Lyrics to
Railroad Days

This version of Railroad Days was released by Bob Seger in 1971.

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Jan would climb up so high on the foul screen
Down below I would yell to watch out
When we’d play ? was always the winner
He was brave never listened to me shout
Afternoons playin’ ball by the old wall
Hidin’ out and of course be the star
Kept my records in old looseleaf notebooks
And today I think I still know where they are

Oh, Railroad days
Railroad days
Railroad days
When I was young, in my prime
On my way
When the rain never got in my way
oh in my younger railroad days

Some nights, Drifters playin’ on the hi-fi
Talkin’ ’bout girls, or preposterous lies
Laughin hard, watchin’ Soupy at eleven
Skonkin’ down, one of Mom’s lemon pies
Ten o’clock, bringin’ groceries from the market
Singin songs, to the darkness of the night
Even sang the parts the instruments were playing
Life was freer, dreams were really quite all right

Oh, Railroad days
Railroad days
Railroad days
When the sun seemed to smile on it’s way
When the darkness was easier to play yeah
oh in my younger railroad days

Yesterday, I heard they shut the trains down
The ones than ran, by the field where I would play
Said the folks want new and faster transportation
It’s just like me, I’ll be obsolete one day

Oh, Railroad days
Railroad days
Railroad days
When I was young, in my prime
On my way
When the rain never got in my way
oh in my younger railroad days

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About Lyrics and Railroad Days by Bob Seger

The lyrics for Railroad Days are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Bob Seger. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Railroad Days have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Railroad Days - Bob Seger and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Railroad Days by Bob Seger in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Railroad Days" means the words set to the music of Railroad Days, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Railroad Days and the lyrics to Railroad Days are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to Railroad Days, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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