“Little Red Rider”

Little red rider, ride on the railroad
And she cried
Little red rider, ride on the railroad
Wave goodbye

So long sunshine, ride away
I know you’ll come back someday
And light my light, uh!

Little Miss Red’s asleep on the railroad
There she go
Little Miss Red’s asleep on the railroad
No one knows
Little Miss Red is Little Miss Blue
And she looks a lot like you
Around the eyes

Nobody was home in town
Nobody was home in town
Nobody was home in the town I called home
Somebody said they all had drowned

Bye bye, sweet miss, give me one kiss
Then I’ll go
Bye bye, sweet miss, give me one kiss
Don’t let it show
Then turn your brown eyes to the wall
Was that message there before
You were so wise?

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Nobody was home in town
Nobody was home in town
Nobody was home in the town I called home
Somebody said they all had drowned, ah!

Bye bye, sweet miss, give me one kiss
And then I’ll go
Bye bye, sweet miss, give me one kiss
Don’t let it show
Then turn your brown eyes to the wall
Was that message there before
You were so wise?


  1. The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the ’60s TV Pop Sensation (2005), Andrew Sandoval, p. 294.