RAILROAD LADY
(Jimmy Buffett / Jerry Jeff Walker) 
Jimmy Buffett - 1973
Jerry Jeff Walker - 1977
Willie Nelson - 1977
Lefty Frizzell - 1986
Eric Cutshall - 1995


She's a railroad lady 
Just a little bit shady 
Spendin' her days on the trains 
She's a semi-good looker 
But the fast rails they took 'er 
Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again 

South Station in Boston 
To the freightyards of Austin 
From the Florida sunshine 
To the New Orleans rain 
Now that the railpacks hHas taken the best tracks 
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again 

She's a railroad lady 
Just a little bit shady 
Spendin' her life on a train 
Once a pullman car traveller 
Now the brakeman won't have 'er 
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again 

Once a high ballin' loner 
He thought he could own 'er 
Bought her a fur and a big diamond ring 
She hocked 'em for cold cash 
Left town on the Wabash 
Never thinkin', never thinkin' of home way back then 

But the rails are now rusty 
The dinin' car's dusty 
Gold plated watches have taken their toll 
Yeah the railroads are dyin' 
And the lady she's cryin' 
On a bus to Kentucky and home that's her goal 

She's a railroad lady 
Just a little bit shady 
Spendin' her life on a train 
She's a semi-good looker 
But the fast rails they took 'er 
Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again 

Yes on a bus to Kentucky and home once again