A Railroad Life For Me lyrics

I asked my baby for her hand How'd you like to marry a trucking man? She said: This can never be It's a railroad life for me! Then I told her I'd be nice I'll even bring you paradise! She said: That's fine, but, in my mind It's a railroad life for me! I wanna lean out the window from the high cab seat Hang my face in the wind and the sleet I wanna wave to the people as I roll by Out where the iron is high, high, high, high Out where the iron is high! I told my baby: Please don't go! The railroad nights are always cold! She said: At least I will be free! It's a railroad life for me! Then I told her I would cry If you say no, I'd probably die! Ain't it hard to say goodbye? It's a railroad life for me! I wanna lean out the window from the high cab seat Hang my face in the wind and the sleet! I wanna wave to the people as I roll by Out where the iron is high, high, high, high Out, where the iron is high! I asked my baby if she knew These old trains would make her blue She told me what would be, would be It's a railroad life for me! Then I said: Honey, ah, you're too frail You won't stand up on the long steel rail! She said: You just wait and see! It's a railroad life for me! I wanna lean out the window from the high cab seat Hang my face in the wind and the sleet I wanna wave to the people as I roll by Out where the iron is high, high, high, high Out where the iron is high! I told my baby: Ah, you will pay 'Cause that almond hair will turn to gray! She said: It's gonna anyway! It's a railroad life for me! Then I told her about Jacy Jones All he left was old and bone! She said: That was his destiny! It's a railroad life for me! I wanna lean out the window Hang my face in the wind and the sleet I wanna wave to the people as I roll by Out where the iron is high, high, high, high Out where the iron is high! I asked my baby for her hand How'd you like to marry a macho man? She said: This can never be! It's a railroad life for me! I wanna lean out the window from the high cab seat Hang my face in the wind and the sleet I wanna wave to the people as I roll by Out where the iron is high, high, high, high Out where the iron is high!