Ghost Of Virginia

Well she comes out at night with the cold winds of December and when its quiet you hear her engines cry She blows smoke at her wheels and her gears pound the steel as they carry her on down the line Now I'm sure you've heard stories as most of us have at the lunch counter and barber shop (not sure what he says here) She's the ghost of Virginia and from here up to Richmond She runs by the light of her (not sure what he says here either) Instrumental Break Well a few years back on the old Suffick Road where it crosses the abandoned rail line My grandpa claimed that he'd seen a freight train and it wasn't no sleek stream line She was cold black and steel and she screamed as she cut her way clear of the pines But he swears to this day he can feel the earth shake and smell her smoke when the winds just right Instrumental Break Yeah but back in her day she was a real working horse haulin coal for old man Warren She was tied up in ribbons and set out of Richmond haulin soldiers during the war Some say she wrecked and she rides these rails hopin one day she'll get it right Others say she romes out pickin up lost souls and carryin 'em down to Caroline Instrumental Break So if you're ever out on the old Suffick Road and see this strangest of sights She's the ghost of Virginia bound from Raliegh up to Richmond and you'd best stay out of her line Yeah you'd best stay out of her line