Intro: Verse Sun went careening over the ceiling and crashed onto the plains set fire to the amber waves of grain The moon it dances over acres and fences and waltzes down into the water sounds like the ring that I bought her Pre-Chorus There's a gal in California see her when I get off this rail sent her one last letter in the mail Will you wait for me, by the blue oak tree will you marry me? I know I've been gone and this rail road's long but I built it for to carry you a ring Verse Twelve hour days for minimum wage and I'll carry every penny back to Sacramento This black cherry yard will let me swing home Just a railroad man with railroad hands and I built this track to build you a home I just built you a place to be alone Pre-Chorus All the way to Promontory I wrote a lover's story and I'm coming back for to fulfill the promises my letters did reveal Will you wait for me, by the blue oak tree will you marry me? I know I've been gone and this rail road's long but I built it for to carry you a ring Will you wait for me, by the blue oak tree will you marry me? Oh I've been gone and this railroads gone But I built it for to carry you a ring But I built it for to carry you a ring But I built it for to carry you a ring
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