Watching the Trains Go by chords by Bobby Bare

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Down at the railroad sta
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tion my suitcase settin' by my side
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Got no high hopes of leaving I'm just
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watching the trains go by
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Watching the trains go by

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Lawyer Jabob's wife she is expecting
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and he wonders why in blazes
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How his wife could come to blame now
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they tried so many times before
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Walking back down this dusty
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farmroad my thirsty mind is high and dry
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One more day down at the station
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watching the trains go by
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Down at the railroad station

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Papa's
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working at
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the coal mines mama's lying sick in bed
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They'd be better off without me
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one less mouth to be fed
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Younger brother John is in the jailhouse
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down on the woodfarm chopping wood
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I stayed around and tried to change him
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don't look like I done no good
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Down at the railroad sta
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tion
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Down at the railroad station