And I'm goin' way down Winden
Lord, I'm gonna try to leave here today
Tell 'em I believe I'll find my way
And that train is just that way
Gotta go on that train
I said I'd even broke my jaw job
Boys, if you out and runnin' around in
This world this train will wreck your mind
Spoken: Your life, too
Lord, I once was a hobo
I crossed a many a point
But I decided I'd go down the frog travelin' light
And take it as it comes
Spoken: I reckon' you know the fireman and the engineer would, too
There are so many people have gone down today
And this fast train north and southern traveling light and clear
Ooh-ooh, I wanna ride your train
I said, "Look here, engineer, can I ride your train?"
He said, "Look here,
You oughta know this train ain't mine and you're asking me in vain"
Said, "You go to the Western Union, you might get a chance"
Spoken: I didn't know the Western Union run no train
Said, "You go to the Western Union, you might get a chance"
You might get wire to some of your
People and your fare will be sent right ahere
Spoken: Hadn't thought that's the way it is
I wanna go home, and that train is done gone dead
I wanna go, that train is done gone dead
I done lost my wife and my three
Little children, and my mother's sick in bed
Ooh-ooh please, help me win my fare
'Cause I'm a travelin' man, boys I can't stay here