When I was young

I spent my summer days

Playin' on the track

The sound of the wheels

Rollin' on the steel

Took me out took me back



Big train from Memphis

Big train from Memphis

Now it's gone gone gone

Gone gone gone



Like no one before

He let out a roar

And I just had to tag along

Each night I went to bed

With the sound in my head

And the dream was a song



Big train from Memphis

Big train from Memphis

Now it's gone gone gone

Gone gone gone



Well I've rode 'em in

And back out again

You know what they say about trains

But I'm tellin' you

When that Memphis train came through

This ol' world

Was not the same



Big train from Memphis

Big train from Memphis

Now it's gone gone gone

Gone gone gone