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Artist: Doc Watson
Canonical path: /doc-watson/blue-railroad-train
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Blue Railroad Train
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Blue Railroad Train
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Blue railroad train, I'm goin' down the railroad track
It makes me feel so doggone blue to listen to that old smokestack
Drivers a-rollin' on, leavin' me here behind
Give me back them good old days and let me ramble down the line
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Blue railroad train, leavin' me here alone
You treatn' me good, you treat'n me bad, you're makin' me think of home
I hear that lonesome train and love to hear the whistle blow
She's takin' the sun and leavin' the rain and makin' me wanna go
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I've got the blues, longin' for her company
It's many miles from where I am to the only one for me
It's so lonesome here, waitin' for the manifest
I hope that engineer is kind, enough to let me be his guest
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Blue railroad train, a good old pal to me
Takes me everywhere I wanna go, get my transportation free
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