Long Train Blues

She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen

She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen

Said she'd ride and ride "till the blues wear offa me"

It's two bullyin'1 freight trains runnin' side by side

It's two bullyin' freight trains runnin' side by side

They done stole my rider and I guess they're satisfied

They rode in the Delta, kept on easin' by

They rode in the Delta, kept on easin' by

Know I feel just like she said her last goodbye

Friend, she won't write, she won't telephone

Friend, she won't write, she won't telephone

Makes me believe to my soul my rider calls that "gone"2

But if I had wings, friend, like Noah's dove

Friend, if I had wings, friend, like Noah's dove

I would raise and fly, God knows, where my lover was

I laid down at night, I can't sleep at all

I laid down at night, I can't sleep at all

Awful lyin' there wondering if someone rollin' in her arms

Laid my head on my pillow, friends, it be's too high

Laid my head on my pillow, friends, it be's too high

Taken down with the (devil?), I'm gettin' sick and 'bout to die