That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away

Woke up this morning

Found something wrong

My lovin' babe had caught that

Train and gone

Now won't you starch my jumper

Iron my overalls

I'm gonna ride that train

That they call the Cannonball.

Mister Depot Agent

Close your depot down

The woman I'm lovin' she's fixin'a

Blow this town

Now that mean old fireman,

That cruel old engineer

Gon' take my baby

And leave me lonesome here

It ain't no tellin'

What that train won't do

It'll take your baby'n

Run right over you

Now that engineer man

Oughta be 'shamed of himself

Take women from their husbands

Babies from their mother's breast

I walked down the track

Where the stars refuse to shine

Look like every minute

I was going to lose my mind

Now my knees was weak,

My footsteps was all I heard

Look like every minute

I was steppn'in another world

Mister Depot Agent

Close your depot down

The girl I'm lovin'

She's fixin'a blow this town

Now that mean old fireman,

That cruel old engineer

Gon' take my baby

And leave me lonesome here