railroad man

Lyrics

well, yeah, yeah, yeah, one of these mornings, it won't be long, captain's gonna call and i'll be gone, i'll be nine hundred miles away from home, you can count the days i'm gone, you can tell the train i'm on, you can hear the whistle blow as she rolls by, she rolls by, she rolls by, hear the whistle blow as she rolls by, my olden shoes are worn, my olden clothes are torn, and i hate to go home now this-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way, hate to go home this-a-way, well, if my mama she says so, i'll railroad no more, i'll side-track my train and go home, and go home, and go home, side-track my train and go home, if i die a railroad man, i wanna be buried in the sand, so i can hear old no. 9 as she rolls by, she rolls by, she rolls by, hear old no. 9 as she rolls by