Ogallala Rail Lyrics by The Wilder Blue
We left the free old valley pushing 2,500 head I won’t be here when you return, she turned to me and said The wild empty places held the echo of her words
I’d feel the memory coming and I’d give my horse the spurs
Gotta get up, gotta get up now, gotta get on down the trail We’re riding to the station on the Oklahoma Rail We crossed the Red River in an early April flood Never thought I’d see the end of the Oklahoma mud Took the wheels off the wagons and floated them across
Ruined half the coffee and it sure was a bitter loss
Gotta get up, gotta get up now, gotta get on down the trail
We’re riding to the station on the Oklahoma Rail
Well it’s a three day ride to Waterboys, three days maybe four Might as well be a thousand to the nearest general store We’ve been sleeping in a saddle on the ground or not at all
Dreaming about a pretty girl and a beard that’s ten foot tall
Gotta get up, gotta get up now, gotta get on down the trail
We’re riding to the station on the Oklahoma Rail
Well it happened after midnight when my watch was almost done The herd smelled smoke, sure enough they spooked and run
The Kiowa came on us as we rode to get unturned
We stole seven of our horses while a hundred acres burned
Now there’s cowboy in Nebraska from all over the West
Drinking in the Crystal Palace and the good old cowboy rest
You boys go ahead and gamble all your hard earned pay
I’m headed to make my fortune out the Colorado way
Hey, gotta get one now, gotta get a moving straight
The rice is finaly over when the last on clears the gate
So long boys, so long now, see you down the trail
I’m buying me a ticket to ride the Oklahoma Rail
So long boys, so long now, see you down the trail
I’m buying me a ticket to ride the Oklahoma Rail