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My Grandaddy was a railroad man  
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When I was young he took me by the hand  
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Drugged me to the station at the break of dawn  
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Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone"  
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She was blue and silver - she was right on time  
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We rode that Texas Eagle on the Mopac line  
 
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We had some sandwiches that Granma packed  
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We rode to Palestine and hitchhiked back  
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Home in time for supper with a tale to tell  
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That night I dreamed I heard that lonesome whistle wail  
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When I got old enough to ridee the train alone  
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I'd ride that Texas Eagle up from  San Antone  
 
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Nowadays they don't make no trains  
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Just the piggyback freighters and them Amtrak things  
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They shut the Eagle down awhile ago  
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Sold it to the railroad down in Mexico  
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But every now and then that whistle's on my mind  
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I ride that Texas Eagle 'cross the borderline