Railroad Bill Lyrics

Railroad Bill lyrics

Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill
He never worked, and he never will,
And it's
ride, ride, ride.

Railroad Bill's a mighty mean man
Shot the light
out of the poor brakeman's hand

Railroad Bill, up on a hill
Lightin'
a seegar with a ten-dollar bill.

Railroad Bill took my wife,
If I
didn't like it, gonna take my life.

Goin' on a mountain, goin' out
west
Thirty-eight special stickin' out of my vest.

Buy me a pistol
just as long as my arm
Shoot everybody ever done me harm.

Got a
thirty-special in a forty-five frame,
I can't miss 'cause I got dead
aim.

Railroad Bill, he ain't so bad
Whupped his mama, shot his old
dad.

Early one morning, standing in the rain
Round the bend come a
long freight train.

Railroad Bill a-comin' home soon
Killed McMillan
by the light of the moon

McMillan had a special train
When they got
there they was prayin'

Kill me a chicken, send me the wing
They think
I'm workin', Lord, I ain't doin' a thing.

Kill me a chicken, send me the
head,
Think I'm workin', Lord, I'm layin' in bed.

Gonna drink my
whiskey, drink it in the wind
The doctor said it'd kill me but he didn't say
when.