From Stanton Station

(album: Looking Glass - 1972)

I used to work for the New Jersey Railroad
I got laid off 'cause the times weren't good
My unemployment sixty-five dollars
Sixty-five dollars don't buy what it should

I have a-a weakness for 80-proof whiskey
Lately I'm drinking a bottle every day
Messing my mind up, lord, it's wrecking my body
But it helps make those long lonely hours slip away

I used to be a railroad man, and I'm damn proud of it, too
I did more work in a working day, than any two men could do
Foreman said I drink too much and I guess it's half-way true
I drink half as much as my daddy did, and twice as much as you

I used to have me a good looking woman
Loved her and kept her, and called her my own
She started packing when I started drinking
Now I'm drunk, and I'm busty, and I'm angry all alone

I used to be a railroad man, and I'm damn proud of it, too
I did more work in a working day, than any two men could do
Foreman said I drink too much and at last I know it's true
But I'm too far gone to change now, ain't nothing I can do