Intro: Verse Where was you when the train left town? I's standin' on the corner with my head hung down. Hey, the train carried my girl from town, Hey, heyey hey. Train sound Instrumental Verse I wish to the Lord that the train would wreck, Kill the engineer and break the fireman's neck. Hey, that train carried my girl from town Hey, heyey hey. Instrumental: Verse Rations on the table and the coffee's gettin' cold, some dirty rounder stole my jelly roll. Hey, that train carried my girl from town Hey, heyey hey. Train sound Instrumental Verse There goes my girl, somebod bring her back, 'Cause she's got her hand in my money sack. Hey, that train carried my girl from town Hey, heyey hey. Train sound Instrumental Outro Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, Lord show me the woman that a man can trust. Hey, that train carried my girl from town Hey, heyey hey.