold
so i’m going down to the railroad track
watch those lonesome boxcars roll

if you ever heard the whistle
of an old freight train
beating out a beautiful tune
if you ever seen the silver
of the railroad tracks
shining in the light of the moon
if you ever felt the locomotive
shake the ground
i know you won’t need to be told
why i’m going down to the railroad track
watch those lonesome boxcars roll

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