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Riding The Rails
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American Experience in Music
Award-winning songwriter Martin H. Samuel (lyric) and Art Howard-Gentry (music) who, collectively write and record Americana music as a duo, go by the name Martin Howard.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Americana
Author
Martin H. Samuel (lyric), Art Howard-Gentry (music
Rights
2024 Malaika Music
Uploaded
November 30, 2024
Track Files
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MP3 6.6 MB • 320 kbps • 2:54
Lossless
WAV 31.3 MB
Story behind the song
Riding The Rails' was co-written about a freedom-loving, railroad-riding hobo.
Lyrics
RIDING THE RAILS NEVER HAD NO FAMILY TO SPEAK OF FRIENDS WERE FEW AN' FAR BETWEEN IT'S EASY FOR ME TO MAKE ENDS MEET WITH NO OVERHEAD IT'S A POOR MAN'S DREAM I WAS RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN TIMES WERE TOUGH RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN THE GOIN' GOT ROUGH FEELS LIKE HOME IN A STRANGE SORTA WAY AN' I'LL BE RIDIN' THE RAILS 'TIL MY DYIN' DAY NEVER HELD DOWN A JOB FOR VERY LONG NO NINE TO FIVE NOR SUIT AN' TIE SEEMED TO ME I'D BE BETTER OFF GONE THAN HANG ON THERE TRYIN' TO LIVE A LIE I WAS I WAS RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN TIMES WERE TOUGH RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN THE GOIN' GOT ROUGH FEELS LIKE HOME IN A STRANGE SORTA WAY AN' I'LL BE RIDIN' THE RAILS 'TIL MY DYIN' DAY NEVER HELD DOWN A JOB FOR VERY LONG NO NINE TO FIVE NOR SUIT AN' TIE SEEMED TO ME I'D BE BETTER OFF GONE THAN HANG ON THERE TRYIN' TO LIVE A LIE I WAS RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN TIMES WERE TOUGH RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN THE GOIN' GOT ROUGH IT FEELS LIKE HOME IN A STRANGE SORTA WAY AN' I'LL BE RIDIN' THE RAILS 'TIL MY DYIN' DAY CALL ME A HOBO CALL ME A BUM BUT I HAVE MY FREEDOM WHEN ALL'S SAID AN' DONE I WAS RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN TIMES WERE TOUGH RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN THE GOIN' GOT ROUGH IT FEELS LIKE HOME IN A STRANGE SORTA WAY I'LL BE RIDIN' THE RAILS 'TIL MY DYIN' DAY I WAS RIDIN' THE RAILS YEAH RIDIN' THE RAILS WHEN TIMES WERE TOUGH AN' THE GOIN' GOT ROUGH FEELS LIKE HOME IN A STRANGE SORTA WAY I'LL BE RIDIN' THE RAILS RIDIN' THE RAILS 'TIL MY DYING DAY I GOT MY FREEDOM
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