By: Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker 

1973 

She's a railroad lady 

Just a little bit shady 

Spendin' her days on the trains 

She's a semi-good looker 

But the fast rails they took 'er 

Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again 



South Station in Boston to the freightyards of Austin 

From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain 

Now that the railpacks 

Has taken the best tracks 

She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again 



She's a railroad lady 

Just a little bit shady 

Spendin' her life on a train 

Once a pullman car traveller 

Now the brakeman won't have 'er 

She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again 



Once a high ballin' loner he thought he could own 'er 

Bought her a fur and a big diamond ring 

She hocked 'em for cold cash 

Left town on the Wabash 

Never thinkin', never thinkin' of home way back then 



But the rails are now rusty 

The dinin' car's dusty 

Gold plated watches have taken their toll 

Yeah the railroads are dyin' 

And the lady she's cryin' 

On a bus to Kentucky and home that's her goal 



She's a railroad lady 

Just a little bit shady 

Spendin' her life on a train 

She's a semi-good looker 

But the fast rails they took 'er 

Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again 



Coda: 

Yes on a bus to Kentucky and home once again