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When I was a boy |
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in the days of the train |
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I'd sit by the tracks |
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on a long summer day |
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And I'd wave to the brakeman |
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And he'd wave back at me |
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While the thunderclouds rolled |
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out of East Tennessee |
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But the dreams of a boy |
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disappear when you're grown |
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And though I may dream |
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the railroads are gone |
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The ties they are rotten |
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and the tracks shot to hell |
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Along with my dreams |
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and the old railroad bell |
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In my dreams I ride |
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the rails to California |
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Workin' diners and farms along the way |
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Or I'd hop to ride to |
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hide across the border |
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With a black eyed girl |
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beside me all the way |
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Now the mountains are silent |
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and the railroads are gone |
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And the coal towns no longer |
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hear the miners at dawn |
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But the train whistle shrills |
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out her memories to me |
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While the thunderclouds rolled |
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out of East Tennessee |
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In my dreams I ride the |
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rails to California |
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Workin' diners and farms |
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along the way |
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Or I'd hop a ride to |
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hide across the border |
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With a black eyed girl |
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beside me all the way |
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Now the mountains are silent |
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and the railroads are gone |
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And the coal towns no longer |
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hear the miners at dawn |
| [02:34.42] |
But the train whistle shrills |
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out her memories to me |
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While the thunderclouds roll |
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out of East Tennessee |
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