Doc Watson — Blue Railroad Train

Blue railroad train I'm goin' down the railroad track It makes me feel so doggone blue To listen to that old smokestack Drivers a-rollin' on Leavin' me here behind Give me back them good old days And let me ramble down the line Blue railroad train Leavin' me here alone You're treatin' me good, you're treatin' me bad You're makin' me think of home I hear that lonesome train And love to hear the whistle blow She's takin' the sun and leavin' the rain And makin' me wanna go I've got the blues Longin' for her company It's many miles from where I am To the only one for me It's so lonesome here Waitin' for the manifest I hope that engineer is kind Enough to let me be his guest Blue railroad train A good old pal to me Takes me everywhere I wanna go Get my transportation free