Greenlight on the Southern Lyrics

Me And My Guitar-TK 4
GREENLIGHT ON THE SOUTHERN
Standing on the side track
At the south end of town
On a dry, hot, dusty August day
The steam pipe blowing down
The fireman with his long oil can
Oiling the old valve gears
Waitin' for the fast mail train to Simmefore to clear
The engineer in the old high cab, his gold watch in his
hand
Lookin' at the water glass and lettin' down the sand
Rollin' out on the old main line and taking up the slack
Gone today, so they say, but tomorrow he'll be back
Oh, if I could return
To those boyhood days of mine
And that greenlight on the Southern
Southern Railroad Line
Creeping down the rusty rails of the weed-grown branch
line
The section houses, grey and white by the yard limit sign
The hoggers call, the old high-ball, no more time to wait
Rollin' down to Birmingham with a ten car load of freight
Repeat Chorus
The whistle screamed with a hiss of steam, the headlight
gleams clear
The drivers roll on the green and gold, gettin' mighty
near
Handing out the orders to the engine crew on time
It's the Alabama Great Southern, AGS Railroad Line
Repeat Chorus Twice
My Disclaimer: I realize that Tony Rice wrote few songs himself; so if these
songs are repeats of other artists, sorry about that. Just puttin em out
since I got em.