Lyrics Texas 1947 - Steve Earle
Now
being
six
years
old
I
had
seen
some
trains
before
So
it's
hard
to
figure
out
What
I'm
at
the
depot
for
Trains
are
big
and
black
and
smoking
Steam
screaming
at
the
wheels
And
bigger
than
anything
they
is
At
least
that's
the
way
she
feels
Trains
are
big
and
black
and
smoking
Louder
in
July
four
But
everybody's
actin'
like
This
might
be
something
more
Than
just
picking
up
the
mail
Or
the
soldiers
from
the
war
This
is
something
that
even
old
man
Wileman
never
seen
before
And
it's
late
afternoon
On
a
hot
Texas
day
Something
strange
is
going
on
And
we's
all
in
the
way
There's
fifty
or
sixty
people
Just
sitting
on
their
cars
And
the
old
men
left
their
dominos
And
they
come
down
from
the
bars
And
everybody's
checking
Old
Jack
Kittrel
check
his
watch
And
us
kids
put
our
ears
To
the
rails
to
hear
'em
pop
So
we
already
knowed
it
When
I
finally
said,
"Train
time"
You'd
a-thought
that
Jesus
Christ
His-self
was
rolling
down
the
line
Cause
things
got
real
quiet
Momma
jerked
me
back
But
not
before
I'd
got
the
chance
To
lay
a
nickel
on
the
track
Look
out,
here
she
comes,
she's
coming
Stand
back,
there
she
goes,
she's
gone
Screaming
straight
through
Texas
Like
a
mad
dog
cyclone
She's
big,
red,
and
silver
She
don't
make
no
smoke
She's
a
fast-rollin'
streamline
Come
to
show
the
folks
I
said,
look
out,
here
she
comes,
she's
coming
Stand
back,
there
she
goes,
she's
gone
Screaming
straight
through
Texas
Like
a
mad
dog
cyclone
Lord,
she
never
even
stopped
But
she
left
fifty
or
sixty
people
Still
sitting
on
their
cars
They're
wondering
what
it's
coming
to
And
how
it
got
this
far
Oh,
but
me
I
got
a
nickel
Smashed
flatter
than
a
dime
By
a
mad
dog,
runaway
Red-silver
streamline
train
Look
out,
here
she
comes,
she's
coming
Stand
back,
there
she
goes,
she's
gone
Screaming
straight
through
Texas
Like
a
mad
dog
cyclone
She's
big,
red,
and
silver
She
don't
make
no
smoke
She's
a
fast-rollin'
streamline
Come
to
show
the
folks
I
said,
look
out,
here
she
comes,
she's
coming
Stand
back,
there
she
goes,
she's
gone
Screaming
straight
through
Texas
Like
a
mad
dog
cyclone
I
said,
look
out,
here
she
comes,
she's
coming
Stand
back,
there
she
goes,
she's
gone
Screaming
straight
through
Texas
Like
a
mad
dog
cyclone
1 Old Friends
2 New Cut Road
3 Sis Draper
4 She Ain't Going Nowhere
5 Out in the Parking Lot
6 The Last Gunfighter Ballad
7 Heartbroke
8 That Old Time Feeling
9 Anyhow I Love You
10 The Randall Knife
11 The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint
12 Rita Ballou
13 Desperados Waiting for a Train
14 Texas 1947
15 L.A. Freeway
16 Dublin Blues
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