Songs About Life and Brighter Things Yet XIV
From coast to coast the railroads roam, Yet every inch of rail stays home.
Samuel Hoffenstein
From coast to coast the railroads roam, Yet every inch of rail stays home.
A two-line riddle about travel and staying put. Railroads seem to roam across the whole country—“from coast to coast”—yet every inch of their track remains fixed where it was laid. The trains that rush over them may go anywhere, but the rails themselves never leave home.
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