Railroad Man Lyrics - + 'justments - 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 

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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