Downbound Train

　　I had a job, I had a girl

　　I had something going mister in this world

　　I got laid off down at the lumber yard

　　Our love went bad, times got hard

　　Now I work down at the carwash

　　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 any more"

　　She packed her bags left me behind

　　She bought a ticket on the Central Line

　　Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining

　　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 crying, crying, you were so alone

　　You said your love had never died

　　You were waiting for me at home

　　Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods

　　I ran till 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

　　My head pounding 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 sledge hammer on a railroad gang

　　Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain

　　Now don′t it feel like you′re a rider on a downbound train

　　Now don′t it feel like you′re a rider on a downbound train