If ya go back a-ways to the railroad days
When the 8-wheel drivers were steamin' down the line
Had a little old song; you could sing along
Hear them brakemen singin' it all the time
Go like this

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It's a grand junction, grand junction
Grandest junction in the west
I been out on the line for a long old time
I'm goin' back to that junction I love the best

You gonna hear that whistle blow 'bout a mile, you know
And if the wind was right, you could hear it up to ten
Folks all gathered 'round when they heard that sound
And watched that little steamer parkin' there
And

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Let's go on down there

Now tell me who laid the rails; who brought the mail
Who took the crops to market way back when
Who drove that engine; who loaded that coal mine
Bunch of brave and rowdy railroad men
They sing it
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Well the years're rollin' down the line just like old Number 9
And a lot of things get lost or kicked around
But if you walk out at night when the moon is just right
You can still hear that old engine whinin' down

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