Gone Dead Train

Lord, I'm goin' way down

Lord, I'm gonna try to leave here today

Tellin' after me, an' old farmer

An' that train is just that way

Gotta go on that train

I said, that even broke my heart, child

Boys, if you have been runnin' around in this world

This train will wreck your mind, your life, too

Lord, I once was a hobo

I crossed so many points

But I decided I'd cool down for a fast life

And take it as it come

I reckon even old farmer and the engineer would, too

There's so many people

Have gone down today

And this fast train, north and south, has

Settled their lives in clay

Ooh, I wanna ride your train

I said, "Look here, engineer, can I ride your train?"

He said, "Look here, you ought to know this train ain't mine

And you're asking me in vain"

Said, if you go to the Western Union

You might get a chance

I didn't know the Western Union run no train

Said if you go to the Western Union

You might get a chance

You might could watch that some of your people

And your father be sent right there

I thought it that way would

I wanna go home

And that train is done gone there

I wanna go home

That train is done gone there

I done lost my wife and my three little children

And my mother's sick in bed

Ooh, please, help me with my fare

'Cause I'm a trav'lin' man, boys, I can't stay here