Southwest Chief
Lyrics
Leaving Chicago on the Southwest Chief Past old brick buildings on bootlegger streets At the back of the train in the cold midwest wind I hear the engine howl and feel alive again Southwest Chief, let your whistle blow Wherever you're heading, I want to go Racing through cornfields and nameless small towns Porch lights coming on as the sun's going down Folks I've known and loved keep crossing my mind As the Chief keeps on pushing and making up lost time And I remember my friend, Bill Morrissey We were gonna write a song but that nеver came to be "Makе it a blues," he said, ''Sweet, tough and sincere 'Cause we only come around once and then we disappear" Southwest Chief, let your whistle blow Wherever you're heading, I want to go Kansas City has lightning, Colorado has rain The simple things in life are so hard to explain Like your lover's voice whispering your name Or a prairie sunrise from the back of a train The hills of Santa Fe are dusted with snow And spirits dance above the land of the Navajo So I say an old prayer I learned as a child About the hopeless, the helpless, the damned, and the wild Southwest Chief, let your whistle blow Wherever you're heading, I want to go [Instrumental Break] Days from Chicago on the Southwest Chief Riding steel wheels and searching for some peace Crossing the Mojave, coyotes running by Then through the mountains where the condors still fly Soon freeways and tract homes are all that I can see So I close my eyes and think of what the future might be The conductor hollers, ''It's the end of the line" But I think I'll stay right here and ride you one more time Southwest Chief, let your whistle blow Wherever you're heading, I want to go Southwest Chief, let your whistle blow Wherever you're heading, I'm gonna go
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