I Don't Want to Ride the Rails No More

Album: Okie (2019)
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  • Well I've been hopping freight trains all my life
    I woke up cold and hungry in the middle of the night
    I've been on the wrong end of a drunkard's night
    And nowhere to send the letters that I write
    And now and then I've seen most every single town
    But never stopped quite long enough to ever hang around
    'Cause that whistle makes a mighty lonesome sound
    It's been on my mind, I'd love to settle down

    And I don't wanna ride the rails no more
    I wanna know, oh, is love worth dying for?
    Hear children playing through an old screen door
    No I don't wanna ride the rails no more

    The train's pulling up at half past nine
    The waitress said, "Hey stranger, how 'bout one more glass of wine?"
    We kept talking and we lost our own track of time
    The train pulled out, left us there behind

    And I don't wanna ride the rails no more
    I wanna know, oh, is love worth dying for?
    Hear children playing through an old screen door
    No I don't wanna ride the rails no more

    For the first time in my life I didn't run
    I felt your arms around me and my rambling days were done
    Something changed deep inside of me
    The radio played Love Is All You Need

    Oh I don't wanna ride the rails no more
    I wanna know, oh, is love worth dying for?
    Hear children playing through an old screen door
    No I don't wanna ride the rails no more
    Oh I don't wanna ride the rails no more
    I wanna know, oh, is love worth dying for?
    Hear children playing through an old screen door
    No I don't wanna ride the rails no more
    No I don't wanna ride the rails no more
    No I don't wanna ride the rails no more
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