Duquesne Whistle

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin'

Blowin' like it's gonna sweep my world away

I'm gonna stop in Carbondale and keep on goin'

That Duquesne train gon' ride me night and day

You say I'm a gambler, you say I'm a pimp

But I ain't neither one

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin'

Sound like it's on a final run

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin'

Blowin' like she never blowed before

Blue light blinkin', red light glowin'

Blowin' like she's at my chamber door

You smilin' through the fence at me

Just like you always smiled before

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin'

Blowin' like she ain't gon' blow no more

Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowin'?

Blowin' like the sky's gonna blow apart

You're the only thin' alive that keeps me goin'

You're like a time bomb in my heart

I can hear a sweet voice gently callin'

Must be the Mother of our Lord

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin'

Blowin' like my woman's on board

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin'

Blowin' like it's gon' blow my blues away

You ol' rascal, I know exactly where you're goin'

I'll leave you there myself at the break of day

I wake up every mornin' with that woman in my bed

Everybody's tellin' me she's gone to my head

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin'

Blowin' like it's gonna kill me dead

Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowin'?

Blowin' through another no-good town

The lights of my native land are glowin'

I wonder if they'll know me next time 'round

I wonder if that old oak tree's still standin'

That oak old tree, the one we used to climb

Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin'

Blowin' like she's blowin' right on time