In the heat of the day down in Mobil, Alabama I'm workin' on the railroad with a steel drivin' hammer Gots to get some money, buy some brand new shoes Try to find somebody take away these blues Hear she don't love me, hear her singin' in the sun Her payday is comin' when the work is all done, yeah Hey! In the evenin' when the sun is sinkin' low All that I've been waitin' for the whistle to blow Sittin' in the teepee built right on the tracks Rollin' them bone 'til the foreman come back Now pick up your belonging, boy, scattered about We got an off-scheduled train comin' two miles out, yeah Ow! Ow, everybody scamblin' and a-jumpin' around Pickin' up the money, tearin' the teepee down Foreman blows a panic and 'bout to go insane Tryin' to keep the workers out the way of the train Engineer blowin' the whistle loud and loud Can't stop the train, we gotta let it roll on