Holly Williams - Railroads Lyrics
Well I used to pray to Jesus but I done backslid
Carrying the burdens of a preacher's kid
Drinking at the pulpit and healing them lame
Daddy was a-riding on the old death train
When I gambled all our money on a moonshine still
Now I drink my whiskey from a beat up flask
This train done departed and it's goin' fast
Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding aeroplane on a sunny day
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down a narrow line with a life like mine
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me
I found me a lover in a whorehouse wife
She never knew her mama or the money I've known
Don't ever make a judgement if you ain't been shown
You never walked in my shoes, you never understood
Why I was escaping anyway that I could
Nobody knows I'm gonna ride these rails
'Til the dark comes over this prison cell
Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding aeroplane on a sunny day
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down a narrow line with a life like mine
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me
Well, the truth came out and the church burned down
Daddy's heart stopped on the edge of this town
I'm out here searching for that boy of my own
Don't ever make a judgement if you ain't been shown
Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding aeroplane on a sunny day
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down a narrow line with a life like mine
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Holly Williams - Sometimes
- Holly Williams - A Love I Think Will Last
- Holly Williams - Gone With The Morning Sun
- Holly Williams - Without Jesus Here With Me
- Holly Williams - Birds
- Holly Williams - Drinkin'
- Holly Williams - Gone Away From Me
- Holly Williams - Railroads
- Holly Williams - Happy
- Holly Williams - The Highway
- Holly Williams - Without You
- Holly Williams - Let You Go
- Holly Williams - Giving Up
- Holly Williams - A Good Man
- Holly Williams - 'Til It Runs Dry
- Holly Williams - Waiting On June
- Holly Williams - Alone
- Holly Williams - Three Days In Bed
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Holly Williams Railroads Comments
I love her singing. Thank you Sheryl for the link to Holly songs. her singing reminds me of when I road "Railroads" freight trains from St Louis , Memphis to Nashville. Illinois Central- Nashville-Knoxville-New Orleans... I was a free man, dodging boxcars, riding the railroad so free. This railroad delivered me...wheels screeching, boxcars banging, the Railroad delivered me.
turn up that bass !!! the girl was there not for landscape
All killer no filler! :)
I just wrote the following poem while listening to this song. God bless you.
A Louisiana Legacy
Pappy drafted platforms
Daddy fixed machines
Papaw rode the trains
And Momma snapped the beans
Iced tea on the front porch
Crawfish boiling in the pot
Hurricanes come with summer
But, can’t complain about my lot
Daughter in the bleachers
Little man is at the bat
Baby due round Christmas
Never rich, but never lack
Granny gave me a bible
With my name upon the cover
Said “The LORD will never leave you”
Jesus, tell her that I love her
Wife sings like the angels
Say our prayers and still hold hands
May the kids remember us kindly
When we’re gone to heaven’s land
Pappy went home to Winnie
Ina went home to Papaw
I know they smile on Louisiana
Won’t be long until I’m with y’all
©Timothy Paul Carroll
7/15/2016
Awesome!
So good! love it!