Boxcars (Album Version)-Joe Ely

[ti:Boxcars (Album Version)] [ar:Joe Ely] [al:From Lubbock to Laredo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Boxcars (Album Version) - Joe Ely [00:14.51]Well I gave all my money to the banker this month [00:18.29]Now I got no more money to spend [00:21.78]She smiled when she saw me comin' through that door [00:25.23]But I left she said "Come back again" [00:28.35]I watched them lonesome boxcar wheels [00:32.22]Turnin' down the tracks out of town [00:35.43]And it's on that lonesome railroad track [00:39.23]I'm gonna lay my burden down [00:48.00]I was raised on a farm the first years of my life [00:51.82]Life was pretty good they say [00:54.82]I'll probably live to be some ripe ol' age [00:58.71]If death'll just stay out of my way [01:01.78]This world can take my money and time [01:05.60]But it sure can't take my soul [01:09.09]And I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks [01:12.48]Watch them lonesome boxcars roll [01:21.26]There's some big ol' Buicks by the Baptist church [01:24.89]Cadillacs at the Church of Christ [01:28.28]I parked my camel by an ol' haystack [01:31.63]I'll be lookin' for that needle all night [01:35.32]There ain't gonna be no radial tires [01:38.80]Turnin' down the streets of gold [01:42.17]I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks [01:45.61]And watch them lonesome boxcars roll [01:50.09] [02:28.15]Now if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train [02:32.12]Beatin' out a beautiful tune [02:35.40]If you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks [02:38.88]Shinin' by the light of the moon [02:42.17]If you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground [02:45.71]I know you don't have to be told [02:49.31]Why I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks [02:52.54]And watch them lonesome boxcars roll [03:00.81] [03:01.55]Yeah I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks [03:04.47]And watch them lonesome boxcars roll