2006 Great Waters Songwriting Contest Winner

Frieght Train Lady
Robby Hecht, Nashville, TN
Listen here (Recorded live by and broadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio)

She’s got eyes of moonlight; hair all up in curls
Shining like an angel in her dress and plastic pearls
She’s got an Eldorado; she’s got a filthy mouth
She ain’t like no other girls that I’ve seen around

She’s my freight train lady; she’s gonna bring me out
She’s gonna roll me, roll me from this baby town

She can’t wait to kiss me, whiskey on her breath
Moaning bout that old husband; scares her half to death
He won’t give her nothing; hits her when she steals
Well, I got me a father, so I know how that feels

She’s my freight train lady; she’s gonna bring me out
She’s gonna roll me, roll me from this baby town
She’s my freight train lady; she’s gonna tug me down that line
She’s gonna hold me, hold me til she’s only mine

She says, when we leave here, we’ll go all around
She done been to Nashville; says I got the sound
Well, I don’t have much money, but I’m saving every dime
To spend along the highways, when she says it’s time

She’s my freight train lady; she’s gonna bring me out
She’s gonna roll me, roll me from this baby town
She’s my freight train lady; she’s gonna tug me down that line
She’s gonna hold me, hold me til she’s only mine