From Stanton Station

I used to work for the New Jersey Railroad

I got laid off 'cause the times weren't good

My unemployment sixty-five dollars

Sixty-five dollars don't buy what it should

I have a-a weakness for 80-proof whiskey

Lately I'm drinkin' a bottle every day

Messin' my mind up, lord, it's wreckin' my body

But it helps make those long lonely hours slip away

I used to be a railroad man, and I'm damn proud of it, too

I did more work in a workin' day, than any two men could do

Foreman said I drink too much and I guess it's half-way true

I drink half as much as my daddy did, and twice as much as you

I used to have me a good lookin' woman

Loved her and kept her, and called her my own

She started packin' when I started drinkin'

Now I'm drunk, and I'm busty, and I'm angry all alone

I used to be a railroad man, and I'm damn proud of it, too

I did more work in a workin' day, than any two men could do

Foreman said I drink too much and at last I know it's true

But I'm too far gone to change now, ain't nothin' I can do