[Verse 1]
Hear the whistle blowing
Train pretty close to leaving
Deal with your ghosts, deal with your ghosts
Got to deal with your demons!

[Verse 2]
Going down to the freight yard
Going down in the pouring rain
Gonna play some sad guitar
And stand out in the hurricane

[Chorus]
And I will grab a runaway train
Grab a runaway train
Only two tracks take you out of here, baby, now
One will make you crazy, one will make you sane

[Verse 3]
I'm going down to the five and dime
Gonna trade my merchandise in
Broken dreams, all my money-making schemes
Romantic notions, my might-a-beens

[Chorus]
I will grab a runaway train
Grab a runaway train
Only two tracks take you out of here, baby, now
One will make you crazy, one will make you sane
[Guitar Solo]
Oh! Oh! Oh!

[Verse 4]
Oh well, good people!
Going down to the graveyard
With a pick-ax in my hand
Gonna dig down in that Georgia red clay
Dig down into the promised land

[Chorus]
I will grab a runaway train
Grab a runaway train
Only two tracks take you out of here, baby, now
One will make you crazy, one will make you sane

[Guitar Solo]
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Now, now, now