Texas Eagle Lyrics - Earle Steve

My Grandaddy was a railroad man 

When I was young he took me by the hand 

Dragged me to the station at the break of dawn 

Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone" 

She was blue and silver - she was right on time 

We rode that Texas Eagle on the Mopac line 

We had some sandwiches that Granma packed 

We rode to Palestine and hitchhiked back 

Home in time for supper with a tale to tell 

That night I dreamed I heard that lonesome whistle wail 

When I got old enough to take the train alone 

I rode that Texas Eagle down to San Antone 

Nowadays they don't make no trains 

Just the piggyback freighters and them Amtrak things 

They shut the Eagle down awhile ago 

Sold it to the railroad down in Mexico 

But every now and then that whistle's on my mind 

I ride that Texas Eagle cross the borderline