Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues (Album Version)-Jerry Jeff Walker

[ti:Eastern Avenue River Railway B] [ar:Jerry Jeff Walker] [al:Lone Wolf:The Best Of Jerry Je] [by:] [offset:0] [00:25.08]Shadows come creepin' down the alleys [00:26.77] [00:30.65]Lonesome lines the boulevard [00:32.34] [00:38.53]Neon flickers to the rhythm of the night [00:42.28] [00:44.46]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 [01:04.85] [01:08.92]The back streets full of mystery people [01:11.60] [01:12.73]Frozen in their dreams [01:13.92] [01:14.85]Too little mercy too little love [01:17.35] [01:19.35]Too much night it's too much tonight [01:22.04] [01:23.10]Chorus: [01:23.91]The eastern avenue runs level with the river [01:28.60] [01:30.42]In between lies the freight yard of boxcar blues [01:34.60] [01:38.41]Eastern avenue railway come on come on and deliver [01:44.29] [01:45.35]This load of tears and this pair of walking shoes [01:49.35] [01:52.79]Boy's got the eastern avenue river railway blues [01:57.67] [02:14.48]Trapped between him and the city [02:16.98] [02:22.11]He packed a bag and took one south bound over the line [02:25.86] [02:29.85]Trapped between him and the pity he suffers for those unfaithful times [02:39.43] [02:45.68]Well eastbound river railway runs swift and hard [02:49.25] [02:52.87]He swears tonight he's gonna take that ride [03:01.94]Jerk a cold steel freight train right down the boulevard [03:07.37]He ain't gonna stop 'til all the loneliness collides [03:13.31] [03:14.43]'Cause it's too much tonight