Maco Light Lyrics

A few miles east of Wilmington
there's an eerie light that shines
above the cold steel rails
of the Atlantic costal line;
(Atlantic costal line)

Old folks say a railroad man
was killed there years ago
As he tried to board the midnight train
at the crossing at Maco;
(The crossing at Maco)

They pulled him from beneath the weels,
it was plain that he was dead
They found the lantern in his hand Don Dixon - Maco Light - http://motolyrics.com/don-dixon/maco-light-lyrics.html
but they didn't find his head;
(They didn't find his head)

From that night on down thru the years
the light keeps coming back
That looks just like a railroad lantern
swinging down the track,
Swinging down the track.

What is the Maco light that shines
on the lonesome railroad bed?
Could it be the railroad man
a-looking for his head,
looking for his head ...