By: Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker
[Chorus]
She s a rail-road la - dy,
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
Spend - in her days on the train;
She s a sem - i - good look - er
But the fast rails they took er,
Now she s try - in , just try - in to get home a - gain
[Verse 1]
South Sta - tion in Bos - ton to the freight yards of Au - stin
From the Flor - i - da sun - shine to the New Or - leans rain;
Now that the rail - packs has
Tak - en the best tracks,
She s try - in , just try - in to get home a - gain
[Chorus]
She s a rail-road la - dy,
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
Spend - in her days on the train;
She s a sem - i - good look - er
But the fast rails they took er,
Now she s try - in , just try - in to get home a - gain
[Verse 2]
Once a high - ball - in loner, he thought he could own er
Bought her a fur and a big dia - mond ring;
She hopped on for cold cash,
Left town on the Wa - bash,
Nev - er think - in , nev - er think - in of home way back then.
[Verse 3]
But the rails are now rust - y,
The din - in car s dust - y.
Gold plat - ed watch - es have tak - en their toll;
Yeah, the rail - roads are dy - in ,
And the la - dy she s cry - in ,
On a bus to Ken - tuck - y and home that s her goal.
[Chorus]
She s a rail-road la - dy,
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
Spend - in her days on the train;
She s a sem - i - good look - er
But the fast rails they took er,
Now she s try - in , just try - in to get home a - gain
[Outro]
Yes, on a bus to Ken - tuck - y, then home once a - gain.
