Like a train you keep leaving

And I can't stand it when we are apart

And I feel just like a hobo

That keeps clinging to his favorite old box car

The wheels keep slippin' in my mind

I'm slowly drifting farther down the line

I'm running out of coal

And this old engine just won't go without a fire

Over and over I looked over my shoulder for you

It's getting colder and colder

And my worst fear in life is coming true

I guess I'd better learn to be alone

I feel a sad comin' on

It's worse every time I hear that lonesome locomotive whistle moan

Twenty diesel engines

Couldn't pull the load that's weighin' on my heart

And if the tears keep comin'

I'll be floatin' on that mis'ry river barge

I'm driftin' away from the shore

But somehow I keep comin' back for more

I've fallen in a hole

And there ain't a soul around to toss a line

Over and over I looked over my shoulder for you

It's getting colder and colder

My worst fear in life is coming true

I guess I'd better learn to be alone

I feel a sad attack a comin' on

It's worse every time I hear that lonesome locomotive whistle moan

Like a train you keep leaving

And I can't stand it when we are apart