
I lost all my money
In a crooked poker game
Now I'm going home
On this old freight train
I got the boxcar blues
Shuffle…
…on down the tracks
(Shuffle, shuffle on down the track)
I got the boxcar blues
And Lord, I may never get back
Well, I am so lonely
I…
…think I could die
These ain't cinders
Tears in my eyes
I got the boxcar blues
Shuffle on down the tracks
(Shuffle, shuffle…

Hold up in a Boxcar
?
Boxcar hobo in Jeans
Living the American Dream
?
Boxcar hobo in Jeans
Living the American Dream
Final…
…moments
?
?
?
Drop at the east coast with your
Leave all your troubles behind
Sunshine will bring up the light
?
Boxcar hobo…
…in Jeans
Living the American Dream
?
?
?
?
Boxcar hobo in Jeans
Living the American Dream
Boxcar hobo in Jeans
Living…

…the whistle blowing
I get the boxcar blues
Early in the morning,
Trying to get to the school
Everything starts shaking
You'd better hold…
…on to
When I hear the whistle blowing
I get the boxcar blues
Sometime the cars keep coming
I ... the wheels
Then i start..
Till…
I hit the ground
When the train leave the station
I know just what to do
When I hear the whistle blowing
I get the boxcar blues…

Outside there's a boxcar waitin'
Outside the family stew
Out by the fire breathin'
Outside we wait 'til face turns blue
I know…
…the nervous walkin'
I know the dirty beard hangs
Out by the boxcar waitin'
Take me away to nowhere plains
There is a wait so long…
…(so long, so long)
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man
Here comes your man
Here comes your man
Big shake on the boxcar…

…im walking the streets
with my hands in my shoes
im out on a date with a picture of you
i got a boxcar racer
its faster than…
…only gives her the blues
she loves a boxcar racer because
hes faster than the speed of sound
he takes her away from here…
…a love a great lover
if you let it go
so now im walking the streets
all alone in the night
i take a look at myself
and kiss you goodbye but why?
i was a boxcar…

…Boxcar chaser
World invader
Sociable society is failing me
We are one
And only one
And yet the world is failing me
But my love…
…the pieces that fell to the ground
And I will be the wonderer
In the life I set out to lead
But my past will not be forgotten
Till you see the red I bleed
As a Boxcar…
…the pieces that fell to the ground
And I will be the wonderer
In the life I set out to lead
But my past will not be forgotten
Till you see the red I bleed
As a Boxcar chaser…

…a red man, I don't know.
I'm just a passenger
On this ol' freight train
I ride a boxcar
Through the night
It doesn't matter
Where I…
And the mountain line is closed forever
In the great spirit I place my trust.
I'm just a passenger
On this ol' freight train
I ride a boxcar…
…a passenger
On this ol' freight train
I ride the boxcar
Through the night
It doesn't matter
Where I might get off
It doesn't matter where I lie.

…will
Set the ball a-rollin'
I'll be clicking off the miles
On the Train of Consequences
My boxcar life of style
My thinking…
…the miles
On the Train of Consequences
My boxcar life of style
My thinking is derailed
I'm tied up…
…to the tracks
The Train of Consequences
There ain't no turning back
Set the ball a-rollin'
I'll be clicking off the miles
On the Train of Consequences
My boxcar life…

…to be
But I'm not crazy I'm just a little boy
And you're not crazy you're just a little girl
We can find an old boxcar…
…just a little boy
And you're not crazy you're just a little girl
We can find an old boxcar
In the woods to make our home
Make…

Give me the good old boxcar
Gee but the life is grand
When I hear that whistle blow
I'll be home again
My love…
Give me the good old boxcar
Gee but the life is grand
When I hear that whistle blow
I'll be home again
Life…
…is like a problem
Whether we know it's true
Tell me dear but what I'll do
I'll keep on loving you
Give me the good old boxcar
Gee…

I'm gonna build a boxcar
And drive far away
To my favorite places
That I have yet to visit
(My ABEC seven bearings will carry me…
…by
I will then decide
An accurate
Time to drive
And become satisfied
With my life
This boxcar
Was buried in my head
The gears were…

Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Leaving here
Now he's The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight…
…out
Now he's The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Away from here
We hardly ever see him
Once…
…his sun is sinking lower and he's looking for her still
Now he's The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train…

I'm going I ride trains
Sleeping in a boxcar when it rains
Ride the train, ride the train.
The Southern Pacific…
…to the Silver Speed's lonesome midnight call.
Ride the train, ride the train
Anywhere I'm going I ride trains
Sleeping in a boxcar when…
…it rains
Ride the train, ride the train.
Ride the train, ride the train (ride the train)
Anywhere I'm going I ride trains
Sleeping in a boxcar…
By Joe Ely (1984)
On album Hi-Res (1984)

…(Joe Ely)
Oh no! What to do?
How did I get on this train?
Locked in a boxcar
With the Queen of Spain...
"You pour…
…it would rain
Locked in a boxcar
With the Queen of Spain
"I believe we must be
Out on some desert alone
Would Your Majesty care
If I sat…
…on your throne?"
Yes Maam, I kmow who you are
Know you have power and fame
Locked in a boxcar
With the Queen of Spain
Engineer…

…[Hook]
[Tre
Day & Boxcar Betty] Maybe
[Te
Day] We can get away you be my lady
[Matthew]Have a good time
No more rain, only…
…sun shine
[Tre
Day & Boxcar Betty] Maybe
[Te
Day] We can get away you be my lady
[Matthew]Have a good time
No more rain, only…
…for a family
So until then it's just a fantasy
[Hook]
[Tre
Day & Boxcar Betty] Maybe
[Te
Day] We can get away you be my lady…