"in my dreams I'd ride the rails to California"

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Railroad Song

By Buffy Sainte-Marie (2003)

On album Wood (2003)

Wood

…may dream, the railroads are gone The ties they are rotten And the tracks shot to hell Along with my dreams and the old railroad…

…bell In my dreams I ride the rails to California Workin' diners and farms along the way Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the

dreams I ride the rails to California Workin' diners and farms along the way Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the

Railroad Song

By Jim Croce (1966)

On album Facets (1966), You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972), The Original Albums...Plus (2011)

Facets

…may dream, the railroads are gone The ties they are rotten And the tracks shot to hell Along with my dreams and the old railroad…

…bell In my dreams I ride the rails to California Workin' diners and farms along the way Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the

dreams I ride the rails to California Workin' diners and farms along the way Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the

Freaky Tales

By Insane Clown Posse (2012)

On album The Mighty Death Pop (2012)

The Mighty Death Pop

…stand She got the four year waiting list in demand I met this skank, her name was May She used to blow my home boy DJ Clay (What up…

…girl, her name was Flo She was missin' teeth like my homie Lay Lo She liked to bone in front of the window So all her neighbors…

Cleo band, back in the day She fell off hard, should've seen it my way Fuck Cleo, she should've sent them letters to

Hobo Dreams

By Chris LeDoux (1982)

On album Used To Want To Be A Cowboy (1982)

Used To Want To Be A Cowboy

Pouring rain had grounded all the planes out of Louisville, Kentucky So I bought me a railway ticket, I had to close a deal in

New Orleans When a hobo by the track said he was going to ride the rails to Arizona I had to fight the tears that weld up in

…car and a house a good 'ol job in the suburbs of St. Louis And the woman in the gateway to the west she made me everything I am But my

Queen of the Rails

By Utah Phillips (2005)

On album Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook (2005)

Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook

…just not the same Dreams are few and far between But mem'ries seldom fail Waiting down there by the track For her master to

On where he'd be from day to day The jungle or the jail But when the snow was falling down He'd catch a California bound…

With that little dog to keep him warm Old "Queen of the Rails" The black smoke choo choo's gone away Bumming, it's just not the same Dreams

California

By Radney Foster (2015)

On album Everything I Should Have Said (2014)

Everything I Should Have Said

…teardrops and desires Two half-broken people heading west Shared a motel room and killed a little emptiness Morning came too soon, on the way To California

…ancient Spaniards sail Made Guthrie ride the rails Oh, California That highway to freedom became a Sweet lost weekend…

…for me and you A detour through the mountains up to Santa Fe With nothing much to do You said you're starting over in LA Now that he's cut you…

Ramblin' Man (Live)

By Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (2005)

On album Ballad of the Broken Seas (2006), Ramblin' Man (2005)

Ballad of the Broken Seas

…and pack And if I didn't go I believe I'd blow my stack I love you baby But you must understand When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' man…

Some folks may say (Got my loving arms to keep you warm) That I'm no good (In the kitchen cooking up a storm) That I wouldn't…

…baby, you're my loving man) Starts calling me (When you're in trouble, do the best you can) There's something over the hill (I'm…

Ramblin' Man

By Isobel Campbell (2006)

On album Ballad of the Broken Seas (2006)

Ballad of the Broken Seas

…and pack And if I didn't go I believe I'd blow my stack I love you baby But you must understand When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' man…

Some folks may say (Got my loving arms to keep you warm) That I'm no good (In the kitchen cooking up a storm) That I wouldn't settle…

…baby, you're my loving man) Starts calling me (When you're in trouble, do the best you can) There's something over the hill (I'm…

Brain Bugs

By Mat Lee (2016)

On album Project LD 50 (2016)

Project LD 50

…pain when my brain has something to write down Trapped in a model ship and I'm Hal Nine Thou A monolithic sun going blind from the

…bright sound You don't need to look far to find the right cow Head shot from nowhere now it's time to lie down In the field of dreams

…dry now Spam box full with a list of my dying pals Who all swallowed pride and tried to ride the rails And left the world hollow…

When My Work Is Done

By Stephen Fearing (2006)

On album Yellowjacket (2006)

Yellowjacket

Rolling like a train Still I'd ride the rails for you To hell and back again Heartache's a lonely path That pulls you 'round the

I'll follow you When my work is done Hardships and broken dreams Is all you've ever known Trying to make a better life…

And call this house a home High winds and broken clouds The angels must have cried When they saw you gaze at me With the loving in your eyes…

Long Journey South

By Clandestine

Clandestine

Jamie's gone away to cross the widest plain Find some undiscovered kings and princes Jamie's jumped the train to live bravely…

…for a day Ride the rails in some lost romances Infamous hobos crouch in the car Singing along in the night old pioneers looking for the

…we go is oh, so much farther than old Mexico If I'm alone I'd rather be here than home I like to have a song to sing the

If Id Have Known

By Kurth & Taylor

Kurth & Taylor

…(Randy Handley/Jack Sundrud) I remember my first ride All aboard the eight-o-five Ran from Dixie to Moline Stopped about…

Chorus: H-o-o-o wa-a-h On an iron horse to glory I did ride H-o-o-o wa-a-h When it felt like there was no end of the line Holdin' on into the

…night I counted every backwoods light Lonesome whistle singin' sweet Rhythm of the rails rock me to slee-eep I…

I Don't Wanna Ride the Rails No More

By Vince Gill (2019)

On album Okie (2019)

Okie

…love to settle down [Chorus] And I don't wanna ride the rails no more I wanna know a woman's love worth dyin' for Hear children…

…playin' through an old screen door No, I don't wanna ride the rails no more [Verse 2] The train's pullin' out at half past 9 The

…playin' through an old screen door No, I don't wanna ride the rails no more [Bridge] For the first time in my life, I didn't run…

Bright Side Pleasures

By AmirSaysNothing (2018)

On album Love Always, Mr. Right (2018), Bright Side (2022)

Love Always, Mr. Right

…spot Because I gotta do what I gotta do, because I'm up on ya I rather be free like an eagle than the hotel california [Verse…

…shit that ain't done yet Eyes in the back of my head, like that knife upon my neck, hah Hate hate hate me Brother, hate me…

…like everything thing before it's, are now unimportant I make dreams like i make jeans It's japanese, a whole lot of cooks in my

Who Nose

By Nariz (2020)

On album 31 Republic (2020)

31 Republic

Hello. Introducing myself. Waddup. My name's Narizzle Nareezy. Na. Nose to say the least. Otherwise known in Spanish as Nariz Man…

…growing up Yup. I wasn't known, but I know enough to never interrupt the business of a killer Bruh, I'm in the

…cut with indica. Steady puffing up production If you hear my music bumping in the club, fill my cup Til the stuff overflows, and hoes drop it low Homies…

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