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RAILROAD MAN (Down To Sunny New Orleans)

from "HEAVEN IN YOUR HEART"​/​WPA 18 2013 by Bill Mallonee

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RAILROAD MAN words/music: bill mallonee
Two things that I know about
two things you can’t dismiss
it all comes with a price tag
& it all comes with a risk
oh, to be a railroad man
oh, to ride that long dark train
from the bay of san francisco
down to sunny new orleans

my eyes? they’ll be set like steel
fixed upon the rails
I will shovel in that coal
and my muscles? they will swell
and I will have seen more things
than any man can boast
all the stories of old railroad men
and their lonely ghosts

I will get myself a table
when I pull into town
I will drink my whisky quietly
with no one else around
I’ll tip my cap to the ladies
I might even steal a kiss
I will crawl back to my sleeping berth
and vanish in the mists

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one day maybe they’ll write a song about me
that every child will sing
and I may be a poor boy, now
but one day, I’ll be a king

Now, the wind will be my brother
and the rain will cleanse my skin
the night will be my sister
and the sun will be my friend
oh, to be a railroad man
oh, to ride that long dark train
from the bay of san francisco
down to sunny new orleans

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from "HEAVEN IN YOUR HEART"​/​WPA 18 2013, released July 4, 2013
Bill: guitars, vocals, harp. song

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Bill Mallonee

Bill Mallonee is an Americana artist w/ 80 plus albums over a 30 year career. Voted by Paste Music Magazine #65 in their "Top 100 Living Songwriters" poll. He was the
founding member of Vigilantes of Love. He has worked with Mark Heard, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, & Peter Buck from REM.
His most recent work, "Lead On, Kindly Light" is a 23song double Cd released Feb 2020.
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