She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady spending her days on a train She's the semi good looker but the fast rails they took her Now she's trying just trying to get home again South station in Boston to the graveyards of Austin From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rains Now that the rail pack has taken the best tracks She's trying just trying to get back home again She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady spending her life on a train Once a pull man car driver not a breakment won't have her She's trying just trying to get back home again Once a high-balling loner he thought he could own her Bought her a fur coat and a big dimand ring She hug in for cold cash left down on the Wabash Never thinking never thinking of home way back then But the rails are now rusty the dining car's dusty The gold plated watches are taking their toll The railroads're dying and the lady is crying On a bus to Kentucky and home that's her goal She's a railroad lady... She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady spending her days on a train She's the semi good looker but the fast rails they took her Now she's trying just trying to get home again Yes on a bus to Kentucky and home once again