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Artist: Boxcar Willie
Canonical path: /boxcar-willie/lonesome-whistle
Related lyric paths: 6
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Lonesome Whistle
Read Lonesome Whistle lyrics by Boxcar Willie on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Lonesome Whistle
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I was ridin' Number Nine Headin' south from Caroline I heard that lonesome whistle blow Got in trouble had to roam Left my gal and left my home I heard that lonesome whistle blow
Just a kid actin' smart I went and broke my darlin's heart I guess I was too young to know They took me off the Georgia Main Locked me to a ball and chain I heard that lonesome whistle blow
All alone I bear the shame I'm a number not a name I heard that lonesome whistle blow All I do is sit and cry When the ev'ning train goes by I heard that lonesome whistle blow
I'll be locked here in this cell 'Til my body's just a shell And my hair turns whiter than the snow I'll never see that gal of mine Lord, I'm in Georgia, doin' time I heard that lonesome whistle blow
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Boxcar Willie performs "Lonesome Whistle", and this lyric page sits inside the Boxcar Willie catalog on LyroVerse.
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