Railroad Lyrics

Railroad lyrics

"Although I've left you darlin'

I'll soon be back again"

That's what I said in China

Where all the work was dead



I hope you get my letters

I write them everyday

I'll soon be headin' eastwards

I'm hammerin' the nails



I'm workin' on the railroad

I dig away the time

I'm singin' to the work song

With memories in mind



I sail to Hong Kong Harbor

The winds were warmer there

The sweat would roll down my back

While diggin' at the earth



While talkin' of you darlin'

I'd show your photograph

And point it over westwards

Way over past the tracks



I'm workin' on the railroad

I dig away the time

I'm singin' to the work song

With memories in mind



I'm workin' on the railroad

I dig away the time

I'm singin' to the work song

With memories in mind

Of you, of you, hoh ho



I've saved every penny, my girl

I hope that you have waited out there

For all my love when I get home

'Cause deep down in my heart, there's a hole



I've saved every penny, my girl

I hope that you have waited out there

For all my love when I get home

'Cause deep down in my heart, there's a hole



I've saved every penny, my girl

I hope that you have waited out there

For all my love when I get home

'Cause deep down in my heart, there's a hole