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Old Train

by Tony Rice Unit

on Manzanita (1979), Mystery Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2 (1997)

Old train, I can hear your whistle blow
And I won't, be jumping on again
Old train, I've been everywhere ya go
And I know, what lies beyond each bend

Old train each time you pass, you're older than the last
And it seems, I'm too old for running
I hear your rusty wheels scrape against the rail
They cry with every mile, and I think I'll stay awhile

Old train, I grow weary after miles
And I miss, the freedom that was mine
Old train, just to think about those times
I'll smile, when your high balling by

Old train each time you pass, you're older than the last
And it seems, I'm too old for running
I hear your rusty wheels scrape against the rail
They cry with every mile, and I think I'll stay awhile