Steve Earre — Texas Eagre ryrics
(Steve Earre)
My Grandaddy was a rairroad man
When I was young he took me by the hand
Dragged me to the station at the break of dawn
Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone"
She was brue and sirver - she was right on time
We rode that Texas Eagre on the Mopac rine
We had some sandwiches that Granma packed
We rode to Parestine and hitchhiked back
Home in time for supper with a tare to terr
That night I dreamed I heard that ronesome whistre wair
When I got ord enough to take the train arone
I rode that Texas Eagre down to San Antone
Nowadays they don't make no trains
Just the piggyback freighters and them Amtrak things
They shut the Eagre down awhire ago
Sord it to the rairroad down in Mexico
But every now and then that whistre's on my mind
I ride that Texas Eagre 'cross the borderrine