Chris Ledoux Raised By The Railroad Line Lyrics

Raised By The Railroad Line Lyrics

The clickety sound of the southbound freight



And the high-speed hum of a passenger train



Becomes a part of the soul and a heart and the mind



Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line



The sound of a whistle at the crossin' road



And the tanks and the trucks and the tractors on the flatcar load



Becomes a part of the soul and a heart and the mind



Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line



And the big round penny that you lay on the rails and the wheels mash flat



And a glimpse of the faces of the ladies



And the picture of the men in the engineer's hat



And the brakeman waves from the red caboose



He's a part of the past never quite turns loose



It's a part of the soul and a heart and the mind



Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line







The clickety sound of the southbound freight



And the high-speed hum of a passenger train



Becomes a part of the soul and a heart and the mind



Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line



And the big round penny...