I used to be a railroad bum a living on the go
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I rode freights from Canada down to Mexico
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From sunny Cal to Minnesota where the rippling waters falls
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I never seemed to have a dime but I had myself a ball.
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Singing hi le hi lo he li le li lo
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I used to be a railroad bum but I'm not anymore.
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I walked in the Silver Dollar in Reno one night
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I Dropped a quarter in a one armed bandit
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The lemons lined up right
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Took my winnings then played poker
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And I won ten thousand more
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I used to be a railroad bum but I'm not anymore.
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Singing hi le hi lo he li le li lo
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I used to be a railroad bum but I'm not anymore.
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When cotton's white in Tennessee
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And shrimp boats sail in Maine
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Peach picking time soon will find me ridin' a Georgia train
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Couse I get restless when I'm still I guess I always will
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Want to keep traveling all my life over another hill.
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Singing hi le hi lo he li le li lo
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I used to be a railroad bum but I'm not anymore.
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Singing hi le hi lo he li le li lo
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I used to be a railroad bum but I'm not anymore...
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A Railroad Bum
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| Jim Reeves |
