Well the old iron trail is a railroad track it runs all over our land
And I had traveled every foot of it before I was a man
My daddy told me stories he told me some pretty wild tales
Of long ago when he was a beau and traveled the old iron trail
And he said well there ain't no sofas in a boxcar there ain't no feather bed
There ain't no carpet for your feet no pillows to lay your head
There ain't no milk and honey there ain't no beer and ale
Life is hell the bread is stale out on the old iron trail
Well I'm just like my daddy there's hobo blood in me
And that old iron trail that he knew so well soon was a-callin' me
I traveled all over this country over ever hill and dale
Riding on an old boxcar I traveled the old iron trail
I want'cha to know there ain't no sofas in a boxcar there ain't no feather bed
There ain't no carpet for your feet no pillows to lay your head
There ain't no milk and honey there ain't no beer and ale
Life is hell the bread is stale out on the old iron trail
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Yeah there ain't no milk and honey there ain't no beer and ale
Life is hell the bread is stale out on the old iron trail