In the Dodge Yards of the Santa Fe Stood a made up for the east And the with his oil and waste Was groomin' the iron beast While ten cars back in the dust A boxcar swung wide And a hobo his pal aboard To start on his last long
A lantern and the freight pulled out The engine, it gathered The pulled the throttle wide And clucked to his fiery
Ten cars in the empty box The rolled a pill The flare of the match showed his face Stark white and deathly As the train clicked on the couplin' joints A song for the ear The talked to the still white form His pal for many a
(Spoken) For a mighty long time, we've rambled, With the luck of men that With the backdoor steps for a room And a boxcar for a We dodged the bulls on the Eastern And the on the Chesapeake We travelled the Leadville narrow In the days of Cripple We drifted thru sunny Cal On the rails of old S. P. And of all you had, good and bad A always belonged to me You made me to you Jack If I lived, and you in To take you to the old church yard And you there with your kin You seemed to know I keep my word 'Cause you said that I was Well, I'm keepin' my to you, pal 'Cause I'm takin' you tonight I haven't the money to send you So, I'm you back on the fly It's the way for a 'bo to go to the by and by I knew that that had you, Jack And that doctor, he wouldn't come He was too busy the wealthy folks To a worn-out bum
As the train rolled over its of steel thru to the East it sped The engineer in his cab seat his eye on the rails ahead While ten cars back in the box A hobo sighed For the of old and his pal, so cold Who was his last long ride