Train to Muleshoe

It was her most prized possession in the flood of '27

Her feeble hands stitched many a cloth

Boxed and boarded on a freight train

Bound for higher dryer better days

That ol' Singer rolled right out of town

There's a lifetime in her suitcase

She left behind her hopes and dreams

To drown in the Mississippi

But she's still got her wedding ring

Her heart is stitched with threads of

repeated starts anew

But somehow this one's different

On that train to Muleshoe

He lost a lifetime after fighting

In his country's civil war

Returned to a homestead no more

The sacrifice his wife gave

Lay down her life to save

The children that she most adored

There's a lifetime in his suitcase

He's gathered up his hopes and dreams

There's a distant land that promises

A song that all can sing

His heart is stitched with threads of

repeated starts anew

But somehow this one's different

On that train to Muleshoe

Chugga chugga chugga clackity clack

I hear the distant sound circling back

Gather closer get ready it's almost here

Eyes wide not gonna miss

Such a moment a time like this

Huddle closer count all your kids

There's a lifetime in each suitcase

They planted all their hopes and dreams

The sun shines bright on sweat and tears

Pride rides on moonlights beams

Their hearts are stitched with threads of

Repeated starts anew

But this one keeps its promise

On that train to Muleshoe

This one keeps its promise

On that train to Muleshoe

This one keeps its promise

On that train to Muleshoe