Boxcars (Flatlanders) - Cover by Stefan

Flatlanders 1972 (Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore) Performed by, audio recording, video recording, and edited by Stefan Zimberoff stefan.videos.online@gmail.com Video consultant: David Gavin david@loudgrackelfilms.com Music consultant: Andrew Pelletier andrewpelletier.music@gmail.com Lyrics: Well I gave all my money to the banker this month Now I got no money to spend She smiled when she saw me comin' through that door When I left she said come back again I watched them lonesome boxcar wheels Turnin' down the tracks out of town And it's on that lonesome railroad track I'm gonna lay my burden down I was raised on a farm the first years of my life Life was pretty good they say I'll probably live to be some ripe ol' age If death'll stay out of my way This world can take my money and time But it sure can't take my soul I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks Watch them lonesome boxcars roll There's some big ol' Buicks by the Baptist church Cadilacs at the Church of Christ I parked my camel by an ol' haystack I'll be lookin for that needle all night There ain't gonna be no radial tires Turnin' down the streets of gold I'm goin down to the railroad tracks And watch them lonesome boxcars roll I looked for my lady in the lost and found But she had already been claimed I’m gonna find me a ticket to ride To a town that has no name Nobody may care where I go tonight But baby if the truth be told I’m going down to the railroad tracks Watch them lonesome boxcars roll Now if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train Beatin' out a beautiful tune If you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks Shinin' by the light of the moon If you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground I know you don't have to be told Why I'm goin down to the railroad tracks And watch them lonesome boxcars roll Yeah, I'm goin down to the railroad tracks Watch them lonesome boxcars roll

Added 16 Sept 2026