Released: March 2, 1987
Songwriter: Jimmie Rodgers
Producer: George Massenburg
[Verse 1]
Last night as I lay on the boxcar
Just waiting for a train to pass by
What will become of the hobo
Whenever his time comes to die?
[Verse 2]
There's a Master up yonder in heaven
Got a place that we might call our home
Will we have to work for a living?
Or can we continue to roam?
[Verse 3]
Will there be any freight trains in heaven?
Any boxcars in which we might hide?
Will there be any tough cops or brakemen?
Will they tell us that we cannot ride?
[Verse 4]
Will the hobo chum with the rich man?
Will we always have money to spare?
Will they have respect for the hobo
In that land that lies hidden up there?
[Verse 5]
Will there be any freight trains in heaven?
Any boxcars in which we might hide?
Will there be any tough cops or brakemen?
Will they tell us that we cannot ride?
[Verse 6]
Will the hobo chum with the rich man?
Will we always have money to spare?
Will they have respect for the hobo
In that land that lies hidden up there?
Last night as I lay on the boxcar
Just waiting for a train to pass by
What will become of the hobo
Whenever his time comes to die?
[Verse 2]
There's a Master up yonder in heaven
Got a place that we might call our home
Will we have to work for a living?
Or can we continue to roam?
[Verse 3]
Will there be any freight trains in heaven?
Any boxcars in which we might hide?
Will there be any tough cops or brakemen?
Will they tell us that we cannot ride?
[Verse 4]
Will the hobo chum with the rich man?
Will we always have money to spare?
Will they have respect for the hobo
In that land that lies hidden up there?
[Verse 5]
Will there be any freight trains in heaven?
Any boxcars in which we might hide?
Will there be any tough cops or brakemen?
Will they tell us that we cannot ride?
[Verse 6]
Will the hobo chum with the rich man?
Will we always have money to spare?
Will they have respect for the hobo
In that land that lies hidden up there?
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Trio (1987)
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris popular songs
- Wildflowers
- The Pain of Loving You
- When We’re Gone, Long Gone
- After The Gold Rush
- Feels Like Home
- Lover’s Return
- Making Plans
- To Know Him Is to Love Him
- Hobo’s Meditation
- Telling Me Lies
- My Dear Companion
- Those Memories of You
- I’ve Had Enough
- Rosewood Casket
- Farther Along
- The Blue Train
- He Rode All the Way to Texas
- You’ll Never Be the Sun
- I Feel the Blues Movin’ In
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
- High Sierra