I am in the process of transcribing another Utah Phillips song
I learned form Rosalie Sorrels on a recent Cowboy Train trip.
"I'll Ride the Trains Again"


Here's what I have so far..
there may be other verses..
can any one fill these in?


I'll Ride the Trains Again
        By Utah Phillips

I'LL RIDE THE TRAINS AGAIN
(Utah Phillips

Give me a train with an all night bar
Wherever I go it can't be too far
Rock me to sleep in a Pullman Car
And I'll Ride the Trains Again

You got that black smoke, Rolling from the stack
Pull the switch, clear the track
I'm gonna throw my guitar right up on the rack
I'll ride the trains again

Now when a passenger train was a red ball on the line
You never wound up side tracked all the time
Now all you do is hurry up and wait
And you're all stacked up for some damn freight
I think they're trying to make me late
That's a hell of a way to run a railroad

Give me a train with an all night bar
Wherever I go it can't be too far
Rock me to sleep in a Pullman car
I'll ride the trains again

You've got the black smoke rolllin' from the stack
Pull the switch , clear the track
I'm gonna throw my guitar right up on the rack
I'll ride the trains again



also--can anyone desribe the term "red ball"
and does it have a connection to the
Red Ball Jets shoe brand?

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