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Intro
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Mama said, 'Son,are you ever gonna stop your runnin'?
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That sweet Julie Baker'd be a good homemaker
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and she's always had eyes for you.'
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I said, 'Mama, I know she's a good girl,
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but our dreams are not the same.'
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Right track, wrong train.
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I've plowed these fields in the hot sun on the tractor,
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been covered in grease from my head to my feet,
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turn in' wrenches and pumpin' gas.
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I can't seem to find my direction.
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This town's like a ball and chain.
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Right track, wrong train.
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I can hear that lonesome whistle blow somewhere in the night.
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I've got to ride that big iron horse past the city limits sign.
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I've gone as far as I can go, there's no one to blame.
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Right track, wrong train.
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When you're torn between a home and a dream,
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decisions are hard to make.
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When you can't be what everyone wants you to be,
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there's chances that you've got to take.
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I can hear that lonesome whistle blow somewhere in the night.
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I've got to ride that big iron horse past the city limits sign.
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I've gone as far as I can go,there's no one to blame.
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Right track, wrong train , Right track, wrong train.
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Mama said, 'Son, are you ever gonna stop your runnin'?'