I

had

a

job,

I

had

a

girl

I

had

some-

thing

go-

ing,

mis-

ter,

in

this

world

I

got

laid

off

down

at

the

lum-

ber-

yard

Our

love

went

bad,

times

got

hard

Now

I

work

down

at

the

car-

wash

Where

all

it

e-

ver

does

is

rain

Don't

you

feel

like

you're

a

ri-

der

On

a

down-

bound

train?

She

just

said

"Joe,

I

got-

ta

go

We

had

it

once,

we

ain't

got

it

a-

ny

more"

She

packed

her

bags,

left

me

be-

hind

She

bought

a

ti-

cket

on

the

Cent-

ral

Line

Nights

as

I

sleep,

I

hear

that

whi-

stle

whin-

ing

I

feel

her

kiss

in

the

mis-

ty

rain

And

I

feel

like

I'm

a

ri-

der

On

a

down-

bound

train

Last

night,

I

heard

your

voice

You

were

cry-

ing,

cry-

ing,

you

were

so

a-

lone

You

said

your

love

had

ne-

ver

died

You

were

wait-

ing

for

me

at

home

Put

on

my

jac-

ket,

I

ran

through

the

woods

I

ran

till

I

thought

my

chest

would

ex-

plode

There

in

a

clear-

ing

bey-

ond

the

high-

way

In

the

moon-

light,

our

wedd-

ing

house

shone

I

ru-

shed

through

the

yard

I

burst

through

the

front

door

My

head

pound-

ing

hard,

up

the

stairs

I

climbed

The

room

was

dark,

our

bed

was

emp-

ty

Then

I

heard

that

long

whis-

tle

whine

And

I

dropped

to

my

knees,

hung

my

head,

and

cried

Now

I

swing

a

sledge-

ham-

mer

on

a

rail-

road

gang

Knock-

ing

down

them

cross

ties,

work-

ing

in

the

rain

Now

don't

it

feel

like

you're

a

ri-

der

On

a

down-

bound

train?