Railroad Song-Jim Croce

[00:05.06]When I was a boy [00:08.01]in the days of the train [00:10.83]I'd sit by the tracks [00:14.36]on a long summer day [00:17.78]And I'd wave to the brakeman [00:21.51]And he'd wave back at me [00:24.12]While the thunderclouds rolled [00:28.10]out of East Tennessee [00:30.86]But the dreams of a boy [00:34.70]disappear when you're grown [00:37.92]And though I may dream [00:41.48]the railroads are gone [00:44.79]The ties they are rotten [00:48.33]and the tracks shot to hell [00:51.50]Along with my dreams [00:56.22]and the old railroad bell [00:58.26]In my dreams I ride [01:01.64]the rails to California [01:04.52]Workin' diners and farms along the way [01:11.57]Or I'd hop to ride to [01:16.00]hide across the border [01:18.23]With a black eyed girl [01:22.79]beside me all the way [01:25.02]Now the mountains are silent [01:29.93]and the railroads are gone [01:32.47]And the coal towns no longer [01:35.78]hear the miners at dawn [01:39.44]But the train whistle shrills [01:44.06]out her memories to me [01:45.47]While the thunderclouds rolled [01:49.77]out of East Tennessee [01:52.34]In my dreams I ride the [01:56.08]rails to California [01:59.13]Workin' diners and farms [02:03.89]along the way [02:05.56]Or I'd hop a ride to [02:10.11]hide across the border [02:12.41]With a black eyed girl [02:16.48]beside me all the way [02:19.02]Now the mountains are silent [02:23.59]and the railroads are gone [02:26.65]And the coal towns no longer [02:30.43]hear the miners at dawn [02:34.42]But the train whistle shrills [02:37.58]out her memories to me [02:41.11]While the thunderclouds roll [02:44.17]out of East Tennessee [02:50.67]