Kathy Muir - Ride These Times Lyrics
VerseJimmy had a thing ‘bout playing by the train tracksHe’d sneak out of the house, and down the old dirt pathThen underneath the bridge and over the horizon’s morning sunshineA sparkle in his eyes when Jimmy saw the rail yardHe’d been coming here for years, hiding from the rail guardsWho’d catch the freight hoppers trying to ride the rail trainsHeading south to work in coal yards at twenty five cents an hourChorusThey were going nowhere fastTimes were tough and meant to last for no one knew how longSo get out-of-state find yourself a Forty-EightAnd ride the line taking work at any town that gave it outDo the best that you canAnd ride these times 'til you’re getting through nowhereVerseNow a young man Jimmy had wanderlustSo he rode the freight trains; grainers and gondolasReeking of coal, pine tar and creosoteBut eventually he tired from sleeping in boxcars and cotton ginsChorusWas he going nowhere fastTimes were tough and meant to last for no one knew how longSo get out-of-state find yourself a Forty-EightAnd ride the line taking work at any town that gave it outDo the best that you canAnd ride these times 'cause you’re getting through nowhereVerseJim still had a thing ‘bout going to the rail yardHe found his old seat and looked out at the boxcarsRusted over time, covered with autumn vinesAnd as the leaves would turn from green to brown, it was all a moment in timeChorusWhen he was going nowhere fast,Times were tough and then they passed but as he grewThe war would have its way, how he missed those Forty-EightsAnd ride the line, taking work at any town that gave it outDoin’ the best that he could, he rode those times and made it throughYeah, he rode those times and made it throughNowhere, nowhere, nowhere
