The Next Thing Smokin' Lyrics - Borderland - Tom Russell

Well I live out in Southern Arizona 

I followed an abandoned railroad track 

Trains they used run from Bisbee out to Juarez 

But the copper mines are closed and the trains ain't comin' back 

This here's the of stolen ponies 

Rattlesnakes and poison water wells 

Each god-forsaken mile leads right to heaven 

But tryin' to please that woman 

Was hell 

Put me on the next thing smokin' 

Put me on the next train out of here 

This heart ain't made for bein' broken 

Well she ain't my conductor and she ain't my engineer 

Put me on the next thing leavin' 

The northern or the southern hemisphere 

Put me on the next thing smokin' 

Put me on the next train outta here I'm bound to ride 

I got my pride 

I'm bound to ride 

I'm bound to ride 

I made it to the ghost town of Hachita 

I got drunk in the Hachita General store 

I passed the place Geronimo surrendered 

Well Geronimo he just couldn't take it anymore 

I'll hitchhike from Columbus to El Paso 

Where I can catch an Amtrak or a freight 

I've walked 300 miles across these bad-lands (yeah) buddy 

I have made my great escape 

Put me on the next thing smokin' 

Put me on the next train out of here 

This heart ain't made for bein' broken 

Well she ain't my conductor and she ain't my engineer 

Put me on the next thing leavin' 

The northern or the southern hemisphere 

Put me on the next thing smokin' 

Put me on the next train outta here I'm bound to ride 

I got my pride 

I'm bound to ride 

I'm bound to ride