Down the road a ways I've heard said
A new day's coming on
Where the women folks are friendly
And the law leaves you alone
I'll believe it when I see it
And I haven't seen it yet
Don't mind me just keep on talking
I'm just looking for my hat
There ain't no God in Mexico
Ain't no way to understand
How that border crossing feeling
Makes a fool out of a man
If I'd never felt the sunshine
Hell, I would not curse the rain
If my feet could fit a railroad track
I guess I'd been a train
Me and Louise Higgins Botham
Used to chase across the yard
Back in 1947 that's when
More than times were hard
Well, pity me I didn't find
The line in time like a fool
In front of God and everybody
I politely blew my cool
Ain't no comfort in the kin
When you're down in Madamoris
Gettin' busted by the man
If I'd never felt the sunshine
Hell, I would not curse the rain
If I hadn't been railroaded
Well I guess I'd been a train
- :
- Long in the Tooth
- Live At Billy Bob’s Texas
- Tramp on Your Street
- Miscellaneous
- Unshaven - the Live Album
- Storyteller (Live at the Bluebird 1992)
- The Essential Billy Joe Shaver
- Live from Austin, TX
- Live from Austin, TX: Outlaw Country
- Greatest Hits
- 2003-10-04: Smith’s Olde Bar, Athens, GA, USA
- 2009-12-03: The Melting Point, Athens, GA, USA
- Billy Joe Shaver: Greatest Hits
- Honky Tonk, Vol. 1
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- Restless Wind: The Legendary Billy Joe Shaver 1973-1987
- Waylon Jennings: The Red River Tribute
- When I Get My Wings
- The Complete Columbia Recordings
- The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made...