Rock Island Line

<p>[Verse 1]<br/>Now this here&#x27;s a story about the Rock Island Line<br/>Well the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans<br/>There&#x27;s a big tollgate down there and you know<br/>If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate<br/>Well you don&#x27;t have to pay the man no toll<br/>Well a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate<br/>And a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and said<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>I got livestock<br/>I got livestock<br/>I got cows<br/>I got pigs<br/>I got sheep<br/>I got mules<br/>I got all livestock<br/>[Verse 2]<br/>Well he said you&#x27;re alright boy you don&#x27;t have to pay no toll<br/>You can just go right on through so he went on through the tollgate<br/>And as he went through he started picking up a little bit of speed<br/>Picking up a little bit of steam<br/>He got on through he turned and looked back at the man he said<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>Well I fooled you<br/>I fooled you<br/>I got pigiron<br/>I got pigiron<br/>I got all pigiron<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>Down the Rock Island Line, she&#x27;s a mighty good road<br/>Rock Island Line it&#x27;s the road to ride<br/>Rock Island Line it&#x27;s a mighty good road<br/>Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it<br/>Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line<br/><br/>[Verse 3]<br/>Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain<br/>Round the curve came a passenger train<br/>North bound train on a southbound track<br/>He&#x27;s alright a leaving but he won&#x27;t be back<br/>[Chorus]<br/>Down the Rock Island Line, she&#x27;s a mighty good road<br/>Rock Island Line it&#x27;s the road to ride<br/>Rock Island Line it&#x27;s a mighty good road<br/>Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it<br/>Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line<br/><br/>[Verse 4]<br/>Oh I may be right and I may be wrong<br/>But you&#x27;re gonna miss me when I&#x27;m gone<br/>Well the engineer said before he died<br/>There were two more drinks that he&#x27;d like to try<br/>Conductor said what could they be<br/>A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>Down the Rock Island Line, she&#x27;s a mighty good road<br/>Rock Island Line it&#x27;s the road to ride<br/>Rock Island Line it&#x27;s a mighty good road<br/>Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it<br/>Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line