BIG IRON
HORSES ROLLED
ACROSS FIVE
ARCH BRIDGE
AND ME AND
MY GRANDPA
WOULD WATCH
FROM THE RIDGE
HE KNEW ALL
THE TRAINS
HE'D CALL
OUT EACH ONE
WHERE THEY'RE
GOIN' TO
WHERE THEY'RE
COMIN' FROM
HE'D SAY THAT
ONE'S FROM MEMPHIS
IT'S BOUND
FOR MOLINE
AND OLD
NINETY-SEVEN
SHE'S FROM
NEW ORLEANS
FROM NEW
YORK TO DENVER
THEY ROLLED
THROUGH THIS TOWN
NOW THOSE
DAYS ARE GONE
BUT I STILL HEAR
THE SOUND
OF BIG IRON
HORSES WITH
STEEL TURNIN'
'ROUND
THE SPARKS AND
THE THUNDER
AS THE WHEELS
SHOOK THE GROUND
THE BOXCARS
AND FLATBEDS
AND WHISTLE
BLOWIN' STEEL
THAT WAS
YESTERDAY
NOW THOSE
BIG TRAINS
DON'T COME
ANYMORE
NOW THE YEARS
PASSED SO QUICKLY
AND THE WORLD
HAD MOVED ON
AND CHANGE
CAST A SHADOW
AS THEY LEFT
ONE BY ONE
WHEN THE LAST
TRAIN LEFT HEAVEN
NO ONE WAS THERE
GUESS THEY
DIDN'T KNOW
GUESS THEY
DIDN'T CARE
NOW THE
STATION IS EMPTY
AND THE TRAIN
YARD LIES STILL
AND GRANDPA
HAS GONE NOW
HE'S SEEN
ACRE'S HILL
NOW I STAND ON
THE FIVE ARCH
AND AS I CLOSE MY EYES
I SEE A LITTLE BOY
AND HE'S WAVIN'
GOODBYE
TO THE BIG
IRON HORSES
WITH STEEL
TURNIN' 'ROUND
THE SPARKS AND
THE THUNDER
AS THE WHEELS
SHOOK THE GROUND
THE BOXCARS
AND FLATBEDS
AND WHISTLE
BLOWIN' STEEL
THAT WAS YESTERDAY
NOW THOSE BIG TRAINS
DON'T COME ANYMORE
IRON HORSES
BIG IRON HORSES
AND WHEN I
CLOSE MY EYES
IRON HORSES I CAN STILL
SEE THAT LITTLE BOY
BIG IRON HORSES OH
HE'S WAVIN' GOODBYE