Legend says you can't come back, on the train that rides this track
But we all know how truth gets lost in the pouring rain
A young man's heart is seldom wise, chasing dreams in distant skies
So Jimmy went down on the southbound train
Better get on board before the night is through
Better get on board if you dare to
And if your pain is not yet drowned
C'mon, come pour another round
Cause someone's going down
Before the night is through
Better get on, better get on board
Pushing steel on that August night,
Oh they could tell that things weren't right
By the way that Mary Mae... the way she held her eyes
He could tell she was a working girl,
Brought up hard in this mean ol' world
Selling love that he could never afford to buy
Loneliness is all it takes, Jimmy made a big mistake
Now he's gotta pay the man, the man his dues
But down and out ya know he ain't got much,
Just a reckless heart with a gentle touch
Now Jimmy's going down before the night is through
