Railroad Man-Bill Anderson/Bill Withers

[ti:Railroad Man] [ar:Bill Anderson] [al:Complete Sussex & Columbia Album Masters] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Railroad Man - Bill Withers (比尔 威瑟斯) [00:29.78]When I was a little boy back in West Virginia [00:31.58] [00:33.47]We lived very close to a railroad track [00:36.85] [00:39.44]And I remember I used to dream about them trains [00:41.74]And where they might go [00:43.15] [00:44.08]And the people that worked on the trains [00:45.71] [00:47.90]And the train made music it made you feel good [00:50.69] [00:52.37]I can remember sometimes [00:53.95]I could just stand off all by myself [00:56.85]And just get funky listenin' to the train [00:59.71] [01:02.03]And I used to pick up a handful of gravels [01:05.03] [01:05.79]And throw 'em down on the ground for ties [01:08.41] [01:14.96]Yeah and I'd make up songs I'd sing [01:19.35] [01:22.80]He was a railroad man [01:25.36] [01:26.99]He was a railroad man [01:29.20] [01:30.65]He was a railroad man [01:33.21] [01:33.89]'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train [01:36.91] [01:38.56]He rode across the plains [01:40.92] [01:42.48]He rode on a fruit freight train [01:44.69] [01:47.42]The hauled bananas to Savannah [01:49.79]And wore bandannas made in old Japan [01:52.91] [01:54.54]He was a railroad man [01:57.03] [01:58.34]He was a railroad man [02:01.25] [02:02.61]And a railroad man [02:05.42]'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train [02:08.28] [02:10.21]He used to change his name [02:12.34] [02:13.79]To every place he came [02:15.95] [02:18.83]You know his name was Tex when he's in Texas [02:21.54]And Bangor when he went to Maine [02:24.29] [02:26.00]And a railroad man [02:28.63] [02:29.62]No he was a railroad man [02:32.58] [02:33.99]He was a railroad man [02:36.63] [02:37.18]'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train [02:39.86] [02:41.73]Used to change his name [02:43.91] [02:45.34]To every place he came [02:47.54] [02:50.11]You know his name was Tex when he's in Texas [02:53.14]And Bangor when he went to Maine [02:56.06] [02:57.57]He rode across the plains [03:00.18] [03:01.23]He rode on a fruit freight train [03:03.60] [03:06.43]The hauled bananas to Savannah [03:08.52]Wore bandannas made in old Japan [03:11.28] [03:12.93]And he was a railroad man [03:17.81]He was a railroad man [03:19.61] [03:21.09]Oh a railroad man [03:24.18]'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train [03:27.25] [03:28.87]Used to change his name [03:30.99] [03:32.77]To every place he came [03:34.61] [03:37.44]His name was Tex when he's in Texas [03:40.26]And Bangor when he went to Maine [03:42.98] [03:44.13]You know he was a good time railroad man [03:46.74] [03:48.58]Good time railroad man [03:51.12] [03:52.70]Oh a railroad man [03:54.62] [03:55.67]'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train [03:58.27] [05:03.42]It's alright [05:04.38] [05:06.92]Say you know it's alright [05:08.46] [05:11.72]If you've ever been downtown [05:14.04]You know what I'm talkin' 'bout [05:16.52] [05:18.13]He was a good time railroad road [05:21.86]Good time railroad man [05:24.42] [05:26.18]Oh a railroad man [05:28.37] [05:29.16]'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train [05:31.93] [05:33.88]He used to change his name [05:35.68] [05:37.09]To each and every place he came [05:39.60] [05:42.23]You know his name was Tex when he's in Texas [05:44.72]And Bangor when he went to Maine [05:47.40] [05:49.37]He rode across the plains [05:51.18] [05:52.26]He rode he rode on a fruit freight train [05:55.39] [05:58.13]The hauled bananas to Savannah [06:00.19]And wore bandannas made in old Japan [06:02.93] [06:05.46]Oh railroad man [06:07.08] [06:09.12]Oh railroad man [06:11.96] [06:12.83]Oh railroad man [06:15.26] [06:16.44]Stepped in front of the railroad train