Marty Robbins - Southern Dixie Flyer lyrics

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At the station house one day<br />

Was a lady old and gray<br />

I could tell her heart was feelin' sad and low<br />

With a teardrop in her eye<br />

She was tryin' not to cry<br />

I determined then her story I would know<br />

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I ventured a word<br />

Then a sad, sad tale I heard<br />

Of a mother who had lost her only child<br />

Yes they've taken her away<br />

These words I heard her say<br />

And they're travellin' on that Southern Dixie Flyer<br />

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She was only sweet sixteen<br />

And the only joy I've seen<br />

What God has given now he takes away<br />

She'll be taken home again<br />

On that southbound railroad train<br />

To be laid there with her daddy in the grave<br />

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I've no money of my own<br />

I can't even take her home<br />

But I want to be there with my heart's desire<br />

But then she could say no more<br />

As the echo drifted o'er<br />

Was the whistle of that Southern Dixie Flyer<br />

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As the train pulled out of sight<br />

And the day became as night<br />

Was a scene to bring a tear to any eye<br />

Just a lady all alone<br />

Not a thing to call her own<br />

But some memories from a better day gone by<br />

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I knew right away<br />

There was nothin' I could say<br />

To soothe her heart<br />

Or dry those tear dimmed eyes<br />

So I turned to walk away<br />

From the lady old and gray<br />

Whose heart was on that Southern Dixie Flyer<br />

<br />

I've no money of my own<br />

I can't even take her home<br />

But I want to be there with my heart's desire<br />

But then she could say no more<br />

As the echo drifted o'er<br />

Was the whistle of that Southern Dixie Flyer