Railroad

Journey Home: Bee Gees' Railroad Chronicles Life's Trials
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Lyrics

I'm packing my bags and goin' home

I am preparing to leave and return to my home.

I've been here too long

I have been in this place for an extended period.

So happy I'll get there on my own

I am content because I will reach my destination independently.

(Mmm)

(Mmm) - Non-verbal expression, possibly indicating contemplation or reflection.

Been here for reasons right or wrong

Regardless of whether the reasons were right or wrong, I have been here for a while.

So I'm packing my bags and I'm goin' home

Thus, I am packing my bags and heading home.

So I'll walk by the railroad anytime , anytime

I will stroll by the railroad at any time.

Walk by the railroad anytime

Reiteration of the willingness to walk by the railroad at any time.


Tell my brother and sister

Instructing to inform my brother and sister that everything has gone wrong.

That ev'rything's gone wrong

Expressing a sense of adversity or challenges in life.

But I'll walkin' by that railroad 'til I'm home

Committing to walking by the railroad until reaching home despite difficulties.

There's been lies told in my story

Indicating that falsehoods have been spread in the narrator's life story.

But they've produced none of that glory

Highlighting that these lies have not led to any positive outcomes or glory.

Cause I'm walkin' by that railroad 'til I'm home

Reiterating the determination to walk by the railroad until reaching home.

So I'll walkin' by that railroad 'til I'm home

Emphasizing the commitment to persist in walking by the railroad until arriving home.


Tell my woman that I miss her

Instructing to convey to the narrator's woman that he misses her.

That I can't wait to kiss her

Expressing eagerness to kiss the woman upon returning.

So I'm walkin' by that railroad til I'm home

Committing to walking by the railroad until reaching home.

There's been lies told in my story

Reiterating the presence of lies in the narrator's life story.

But they've produced none of that glory

Stating that these lies have not resulted in any glory.

But still I've served my time

Despite the challenges, acknowledging that the narrator has served his time.

And there's no use in cryin'

Advising against crying as it serves no purpose.

Cause I'm walkin' by that railroad 'til I'm home

Reaffirming the commitment to walk by the railroad until arriving home.

So I'm walkin' by that railroad 'til I'm home

Restating the determination to continue walking by the railroad until reaching home.

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