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Old 97's
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Iron Road
Hundred lists of reasons I keep 'round Why I never had a family Why I couldn't settle down Why I'd sooner in the mirror see a hobo lookin' low But the reasons now escape me as I walk the iron road
Like a lot of kids I left my boyhood home Worked a little on the railroad, Worked a little travelin' on Til the closest that I ever got to an address or a phone Was the day I spent my last two bits on a one page letter home
At 21 my arches lay down flat 22 I started takin' loans But if the train will come I'll wipe the box car dirt from off my bones Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And I'll curse the wheels that roll me, roll me down that iron road
Iron road, iron road, you'll never give up the gold I spent 24 hours today lookin' back and feelin' low 24 hours of lookin' back can kill you, I've been told
At 60 my dad left that boyhood town Within a year our mother followed him to higher ground And I'll be next to join 'em soon as I see that engine roll Gonna lay my head on the railroad bed and leave that iron road (2x)
(Repeat v.3)
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