One More Ride

I will long for a trip, don't need no grip

I'm takin' one more ride

'Way out there in the prairie air

I guess it's in my hide

For the clickety-clack of the railroad track is callin'

If a man that knows where the Santa Fe goes

When she gets under steam

And a big loud bell bids a fond farewell

To hear her whistle scream

She's bound to go where there ain't no snow a-fallin'

One more ride

I will miss the gloom of the pale white moon

That seemed to know my name

And the tumble****s where the prairie dogs feed

I miss them just the same

They're all a part of the song in my heart I'm singin'

I recall a tune that I sang to the moon

It seemed to make him smile

As I rode away at the close of day

And stayed so long, awhile

But I long to be where the memory is ringin'

One more ride

As the years roll by, I wonder why

I long to leave my home

And hit the trail of the iron rail

Away out there alone

But my heart will sigh 'til I know that I am leavin'

If I don't come back there's a one-way track

Way down in Mexico

You'll find me there or any old where

That a tumble**** will grow

So it's goodbye now, you'll never know how I'm grievin'

One more ride