By townes van zandt



I'm gonna lay my troubles on a railroad track

I'm gonna ride i ain't lookin' back

Tried to stop but i can't unpack

Gotta get used to the clickety-clack

The big ol' wheels and the smokin' stack

Ah babe i gotta go

Babe i gotta go





Loved you honey heart and soul

I swear you're the sweetest thing i know

I loved you true and i told you so

I told you too come time to go

I'll be gone with any ol' wind that blows

Ah babe i just can't stay

And it's bound to be that way





There's lots of things i'd like to see

From the mountains to the shining sea

Up in the sky where the wind blows free

To the cities down below

Babe i just don't know

I got trouble, trouble in my soul

I got trouble in my soul





I'm gonna lay my trouble on a railroad track

I'm gonna ride, i ain't lookin back

I tried to stop but i can't unpack

Go to sleep with the clickety-clack

The big ol' wheels and the smokin' stack

Babe i'm bound to go

I got trouble in my soul

I got trouble trouble in my soul