Steve Earle Texas Eagle written by Steve Earle
&
The Del McCoury Band
Steve Earle (vocals, guitar)
Del McCoury (vocals, guitar)
Ronnie McCoury (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin)
Rob McCoury (guitar, banjo)
Jason Carter (fiddle)
Mike Bub (bass)
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My Grandaddy was a railroad man
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When I was young he took me by the hand
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Drugged me to the station at the break of dawn
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Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone"
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She was blue and silver - she was right on time
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We rode that Texas Eagle on the Mopac line
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We had some sandwiches that Granma packed
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We rode to Palestine and hitchhiked back
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Home in time for supper with a tale to tell
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That night I dreamed I heard that lonesome whistle wail
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When I got old enough to ridee the train alone
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I'd ride that Texas Eagle up from San Antone
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Nowadays they don't make no trains
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Just the piggyback freighters and them Amtrak things
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They shut the Eagle down awhile ago
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Sold it to the railroad down in Mexico
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But every now and then that whistle's on my mind
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I ride that Texas Eagle ‘cross the borderline
From Steve Earle "The Mountain"
E Squared Records 1999
