You Just Can't Ride the Boxcars Anymore

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The Long Ryders

The Long Ryders are an American alternative country and Paisley Underground band, principally active between 1982 and 1987, who have periodically regrouped for brief reunions (2004, 2009, 2014, 2016). In 2019 they released a new studio album – their first in 32 years – and announced a series of tour dates to follow. The Long Ryders were originally formed by several American musicians who were each multi-instrumentalists and influenced by Gram Parsons, the Byrds, country music and various punk rock groups. They were named after the Walter Hill film, the Long Riders. The band featured Sid Griffin and Stephen McCarthy on vocals and guitar; Des Brewer on bass (later replaced by Tom Stevens); and Greg Sowders on drums. Although two members were transplants from th… more »

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I was in Atlanta when the news came on TV
I was washing dishes just to get my meals for free
Remember grandpa talking and this he said to me
As long as I live it'll never happen again
When the poets hopped a ride out west
Grandpa got us by just sweeping floors
Now everybody's leaving town
Sell the house and sell the farm
But you just can't ride the boxcars anymore
 
Now everybody's feeling all confused
They went to get their money and they got refused
Somebody burned 1st National down last night
Smashed and looted daddy's shop downtown
And grandpa said it'd never happen again
The lesson it was learned real good before
Now everybody's leaving town
Sell the house and sell the farm
But you just can't ride the boxcars anymore
 
Looking for the few friends I have left
To see if we can hitch a ride with someone else
The headin' east a thousand miles or so
But some one puts a knife into my back
When the poets hopped a ride out west
Grandpa got us by just sweeping floors
Now everybody's leaving town
Sell the house and sell the farm
But you just can't ride the boxcars anymore
Now everybody's leaving town
Sell the house and sell the farm
But you just can't ride the boxcars anymore

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