Nanci Griffith Last Train Home lyrics

By the time I get to Phoenix
Was the last song on your mind the day you left
And you woke up in Nogales
With tequila with her name across your chest

And you've stumbled through the morning
In these border tourists dusty avenues
Singing, "Everyday's the hurting kind
And everyday you live, you're born to lose"

You missed the last train home
The whistle blew and now she's gone
West Texas dust beneath your nails
You're hammered down the heartbreak trail
And you missed the last train home
That whistle blew she's solid gone

Now you're wandering El Paso
Searching for your broken heart and the truth
She was all you ever had
And the only thing you ever had to lose

And with a jukebox playing Charlie Rich

You're lining up your shots at half past noon
You threw your ring across the bar
And sang along to good time Charlie's got the blues

You missed the last train home
The whistle blew and now she's gone
West Texas dust beneath your nails
You're hammered down the heartbreak trail
And you missed the last train home
The whistle blew she's solid gone

Now don't go to Tulsa where she's bound
You'll end up six feet underground
Your ex-friend, Charlie's there abouts
He never missed the last train out

You missed the last train home
That whistle blew she's solid gone
You missed the last train home
That whistle blew she's solid gone