Merle Haggard — My Love Affair with Trains

[Verse 1] Every time I hear the sound of a train Coming down that railroad track I get that faraway look in my eye And I'd like to throw my hammer down And take off to some distant town And not even take the time to say goodbye I've got to think about my babies About my job and my old lady And how much she'd miss me if I was gone And I love them more than anything But I got this feeling near by trains And sometimes I wish I was on that train and gone [Chorus] That train keeps a-rolling down the track Bringing my old memories back Making hobo blood boil in my veins Reviving my old love affair with trains [Verse 2] The nights ain't never long enough My wife keeps saying "you get up For you'll be late to work and miss your ride" I grab my dinner bucket up And jump on the back of your pickup truck And I wonder if I'll jump that train tonight And it wasn't long ago That I was free to jump that train and ride But I gave it up to be a family man And I don't suppose I'll ever go But when I hear that whistle blow I think of my old love affair again [Chorus] That train keeps a-rolling down the track Bringing my old memories back Making hobo blood boil in my veins Reviving my old love affair with trains [Chorus] That train keeps coming down the track Bringing my old memories back Making hobo blood boil in my veins Reviving my old love affair with trains