Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
man
When I was young he took
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me by the hand
Dragged me to the station
at the break of dawn
Said "boy I got to show you somethin'
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'fore it's gone"
she was right on time
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
that Granma packed
We rode to Palestine and
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hitchhiked back
Home in time for supper with a tale to tell
That night I dreamed I heard that
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lonesome whistle wail
Verse 3
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When I got old enough to take the train alone
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I rode that Texas Eagle down to San Antone
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Interlude 2
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Verse 4
make no trains
Just the piggyback freighters
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and them Amtrak things
They shut the Eagle down awhile ago
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But every now and then
that whistle's on my mind
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I ride that Texas Eagle cross the borderline
Outro 1
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Esus4
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