Railroad by the Lazy Side Inn

Do you know about railroads and how they take you places? Do you also know about Lake Durant? Well if you do you probably know about William West Durant. He blew off all of his money and this is exactly how he did it.

Well Mr. Durant was born rich; money in piles like hay in bales, you see, his family invested their money in the railroad business and got double the money back. Well, when William’s parents died he got the inheritance and spent it on these HUGE, monstrous cabins. He built the camps called Pine Knot, Uncas, and Sagamore. Well, his workers were lazy, and I mean REEEEAAAAAAAALLLLLLLYYYY lazy. They were so lazy Durant had to build a train so they wouldn’t have to walk to the bathroom. He also had 2 motels with workers just as lazy. But he didn’t have money to waste so they didn’t get out of bed to go to the bathroom (they peed in their beds) but the watcher of the laundromat (of the hotel) was just as lazy. So the jest of the story is; don’t stay at those motels, the beds may be damp.

Railroad by the Lazy Side Inn (this is our song)

The life and times of William West Durant

CHORUS

Money meant nothing to me

It was all about the beauty

Fame and glory were of the past

The mountains were where I found me

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So I headed my train to the north

Next stop, (Toot! Toot! ) Blue Mountain Lake

To build my house upon the shores

But tents were where I set my stakes

The winter chill was bitter cold

The tent was in a frozen style

So I sent my train Jamaican bound

To fetch a sunny day for awhile

Repeat CHORUS

Once my house was fully built

The children’s beds were wet

I asked them what the problem was

The bathroom was too far to get

So I built for them their very own track

A train from bath to bed

They rode it to the lavatory

To avoid the work they dread

CHORUS

I finished my life with out a dime

A nickel was all I had

My sister took it all away

This made me really sad

CHORUS

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