"Railroad Train"

Original song, Jim Stover, demo. “Railroad Train” I used to sit down by the river Just to watch the trains roll by I’d count all the cars and dream about All the places they were going far and wide Ooh, until one dark December Suddenly it changed Now I never want to see another train Railroad train You took my baby down the track And you never brought her back Now your lonely whistle only signals pain You broke my heart Railroad train She was traveling up to Memphis To spend that Christmas with some kin Somewhere north of Hattiesburg A drunken switchman was sleeping off his gin They say sometimes the ground still trembles And that rusty rail bed shakes It’s still haunted by the sound of screaming brakes Railroad train You took my baby down that track And you never brought her back So your lonely whistle only signals pain You broke my heart Railroad train (yes you did) Railroad train Railroad train (railroad train) Railroad train Ooh ooh Um um um um um um um uh um uh Words and music Jim Stover © May 20, 2020