Nanci Griffith - Last Train Home lyrics

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By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Was the last song on your mind the day you left

You woke up in Nogales

With Tequila with her name across your chest

You've stumbled through the morning

In these border tourists' dusty avenues

Singing Everyday's The Hurting Kind

And everyday you live, you're Born to Lose.

(chorus)

You missed the last train home

The whistle blew and now she's gone

West Texas dust beneath your nails

You're hammered down the heartbreak trail

And you've missed the last train home

That whistle blew…she's solid gone

Now, you're wandering El Paso

Searching for your broken heart and truth

She was all you ever had

And the only thing you ever had to lose

With a juke box playing Charlie Rich

You're lining up your shots at half past noon

You threw your ring across the bar

And sang along to Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues

(chorus)

Now don't go to Tulsa where she's bound

You'll end up six feet underground

Your ex-friend, Charlie's there abouts

He never missed the last train out

You missed the last train home

That whistle blew…she's solid gone

You missed the last train home

That whistle blew…she's solid gone