Lyric Railroad Lady

By: Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker
1973
She s a railroad lady
Just a little bit shady
Spendin her days on the trains
She s a semi-good looker
But the fast rails they took er
Now she s tryin , just tryin to get home again

South Station in Boston to the freightyards of Austin
From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain
Now that the railpacks
Has taken the best tracks
She s tryin , just tryin to get home again

She s a railroad lady
Just a little bit shady
Spendin her life on a train
Once a pullman car traveller
Now the brakeman won t have er
She s tryin , just tryin to get home again

Once a high ballin loner he thought he could own er
Bought her a fur and a big diamond ring
She hocked em for cold cash
Left town on the Wabash
Never thinkin , never thinkin of home way back then

But the rails are now rusty
The dinin car s dusty
Gold plated watches have taken their toll
Yeah the railroads are dyin
And the lady she s cryin
On a bus to Kentucky and home that s her goal

She s a railroad lady
Just a little bit shady
Spendin her life on a train
She s a semi-good looker
But the fast rails they took er
Now she s tryin , just tryin to get home again

Coda:
Yes on a bus to Kentucky and home once again