[Verse 1]
In the heat of the day down in Mobile, Alabama
Working on the railroad with a steel driving hammer
I gotta get some money, buy some brand new shoes
Try to find somebody take away these blues
She don't love me here, I'm singing in the sun
Payday coming when my work is all done

[Verse 2]
Well, in the evening when the sun is sinking low
All day I've been waiting for the whistle to blow
Sitting in a teepee built right on the track
Rolling them bones 'til the foreman come back
Pick up your belongings, boys, scatter about
Wе got an off-schedule train coming two miles out

[Verse 3]
Evеrybody's scrambling and jumping around
Picking up the money, tearing the teepee down
The foreman's in a panic, 'bout to go insane
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
Engineer blowing the whistle loud and long
Can't stop the train, have to let it roll on