[00:08.550]In the heat of the day down in mobile, alabama
[00:12.060]Working on the railroad with
[00:13.760]the steel driving hammer
[00:15.420]Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes
[00:18.740]Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
[00:22.060]'she don't love me' hear them singing in the sun
[00:25.630]Payday's coming and my work is all done
[00:28.770]
[00:48.750]Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low
[00:52.300]All day i been waiting for the whistle to blow
[00:55.650]Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks
[00:59.150]Rolling them bones until
[01:00.690]the foreman comes back
[01:02.450]Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about
[01:05.600]We've got an off schedule train comin?
[01:07.810]two miles about
[01:09.610]
[01:29.500]Everybody's scrambling, running around
[01:32.820]Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
[01:36.130]Foreman wants to panic, bout to go insane
[01:39.480]Trying to get the workers out
[01:41.430]the way of the train
[01:43.080]Engineer blows the whistle loud and long
[01:46.300]Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on

In the heat of the day down in mobile, alabama
Working on the railroad with
the steel driving hammer
Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes
Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
'she don't love me' hear them singing in the sun
Payday's coming and my work is all done
Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low
All day i been waiting for the whistle to blow
Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks
Rolling them bones until
the foreman comes back
Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about
We've got an off schedule train comin?
two miles about
Everybody's scrambling, running around
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
Foreman wants to panic, bout to go insane
Trying to get the workers out
the way of the train
Engineer blows the whistle loud and long
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on