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Southern Dixie Flyer
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Marty Robbins
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At the station house one day was a lady old and gray
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I could tell her heart was feelin' sad and low
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With a teardrop in her eye, she was tryin' not to cry
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I determined then her story I would know
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I ventured a word then a sad, sad tale I heard
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Of a mother who had lost her only child
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Yes, they've taken her away, these words I heard her say
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And they're travelin' on that Southern Dixie Flyer
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She was only sweet sixteen and the only joy I've seen
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What God has given now he takes away
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She'll be taken home again on that southbound railroad train
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To be laid there with her daddy in the grave
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I've no money of my own, I can't even take her home
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But I want to be there with my heart's desire
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But then she could say no more as the echo drifted o'er
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Was the whistle of that Southern Dixie Flyer
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As the train pulled out of sight and the day became as night
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Was a scene to bring a tear to any eye
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Just a lady all alone, not a thing to call her own
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But some memories from a better day gone by
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I knew right away there was nothin' I could say
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To soothe her heart or dry those tear dimmed eyes
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So I turned to walk away from the lady old and gray
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Whose heart was on that Southern Dixie Flyer
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I've no money of my own, I can't even take her home
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But I want to be there with my heart's desire
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But then she could say no more as the echo drifted o'er
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Was the whistle of that Southern Dixie Flyer
Lyrics~El Paso-Marty Robbins
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