That's the Way the Railroad Runs

He could lie fifty ways and make it sound like the truth

He sold the boys in the back room well it looks they sold him to you and you give him the power to gets things done that's the way the railroad runs yeah

Under the table Cain and Abel

you know the envelope it's filled

with cash

his brother's keeper don't come cheaper

and then you gotta kiss his ass

cuz he holds all the contracts

and there's work to be done

That's the way the rail road runs

You know he ran on his looks his staff cooked the books

when the papers got wise the prosecutor

hey the prosecution oh went wild

Between the graft and the greed and the kick backs

he needs he thinks it's a perk

your tax dollars at work

So they shipped him down to prison

on a Tuesday afternoon

You know he tried to buy the jury

but they gave him time

they gave him time to do

when he had the power he'd a got that done, but

That's the way the railroad runs

He gave all the cash to his woman, said baby

hold this for awhile

keep it for a little while

she says see you later alligator

it's a shame you had to lose

you had to lose your trial

She's laid out in Barbados waiting in the sun

That's the way the railroad runs yeah

Oh that's the way the railroad runs

That's the way the railroad runs yeah