Illinois Central
Sunday at the freight yard, just hanging around
Sitting with my little boy while the prairie sun beats down
Sweating in the shade while the memories are made
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
We guess which way the clanking cars will shunt along the track
The weary switchmen limps along, and rides the diesel back
Over long steel rails and short cross ties, the bankrupt railroad names roll by
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
Shaking in our shoes at the passing southbound freight
Waiting for the Amtrak train, its normal hour late
Staring far off down the track for the headlight's glare to warn us back
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
Four black locomotives hum their deep hydraulic song
Waiting for the engineer to let them move along
They've got a thousand miles before them, and a hundred cars behind
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
I treasure all these simple times I'm sharing with my son
I'm glad he thrills to trains just as I did when I was young
He's got a thousand miles before him, and a lot of love behind
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
He's got a thousand miles before him, and a lot of love to find
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
Sitting with my little boy while the prairie sun beats down
Sweating in the shade while the memories are made
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
We guess which way the clanking cars will shunt along the track
The weary switchmen limps along, and rides the diesel back
Over long steel rails and short cross ties, the bankrupt railroad names roll by
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
Shaking in our shoes at the passing southbound freight
Waiting for the Amtrak train, its normal hour late
Staring far off down the track for the headlight's glare to warn us back
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
Four black locomotives hum their deep hydraulic song
Waiting for the engineer to let them move along
They've got a thousand miles before them, and a hundred cars behind
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
I treasure all these simple times I'm sharing with my son
I'm glad he thrills to trains just as I did when I was young
He's got a thousand miles before him, and a lot of love behind
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
He's got a thousand miles before him, and a lot of love to find
Down by the Illinois Central railroad line
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Writer(s): Andrew Merritt
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