Listen friends, I will tell you a story,
It is one that is sad to relate,
At a crossing not far from Pax Junction,
There Chris Lively and wife met their fate.
REFRAIN: What a mistake he made at the crossing,
When he drove the wagon on the railroad track,
They were killed, engine crushed horse and wagon,
Oh how sad to know they never can come back.
It is sad when we think how it happened,
This sad fate of Chris Lively and wife,
They were driving along gay and happy,
Never thought they would be robbed of life.
REFRAIN: What a mistake he made at the crossing,
When he drove the wagon on the railroad track,
They were killed, engine crushed horse and wagon,
Oh how sad to know they never can come back.
They were killed at a place near Pax Junction,
They are gone to come back never more,
’Twas an eastbound train that killed them,
Lives were crushed out by train number four.
REFRAIN: What a mistake he made at the crossing,
When he drove the wagon on the railroad track,
They were killed, engine crushed horse and wagon,
Oh how sad to know they never can come back.
Now good people, I hope you take warning,
As you journey along through this life,
Every time when you see “Railroad Crossing,”
Just remember Chris Lively and wife.
REFRAIN: What a mistake he made at the crossing,
When he drove the wagon on the railroad track,
They were killed, engine crushed horse and wagon,
Oh how sad to know they never can come back.