| The railroad comes through the middle of the house
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| The railroad comes through the middle of the house
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| The trains all come through the middle of the house
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| Since the company bought the land
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| They let us live in the front of the house
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| They let us live in the back
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| But there ain’t no livin' in the middle of the house
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| 'Cause that’s the railroad track
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| When a bill collector comes to the house
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| He knocks and bangs on the door
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| So we sit him right down in the middle of the house
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| And he never comes back no more
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| The railroad comes through the middle of the house
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| The railroad comes through the middle of the house
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| It comes and goes through the middle of the house
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| And the trains are all on time
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| Here comes the five-o-nine
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| Singin' this song in the middle of the house
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| The railroad comes through the middle of the house
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| In and out of the middle of the house
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| Right smack dab through the middle of the house
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| Where the parlor used to be
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| There’s a great big door in the front of the house
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| There’s a little old door in the back
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| But we can’t have doors in the middle of the house
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| 'Cause that’s the railroad track
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| A relative came to visit the house
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| He liked to scream and fuss
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| So we sat him right down in the middle of the house
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| And he never more bothered us
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| The railroad comes through the middle of the house
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| The railroad comes through the middle of the house
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| It comes and goes through the middle of the house
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| Since the company bought the land |