Downbound Train

I had a job, I had a girl

I had something going in this world

I got laid off at the lumber yard

Our love went bad, times got hard

Now I work down at the car wash

Where all it ever does is rain

Don't it 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 no more"

She packed her bags, and she left me behind

She got a ticket on the Central Line

Nights as I sleep, I hear the whistle whining

I feel her kisses 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

I put on my jacket, ran through the woods

Ran 'til 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, 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 the long whistle whine

Then I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried

Now I swing a sledgehammer on a railroad gang

Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain

Don't it feel like you're a rider

On a downbound train?