Kathy Muir - Ride These Times lyrics

Verse Jimmy had a thing ‘bout playing by the train tracks He’d sneak out of the house, and down the old dirt path Then underneath the bridge and over the horizon’s morning sunshine A sparkle in his eyes when Jimmy saw the rail yard He’d been coming here for years, hiding from the rail guards Who’d catch the freight hoppers trying to ride the rail trains Heading south to work in coal yards at twenty five cents an hour Chorus They were going nowhere fast Times were tough and meant to last for no one knew how long So get out-of-state find yourself a Forty-Eight And ride the line taking work at any town that gave it out Do the best that you can And ride these times 'til you’re getting through nowhere Verse Now a young man Jimmy had wanderlust So he rode the freight trains; grainers and gondolas Reeking of coal, pine tar and creosote But eventually he tired from sleeping in boxcars and cotton gins Chorus Was he going nowhere fast Times were tough and meant to last for no one knew how long So get out-of-state find yourself a Forty-Eight And ride the line taking work at any town that gave it out Do the best that you can And ride these times 'cause you’re getting through nowhere Verse Jim still had a thing ‘bout going to the rail yard He found his old seat and looked out at the boxcars Rusted over time, covered with autumn vines And as the leaves would turn from green to brown, it was all a moment in time Chorus When he was going nowhere fast, Times were tough and then they pa**ed but as he grew The war would have its way, how he missed those Forty-Eights And ride the line, taking work at any town that gave it out Doin’ the best that he could, he rode those times and made it through Yeah, he rode those times and made it through Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere