Transcendental Ramblin' Railroad Blues lyrics

Lay me down easy

Lay me down hard

Light my cigarette and make my bed

Somewhere beneath the stars

I was born a blue child

Of the wild western sky

But I left my prairie home

Found a boxcar for to ride

Now I'm way down in Okema

Earning blisters on my feet

With my guitar and my buck knife

Thumbing down Woody Guthrie Street

So lay me down easy

Lay me down hard

Light my cigarette and make my bed

Somewhere beneath the stars

Don't look for me in glory

Don't look for me below

'Cause I'll be riding on that freight

Where the souls of ramblers go

And there's a sadness that follows

Most everywhere I roam

You can see it on my smile

You can smell it on my clothes

Sometimes all that running

It never lasts too long

So keep me good and loaded

And I'll keep singing songs

Lay me down easy

Lay me down hard

Light my cigarette and make my bed

Somewhere beneath the stars

Don't look for me in glory

Don't look for me below

'Cause I'll be riding on that freight

Where the souls of ramblers go

If I don't leave here tomorrow

I believe I'll blow out my brains

But either way there'll be sorrow

And you won't be seeing me again

Lay me down easy

Lay me down hard

Light my cigarette and make my bed

Somewhere beneath the stars

Don't look for me in glory

Dont look for me below

'Cause I'll be riding on that freight

Where the souls of ramblers go