Slow Train

There's a slow train comin'

It's movin' on down the line

Steel wheels on iron rails

Tonight I'm fixin' to die

Whoo, I hope you don't mind, pretty mama

Whoo, hope you don't mind if I go

'Cause when the steam from the slow train rises

I ain't gonna see you anymore

There's a slow train comin'

Comin' right on time

Smokestacks and bottle lightning

This jumper on the line

Whoo, I can't do without it anymore, pretty mama

Yes, I can't do it without it anymore

'Cause when the steam from the slow train rises

I ain't gonna see you anymore

There's a slow train comin'

To march us home from war

With my leather boots and my haversack

Sure can't take it no more

Whoo, I cried for her baby when I saw you there

Whoo, I cried for her just the same

'Cause when the steam from the slow train rises

I'm gonna cry for you just the same

Well, there's a slow train comin'

Carryin' the mighty worker hordes

Eighteen days in the cotton field

Enough to put a man out of coup d'amour

Whoo, it's time to move on, pretty mama

Whoo, yes, it's time to move on as I go

As the steam from my slow train rises

It's time for me to get on board