Wildflower

Poor Boy's been runnin'
Ridin' blinds alone
That poor boy's been lonesome
And a long long way from home
Poor girl's been fightin'
Trying to get on her own
That poor Girl's been runnin'
To get a long long way from home

They ride the trains through the valley
Through the cold white mountain snow
They ride those box cars cross the border
Where wildflowers grow

The trains they rode were empty
The lines they rode were long
They'd wake up cold and hungry
To that lonesome whistle's song
The mornin' sun was shinin'
Behind were showers of rain
And she told him she was leavin'
To catch that midnight train

He said before you leave here
Take my coat and my watch of gold
When it's time I'll meet you in the moonlight
Where wildflowers grow

He made his fortune gambling
Long the river he played his game
An' he kept a twenty dollar gold piece
And on the back he carved her name
She tramped through towns and cities
Destined to ride the rod
She kept the watch in her coat-tail
And her soul in the hand of god

He heard she rode to Alaska
Down the California coast
He heard she was runnin' bootleg liquor
Through the north of Mexico

One night he was leaving a card game
When a gambler called his bluff
And he put a full house on the table
And a stranger pulled a gun
He said before you kill me
Can you tell me my dyin' time
It's the only thing I'm not sure of
Cause your coat and your watch are mine
The killer kneeled by his body
As his hands and his face grew cold
And he put that twenty dollar gold piece
In his coat with the watch of gold

Now poor boys keep runnin'
Ridin' blinds alone
And poor girls keep fightin'
To get a long long way from home
They ride the trains through the valleys
Through the cold white mountain snow
They make promises to meet up in the moonlight
Where wildflowers grow