Born like everyone with a slate as clean Baby grew into a boy and started building steam Boy learned how to blow it off in a dangerous kind of way Wait up fellas, here he comes, that runaway train Now I hear his lonesome cry barrelin' down the track Out of control, his soul dressed in black Sound to every man that's broken the chain Like rollin', rollin', rollin' like a runaway train ♪ It ain't easy to do your best when life comes at you fast On his own so early, oh too young for such a task Took the bull by the horn, sometimes that bull was mean And only at it stoking on that runaway train Now I hear his lonesome cry barrelin' down the track Out of control, his soul dressed in black Sound to every man that's broken the chain Like rollin', rollin', rollin' like a runaway train ♪ Married young, a daddy soon, his life was right on track Something rumbled in his soul, something that he lacked He had to chase that melody that fueled a childhood dream There ain't no holding back that runaway train Now I hear his lonesome cry barrelin' down the track Out of control his soul dressed in black Sound to every man that's broken the chain Like rollin', rollin', rollin' like a runaway train Like rollin', rollin', rollin' like a runaway train I hear that train a-coming Hey Porter Oh Porter Yeah, I don't care if I do-da-do