The Gone Dead Train
 

Lord I'm going way down : Lord I'm going to try to leave here today
Tell me that's a mean old fireman : and that train is just that way

Got to get on that train : I said I'd even brought my trunk
Boys if you have been running around in this world : this train will wreck your mind

Lord I once was a hobo : I crossed so many *points*
But I decided to pull down for a fast life : and take it as it comes

There's so many people : have gone down today
And these fast trains north and south : have settled their lives in clay

I said look here engineer : can I ride your train
He said look you ought to know this train ain't mine : and you asking me in vain

Said if you go to the Western Union : you might get a chance
You might to wire to some of your people : and your fare will be sent right here

I want to go home : and this train is done gone dead
I done lost my wife and my three little children : and my mother's sick in bed

Mmm please : help me win my fare
Because I'm a traveling man : boys I can't stay here