Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues-Jerry Jeff Walker

[00:25.09]Shadows come creepin' down the alleys, [00:30.66]Lonesome lines the boulevard [00:32.34] [00:38.53]Neon flickers to the rhythm of the night, [00:42.28] [00:44.47]But this evenin', sleep is coming hard [00:48.59] [00:53.59]Down the concrete hallways in this part of town [00:57.28] [01:01.15]You can hear the young hearts drowning in thirst for life [01:04.86] [01:08.92]The back streets full of mystery, people [01:11.61] [01:12.73]Frozen in their dreams [01:13.92] [01:14.86]Too little mercy, too little love, [01:17.36] [01:19.36]Too much night, it's too much tonight [01:22.04] [01:23.11]Chorus: [01:23.92]The eastern avenue runs level with the river [01:28.61] [01:30.42]In between lies the freight yard of boxcar blues [01:34.61] [01:38.42]Eastern avenue railway, come on, come on and deliver [01:44.29] [01:45.36]This load of tears and this pair of walking shoes [01:49.36] [01:52.80]Boy's got the eastern avenue river railway blues [01:57.67] [02:14.48]Trapped between him and the city, [02:16.99] [02:22.11]He packed a bag and took one south bound over the line [02:25.86] [02:29.86]Trapped between him and the pity, he suffers for those unfaithful times [02:39.44] [02:45.69]Well, eastbound river railway runs swift and hard [02:49.25] [02:52.88]He swears tonight he's gonna take that ride [03:01.94]Jerk a cold steel freight train right down the boulevard [03:07.38]He ain't gonna stop 'til all the loneliness collides [03:13.32] [03:14.44]'Cause it's too much tonight