2:19

I lost everything I had in the '29 flood

Barn was buried beneath a mile of mud

Now I'm down to nothing but the whistle and the steam

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

I said hey, hey, I don't know what to do

Hey, hey, I will remember you

Hey, hey I don't know what to do

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

Now there's a fella been preaching about hell and damnation

Bouncing off the walls at the grand central station

I treated her bad, I treated her mean

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

I said hey, hey, I don't know what to do

Hey, hey, I will remember you

Hey, hey I don't know what to do

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

I've always been puzzled about the yin and the yang

Come out in the wash but it always leaves a stain

Sturm and the drang, the luster and the sheen

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

I said hey, hey, I don't know what to do

Hey, hey, I will remember you

Hey, hey I don't know what to do

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

Toss the baby with the water and the preacher stole the bride

Sent her out for a bottle but she come back inside

She didn't bring my whiskey, didn't bring my gin

She had a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin

I said hey, hey, I don't know what to do

Hey, hey, I will remember you

Hey, hey I don't know what to do

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

On the train you get smaller as you get further away

The roar covers everything you wanted to say

Was that a rain drop or a tear in your eye?

Were you drying your nails or waving good bye?

I said hey, hey, I don't know what to do

Hey, hey, I will remember you

Hey, hey I don't know what to do

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19