Downbound Train

I had a job, I had a girl

Had somethin' goin', mister, in this world

I got laid off down at the yard

Our love went bad, times got hard

Now I work down at the car-wash

Where all it ever does is rain

Don't you feel like you're a rider

On a downbound train?

She just said, "Joe, I gotta go

We had it once, we ain't got it anymore"

She packed her bags, left me behind

She bought a ticket on the Central Line

Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whinin'

I feel her kiss in the misty rain

And I feel like I'm a rider

On a downbound train

Last night, I heard your voice

You were cry-crying, oh, so alone

Said your love had never died

You were waitin' for me at home

Put on my jacket, ran through the woods

Ran 'til I thought my chest would explode

There in the clearing, beyond the highway

In the moonlight, our wedding house shone

I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door

Head poundin' hard, up the stairs I climbed

The room was dark, our bed was empty

Then I heard that long whistle whine

And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried

Now I swing a sledgehammer

Workin' in the pourin' rain

Now don't it feel like you're a rider

On a downbound train?