From A Boxcar Door Song Lyrics and Chords by Boxcar Willie
From A Boxcar Door
Recorded by Boxcar Willie
Written by Lecil Travis Martin
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I've seen the 'gators and the skeeters
Down in the swamps of Louisi
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I've seen the Painted Desert
I've traveled across Texas burning
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sand
I've seen the great Rocky Mountains
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mighty eagle
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soars
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big or small I've seen it all
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door
I've seen those wheat fields out in Kansas
In Iowa I've watched the tall corn
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grow
Seen 'em picking fruit in Florida
Watched 'em digging taters up in Ida
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I've seen the factories in Detroit
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country general
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store
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big or small I've seen it all
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door
I've seen the coal mines in Kentucky
I've seen the steel mills in Birming
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ham
I've seen the Appalachians seen the Hoover
And I've seen every other
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dam
I've seen the great Salt Lake in Utah
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Ni-agra
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roar
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big or small I've seen it all
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door
I've seen the great Potomac River
The wide Missouri and the O-hi-
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o
I've watched the mighty Mississippi
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flow
I've seen the great Atlantic Ocean
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golden
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shore
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big or small I've seen it all
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door
I've seen the black man in the ghettos
On the reservation I've watched the Nava
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I've seen the migrant workers
In the fields from Maine down to Mexi
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I've seen the rich man in his penthouse
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shacks of the
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poor
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big or small I've seen it all
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door
But my travels are not over
There's lots more that I've just gotta
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see
Every day's a new adventure
And I thank the Lord for letting me be
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free
When I hop aboard a boxcar
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engine start to
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roar
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big or small I'll see you all
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door
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big or small I'll see you all from a boxcar
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door
FAQ
Who sang the the song From A Boxcar Door?
- The song From A Boxcar Door was sang by Boxcar Willie.
Who is Boxcar Willie?
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