Dr Hook The Medicine Show The Last Of A Dying Breed Lyrics

The Last Of A Dying Breed Lyrics

(Joel Jaffe)







Hey look at that train heading down the track



And look at that smoke coming out the stack



Fifty-five miles an hour, now ain't that speed



Well, she's riding high wide and handsome and she's just what the country
needs



But the times have changed and she's the last of a dying breed







Everybody take a look at that engineer



His face looks worried but his eyes are clear



He got a wife at home and six hungry kids to feed



But his hand is steady on the throttle and he's just what the country needs



But now the times have changed he's the last of a dying breed







Yeah, now look at that farmer with a two-bottom plow



Three hundred acres an empty hay mow



Two hundred acres ain't nothing but dust and weeds



Well, he's upright, straight and honest and he's just what the country needs



But the times have changed, he's the last of a dying breed







Hey, hey, hey there goes a fellow in a ten-gallon hat



High heeled boots and a lariat



Six shooter hanging way down around his knees



Well, he cool and independent and he's just what the country needs



But the times have changed, he's the last of a dying breed







Well, now he out on the highway with his old guitar



Flagging down semi's and travelling far



Talking with farmers and truck-driving men and thieves



Well, the leavings for the old folkies, ain't nothing but stems and seeds



Cause the times have changed, he's the last of a dying breed







(c) 1977 Whispering Wind Publishing Co.