Ride the Rails

I hid out,in a boxcar,on a slow train,heading west

Dressed like a railman,so not to seem conspicous

The train whistled four times,indicating,

a track change,

So I hopped off in Albertie,near Portage and Main.

Chorus

Ride the rails heading west,to the town I love best,

I can only tell myself,good luck to the rest.

Ride the rails,ride the rails,to the city out west.

(Ride the rails to that city I love best.)

omit from last Chorus.

Verse2

The folk there are gentle, the women so nice

The Hospitality Inn,I sought for a bite,

A bar in the Cabaret,to quench a mans thirst,

Cigars on the pillow,and a rack of clean shirts,

Chorus

There's the place that's just right,

for a tuckered mans head,

With a doubled up mattress,on a four postered bed,

Sheets of pure silk,a feathered pillow to match,

Tattered and tired I lay down to rest.

Chorus,then last line,{Slowly}

Ride the rails to the city,for my final rest.

, End