Railroad Man - Bill Withers

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I was a little boy

Back in West Virginia

We lived very close to a railroad track

And I remember I used to dream about them trains

And where they might go

And the people that worked on the trains

And the train made music

It made you feel good

I can remember sometimes

I could just stand off all by myself

And just get funky list’nin' to the train

And I used to pick up a handful of gravels

And throw ‘em down on the ground for ties

Yeah and I’d make up songs

I’d sing

He was a railroad man

He was a railroad man

He was a railroad man

‘Til he stepped in front of the railroad train

He rode across the plains

He rode on a fruit freight train

The hauled bananas to Savannah

And wore bandannas made in Old Japan

He was a railroad man

He was a railroad man

He was a railroad man

‘Til he stepped in front of the railroad train

He used to change his name

To every place he came

His name was Tex when he’s in Texas

And Bangor when he went to Maine

He was a railroad man

He was a railroad man

He was a railroad man

‘Til he stepped in front of the railroad train

It’s all right

Say you know it’s all right

If you’ve ever been downtown

You know what I’m talkin' ‘bout