Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Iron Road, artist - Old 97's. Date of issue: 06.03.2012
Song language: English
Iron Road |
| Hundred lists of reasons I keep 'round |
| Why I never had a family |
| Why I couldn’t settle down |
| Why I’d sooner in the mirror see a hobo lookin' low |
| But the reasons now escape me as I walk the iron road |
| Like a lot of kids I left my boyhood home |
| Worked a little on the railroad, Worked a little travelin' on |
| Til the closest that I ever got to an address or a phone |
| Was the day I spent my last two bits on a one page letter home |
| At 21 my arches lay down flat |
| 22 I started takin' loans |
| But if the train will come I’ll wipe the box car dirt from off my bones |
| And I’ll curse the wheels that roll me, roll me down that iron road |
| Iron road, iron road, you’ll never give up the gold |
| I spent 24 hours today lookin' back and feelin' low |
| 24 hours of lookin' back can kill you, I’ve been told |
| At 60 my dad left that boyhood town |
| Within a year our mother followed him to higher ground |
| And I’ll be next to join 'em soon as I see that engine roll |
| Gonna lay my head on the railroad bed and leave that iron road (2x) |
| (Repeat v.3) |