The Wrong Side of Reno

i hear a train whistle blowing
 and it's in key with my song
 all the way on the wrong side of Reno
 where my toughest friends are from
 every broken bone and every blue black eye
 in the stories of ass beatings that you've earned
 you told me about how more than half were deserved, oh no
 something sank into that bleeding skull
 a certain kind of wisdom and a humble soul
 it keeps me searching no matter how many miles
 left until we get back home
 you've been quite a traveling companion
 I hate to see you go
 now the world we're living in is Golden
 gilded with every lie we lived through
 back from the war early Christmas morning
 not even a ghost could keep him sober for you
 every broken bone and every blue black eye
 in the stories of ass beatings that you returned
 you told me about how more than half were deserved, oh no
 something sank into that bleeding skull
 a certain kind of wisdom and a humble soul
 it keeps me searching no matter how many miles
 left until we get back home
 you've been quite a traveling companion
 I hate to see you go