When 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 listenin' 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


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

And a railroad man
'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train


He used to change his name
To every place he came
You know, his name was Tex when he's in Texas

And Bangor when he went to Maine

And a railroad man

No, he was a railroad man
And a railroad man
'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train

Used to change his name
To every place he came
You know, his name was Tex when he's in Texas

And Bangor when he went to Maine

He rode across the plains

He rode on a fruit freight train
The hauled bananas to Savannah
Wore bandannas made in old Japan


And he was a railroad man
He was a railroad man

Oh, a railroad man
'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train


Used to change his name
[Incomprehensible] to every place he came
His name was Tex when he's in Texas

And Bangor when he went to Maine

You know, he was a good time railroad man

Good time railroad man
Oh, a railroad man
'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train


It's alright
Say you know it's alright

If you've ever been downtown
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout


You know, he was a good time railroad, road
Good time railroad man
Oh, a railroad man

'Til he stepped in front of the railroad train

He used to change his name

To each and every place he came
You know, his name was Tex when he's in Texas
And Bangor when he went to Maine

He rode across the plains

He rode, he rode on a fruit freight train
The hauled bananas to Savannah
And wore bandannas made in old Japan

Oh, railroad man

Oh, railroad man
Oh, railroad man
Stepped in front of the railroad train