Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Boxcar, artist - Shovels & Rope.
Date of issue: 31.12.2007
Song language: English
Boxcar |
Well, ain’t it just like you and me to go down like that? |
Bleedin' out in a boxcar, shot in the back |
We were all out of luck, all out of time |
Law was waitin' for us at the end of the line |
Any minute now we knew we was gonna have to decide |
Take a fat chance and come out gunning? |
Or get out now and try to keep running |
Down south? |
Then she said, «Hey hey cut the rope |
There’s no way I’m gonna let em get us both |
So don’t stop running till you reach that coast |
Let your pretty mama go up in smoke.» |
Coming out of the harbor it was simple and new |
Clean as clear water, you could see straight through |
But in that old dustbowl when the money got low |
It was all we could do to keep a nail in the floor |
It showed on her face, you could tell by the lines |
These desperate times |
Pistol strapped and her hair was dyed |
Gonna make her money like Bonnie and Clyde |
We’ll be alright |
'Til she said, «Hey hey cut the rope |
There’s no way I’m gonna let em get us both |
So don’t stop running till you reach that coast |
Let your pretty mama go up in smoke.» |
Don’t let the sorrow of it get you down |
Change your last name and try your luck around |
And if they ever come to ask about me Tell em that you knew me and you kinda liked me I ain’t afraid to go it on my own |
You can make a run and make it all alone |
You’ll be alright |
End of the line, the engine’s still burning |
Just like the wheels, the hands keep turning |
'Round and 'round |
'Til time ran out |
She said, «Hey hey cut the rope |
There’s no way I’m gonna let em get us both |
So don’t stop running till you reach that coast |
Let your pretty mama go up in smoke.» |
She said, «Hey hey cut the rope |
There’s no way I’m gonna let em get us both |
So don’t stop running till you reach that coast |
Let your pretty mama go up in smoke.» |