Downbound Train

[Verse 1]

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 car wash

Where all it ever does is rain

Don't you feel like you're a rider

On a downbound train?

[Verse 2]

She just said, "Joe, I gotta go

We had it once, we ain't got it anymore"

She packed her bags and left me behind

She bought a ticket on the Central Line

Nights as I sleep, I hear the whistle whining

I feel her kiss in the misty rain

And I feel like I'm a rider

On a downbound train

[Verse 3]

Last night, I heard your voice

You wеre crying, crying, you're so alone

You said your lovе had never died

You were waiting for me at home

Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods

I ran 'til I thought my chest would explode

There in a 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, upstairs 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 hammer on a road gang

Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain

Now don't it feel like you're a rider on a downbound train?