Long steel rail and a short cross-tie I'm gonna hammer my way till I die I'm going down the line, where that sun never shines Gonna speed on that cold ice and snow Well I call up my sheep, lord I feed my little lamb Oh goodbye my honey, I'm gone Look up, look down that long lonesome road You can hang down your head and cry Tell me whatcha gonna down with your $20 bill When the whole fuckin world's gone dry? You can cut down the flowers all around my grave Well they'll rise and bloom again Well they'll rise and bloom again A long steel rail and a short cross-tie I'm gonna slam down that hammer till I die