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Verse 1
I'd play the Red River Valley
And he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry
Run his fingers through seventy years of livin'
And wonder, Lord, has every well I drilled run dry
We were friends, me and this old man
Chorus
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Verse 2
He's a drifter and a driller of oil wells
And an old school man of the world
He'd let me drive his car when he's too drunk to
And he'd wink and give me money for the girls
And our lives was like some old western movie
Chorus
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Verse 3
From the time that I could walk he'd take me with him
To a bar called the Green Frog Cafe
And there was old men with beer guts and dominoes
Lyin' about their lives while they'd play
And I was just a kid, they called me Sidekick
Chorus
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Verse 4
One day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty
Brown tobacco stains all down his chin
To me he's one of the heroes of this country
So why's he all dressed up like them old men
Drinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty Two
Chorus
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Verse 5
The day before he died I went to see him
I was grown and he was almost gone
So we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen
And sang another verse to that old song
Come on, Jack, that son of a bitch is coming
Chorus
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
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