Had It Not Been for the Train

Had it not been for the train

Would ever know of Jesse James

Would his riches been so easily claimed

Had it not been for the train

Had it not been for the train

Would Roy Aickoff had missed the hall of fame

Orange bloom special wouldn't mean a thing

Had it not been for the train

And would big John Henry be a steal driving man

And would cowboys all be riding on that open range again

Without freight yards and boxcars

Would a hobo even have a place to stay

Had it not been for the train

Had it not been for the train

Had it not been for the train

Nobody'd ever know the man in black's name

An eight wheel moving on just wouldn't be the same

Had it not been for the train

Would we have a song to sing about that Georgia mail

Or the wreck of 97 if it hadn't jumped the rail

And would you get that lonesome feeling

When an old steam whistle blows that sad refrain

Had it not been for the train

Had it not been for the train