Song Lyrics Hank Snow - Last Ride    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Hank Snow Singer Lyrics [Hank Snow other resources]>> Last Ride Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Hank Snow Music Title/Track: Last Ride Theme ID: 3919 Album: N/A In the Dodge City yards of the Santa Fe stood a freight made up for the East And the engineer with his oil and waste was grooming the great iron beast While ten cars back in the murky dust a boxcar door swung wide And a hobo lifted his pal aboard to start on his last long ride A lantern swung and the freight pulled out the engine it gathered speed The engineer pulled the throttle wide and clacked to his fiery steed Ten cars back in the empty box the hobo rolled a pill The flare of the match showed his partner's face stark white and deathly still As the train wheels clicked on the coupling joints a song for the rambler's ear The hobo talked to the still white form his pal for many a year For a mighty long time we've rambled Jack wth the luck of men that roam With the backdoor steps for a dining room and a boxcar for a home We doget the bulls on the Eastern route and the cops on the Chesapeake We traveled the Leadville narrow gauge in the days of Cripple Creek We drifted down through sunny Cal on the rails of that old SP And of all you had through good and bad a half always belonged to me You made me promise to you Jack if I lived and you cashed in To take you back to the old churchyard and bury you there with your kin You seemed to know I would keep my word cause you said that I was right Well I'm keepin' my promise to you pal cause I'm takin' you home tonight I haven't the money to send you there so I'm takin' you back on the fly It's the decent way for a 'bo to go home to the by and by I knew that that fever had you Jack and the doctor he just wouldn't come He was too busy treatin' wealthy folks to doctor a worn out bum As the train rolled over its ribbons of steel straight to the East it sped The engineer in his highcab seat kept his eyes on the rails ahead While ten cars back in the empty box the lonely hobo sighed For the days of old and his pal so cold who was takin' his last long ride Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Little Stranger (In A Manger), Lonesome 7-7203, Lonesome Whistle, Loose Talk, Mama Tried, Mansion On The Hill, Maria Elena, Marriage And Divorce, Marriage Vow, Married By The Bible Divorced By The Law, Mary Ann Regrets, Me And Bobby McGee, Memories Are Made Of This, Merry-Go-Round Of Love, Message From The Tradewinds, Miami Snow, Million And One, Mississippi Blues, Mississippi River Blues, Moonlight And Skies, Mother I Thank You (For The Bible You Gave), Mother I Thank You For The Bible You Gave Me, Mother, The Queen Of My Heart, Music Makin Mama from Memphis, My Adobe Hacienda, My Arabian Baby, My Arms Are A House, My Blue Eyed Jane, My Blue River Rose, My Dreams Tell It Like It Was, My Filipino Rose, My Friends, My Happiness, My LIfe With You, My Little Golden Horseshoe, My Little Grass Shack In Kealakua Hawaii, My Little Grass Shack In Kealazkekue Hawaii, My Little Ole Home Down In New Orleans, My Mother, My Nova Scotia Home, My Rough And Rowdy Ways, My Texas Blue Bonnet Queen, Mysterious Lady From St Martinique, Name Of The Game Was Love, Never No Mo Blues, Nevertheless, Next Voice You Hear, NINETY MILES AN HOUR (Down A Dead End Street), No Golden Tomorrow Ahead, No Letter Today, Other Hank Snow song Lyrics (seashores Of) Old Mexico Lyrics 90 Miles An Hour Lyrics 90 Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) Lyrics A Daisy Day Lyrics A Good Gal Is Good To Find Lyrics A Letter To Santa Claus Lyrics A Little Box Of Pine On The 729 Lyrics A Message From The Trade Winds Lyrics A Scale To Measure Love Lyrics Act 1, Act 2, Act 3 Lyrics Address Unknown Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Hank The Knife The Jets Lyrics Hank Thompson Lyrics Hank Williams Lyrics Hank Williams III Lyrics Hank Williams Jr. Lyrics Hank Williams Sr. Lyrics Hankey Mr Lyrics Hanna Berglund Lyrics Hanna Pakarinen Lyrics Hannah Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy